Meet the Artist: Mauretta Drage
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Drop in for a yarn with Cosmic Echoes: A Shared Sky artist, Mauretta Drage, this NAIDOC week as she works on an artwork live at the Museum of Geraldton.
This drop-in session is open to everyone, and gives you a chance to chat with Mauretta, observe her creative practice, and discover the stories and cultural connections behind her work.
So whether you're an art enthusiast, curious about Indigenous art, or just passing through, don’t miss out!
Before or after the workshop, visit Cosmic Echoes: A Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition at the Museum of Geraldton to see more artworks by Wajarri Yamaji artists from WA’s Mid-West and Khoi-San artists from South Africa.
About the artist
Mauretta Drage is a proud Nhanda-Wajarri woman who grew up in Mooniemia (Northampton) in Western Australia where she was taught to paint by Nana Olive Boddington (dec). Mauretta is a youth supervisor who teaches wood burning, painting and print making and helps run cultural camps. Her works are inspired by time spent along the Murchison River, listening to family stories and rediscovering bush foods on Country. She is a founding artist of Ku’arlu Mangga.
About Cosmic Echoes
Cosmic Echoes: A Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition is a celebration of humanity’s ancient cultural wisdom and how it relates to modern science. Cosmic Echoes is a Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) initiative, in collaboration with SARAO, CSIRO and the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation, to bring together Indigenous artists living and working close to the SKA telescope sites in Australia and South Africa.
Related exhibitions
Wajarri Yamaji and South African Indigenous artists explore creativity at the intersection of modern science and ancient wisdom.
