Sharing Culture, Sharing Art with Noeleen Hamlett
$30 per person
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Join Wajarri artist Noeleen Hamlett for a hands-on art workshop at the Museum of Geraldton, where you'll be guided through the art of acrylic painting on canvas.
Noeleen is one of the featured artists in Cosmic Echoes: A Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition opening its Australian tour at the Museum from July 2026.
Drawing on her Wajarri heritage and formal training, Noeleen will share her creative process and cultural perspective as she helps participants create their own original painted canvas to take home.
No experience is necessary — this is a welcoming and inspiring session open to all members of the public aged 16 years and older. Whether you're picking up a brush for the first time or simply looking to connect with culture and creativity, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn from a talented local artist and leave with a piece of art that is uniquely your own.
About the artist
Noeleen Hamlett grew up in the small town of Mullewa on Wajarri Country in Western Australia. As a child she was inspired by her mum and brother who carved emu eggs. She has 8 daughters and 17 grandchildren and currently lives in Perth where she studied Visual Arts. As a professional Aboriginal artist, her art and research practice often combine traditional practice with unconventional techniques using other mediums that transform the image to a narrative of 'Memory and Land'. This combination explores how conflicting mediums work together, creating a unique visual language and representing historical stories as part of an ongoing project.
A key intention of Noleen's art is to offer the viewer a closer understanding of Wajarri's unique culture by exploring land from topographical views of location. Noeleen will always have a passion for her culture and Country.
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.
