Six Seasons Gathering: Walyalup
Dates
Friday 16 - Sunday 25 August 2024 | 10am - 4pm
Location
Walyalup Civic Centre – Council Chambers
Free
Opening Night
Friday 16 August 2024 | From 5.30pm
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Walyalup’s seasonal abundance: past and present.
Six Seasons Gathering is a collaborative, community-based project that began in 2023, bringing together Nyoongar and Wadjala artists to create a six-piece art installation representing Walyalup’s seasonal abundance: past and present.
Local artists gathered and shared seasonal resources from the Walyalup Bilya area (river, swamp, ocean and land) to create artworks that reflect the Nyoongar six seasons.
The Project’s unique creative process involved artists’ shared kaatijin (knowledge), language, and resource-gathering to create an inclusive representation of traditional Nyoongar practices and those of the tribes and peoples who have passed through Walyalup.
Note: This exhibition location is at Walyalup Civic Centre – Council Chambers
The project is supported by the City of Fremantle and the WA Maritime Museum.
Image: Marnie Richardson
Artist talks at Walyalup Civic Centre
Explore the collaborative, creative process.
Join the Six Seasons Gathering: Walyalup artists to view the exhibit and learn more about this unique collaborative project. Artists will discuss the resource-gathering methodology, sharing of kaatijin (knowledge) and observations of country which all informed the creation of the artworks. Participants will also get hands-on in this session and create a design using gathered materials.
Featuring artists Turid Calgaret, Geri Hayden and Sascha Ogilvie.
Turid Calgaret is a talented Whadjuk Noongar artist and shares her art and cultural heritage through various art pieces which often features traditional Noongar themes and stories.
Geraldine Hayden works with and in Aboriginal community’s organisations, communities and individuals and is passionate about cultural arts, and continuing tradition.
Featuring artists Irma Woods and Sandy McKendrick with project consultants Karen Clarkson (Native Wildlife) and Vivian Hansen (Noongar botanical language).
