Published May 27, 2021
After the conversations around the systemic injustice towards our First Nations Australians, events need to do a much better job at recognising and spotlighting our Indigenous creatives. Cut to this year’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week which is not only being held on the same week as National Reconciliation Week but opens with the event’s first welcome to country performance by First Nations designer
Grace Lillian Lee.
“Our practices and native landscapes have served as a great source of inspiration. Our people and our land continue to contribute to the growth and development of this nation,” Lee said in a statement.
City of Newcastle
Works of art never before seen outside of the Torres Strait will be displayed in Newcastle as part of a landmark exhibition focusing on the artistic traditions of the Torres Strait Islander culture.
The Torres Strait Island flag was raised at City Hall today for the first time in the building’s 92-year history to coincide with the Newcastle Art Gallery exhibition. It will be flown at City Hall permanently as a mark of respect for the local Torres Strait community.
Four years in the making, WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait was developed by Newcastle Art Gallery in collaboration with highly awarded artist and curator Brian Robinson.