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We’re presenting some gorgeous exhibitions in the next few months and you can read all about it in the August edition of our e-news! 👉 📰 😁

Next month High VisAbility will be bringing technicolour joy to PICA 🎨 as part of the Awesome Festival. In the meantime we’re taking you behind the scenes, to find out how this beautiful project is empowering students with disabilities. 🌻

Then in October, it’s time for Doontanboro/Melville Waters Dreaming, an exhibition that will take you on a deep dive into the ancient Noongar placenames found in the Melville area 📍 and their meanings. 🤔

This month we chatted to one of our artist-collaborators Bruce Denny about the script-writing he’s been doing for a beautiful animation that will transport you through the millennia to a Noongar creation story. 📃 ✍️

And if you weren’t lucky enough to be in Harvey for the launch of the Place Names Korijekup map, we’ve got you covered, with an update that captures all the excitement of the big reveal. 🤩

Check it out! >> 🔗 https://email.can.org.au/t/t-e-ekhithd-l-yh/

📸 A detail of Place Names Korijekup map // credit Cassandra Edwards

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A joyous celebration of being seen, High VisAbility will be filling PICA this September, with fluorescent sculpture 🎇 otherworldly creatures 🦄 and quirky animations 🌀

This exhibition is the result of a beautiful project designed to enrich and empower students living with disabilities 🌻 by giving them the opportunity to collaborate with professional artists, and we’re inviting you to take a peek behind the scenes in our latest blog post. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/get-your-high-vis-on-at-the-awesome-festival

📸 1. 3D sculptures being photographed for a stop-motion animation by one of the Sir David Brand School (SDBS) students • 2–5. SDBS students creating art at High VisAbility workshops // credit CAN Team

Woolah! 🤩 We are stoked to see the launch of the Place Names Korijekup map featured in the Koori Mail this week 📰 taking the story of this seminal artwork to readers around Australia!

Featuring quotes from contributing artists Noongar Elder Lesley Ugle and Bindjareb mamaan (man) Brad Vitale, journalist Nick Paton has beautifully captured the significance of both the map and the Place Names project in relation to reviving and amplifying Noongar language. 🖤💛❤️

Have a read here! >> 🔗https://www.can.org.au/assets/asset_volumes/documents/Koori-Mail-2024-July-Place-Names-Korijekup.pdf

Place Names Korijekup was delivered in partnership with Harvey aboriginal corporation.

We’re delighted to be working with Yamatji/native American writer Bruce Denny, Nimunburr, Yawuru and Ballardong Noongar illustrator Kambarni and animator Alexander Hare to create a spoken word and animation work on the Noongar placename Wagoorjup (Canning Bridge). 🥰🤝

Produced as part of the Place Names Melville project, the animation will be presented at the Place Names Melville exhibition at Wireless Hill in October.

Stay tuned for more info about this beautiful animation! 👀

Place Names Melville is delivered in partnership with the City of Melville and Moodjar Consultancy.

📸 (L–R) Animator Alexander Hare, Yamatji/native American writer Bruce Denny and Nimunburr, Yawuru and Ballardong Noongar illustrator Kambarni in front of the Place Names Melville map // credit CAN Team

“I think when you can surround our young people in our songs and language and embed a love for it at a young age, they’ll come back one day and want to learn more – it’s a cycle.” - Anthony Culbong, Moorditj Maaman group member

Massive thanks 🙏 to Echo Newspaper and journalist Guanhao Cheng for publishing this beautiful article about Lullabies Swan, which really captures the spirit of the project! 🥰

Check it out below, and stay tuned for the launch of the album and songbook, supported by City of Swan, in October. >> 🔗 https://echonewspaper.com.au/news/lullaby-legacy-for-noongar-men/

📸 (L–R) Journalist Guanhao Cheng taking a photo of Kobi Arthur Morrison, Cyndy Moody (aka DjoonyArt Creatives), Michael Cross, John Mogridge and Tony Colbung for the article // credit CAN Team

Two former CAN's CEOs are kicking goals in exciting new roles! 🌟

June Moorhouse has been appointed to the Lotterywest board, where her 40+ years of experience in community arts and cultural development, and the arts more broadly, will be an invaluable resource to both Lotterywest and the WA community that it serves. June is such a passionate advocate for the arts and we are thrilled to see her in this role.

Wendy Martin has been appointed director of Creative Australia’s recently established Creative Futures Fund, which is designed to support the creation and sharing of innovative and unexpected Australian stories. It feels like a perfect fit for Wendy, whose career has been shaped around storytelling in artistic leadership roles at Perth Festival, Southbank Centre in London, Sydney Opera House and, of course, here at CAN!

Congratulations Juney and Wendy 🥳👏 Lotterywest and Creative Australia are lucky to have you.

📸 (L) June Moorhouse // credit Camera Story • (R) Wendy Martin // credit Tom Wilkinson

Lullabies Swan is lined up to feature on NITV's news tonight at 6.30pm! 📺

It’s all a go for Lullabies Swan this week - group members are at Aerial Recording studio in Glen Forrest 🎙️ to record the lullabies they’ve been developing over the past 6 months.

Under the guidance of Noongar language facilitator and singer/songwriter Cyndy Moody aka DjoonyArt Creatives and Bibbulmun Noongar composer and musician Kobi Arthur Morrison, a group of men from Indigo Junction’s Moorditj Maaman men’s group in Midland are recording an album of original lullabies, written and performed in Noongar language… and we can’t wait to hear it! 🤩

Here’s a couple of photos from today's recording session - tune in at 6.30pm tonight and you’ll see these faces on the news! 👀

Stay tuned for the launch of the Lullabies Swan album and songbook in October, supported by the City of Swan, and read more about this project here. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/indigo-junction-puts-its-own-stamp-on-noongar-lullabies

📸 1. Cyndy Moody • 2. Kobi Arthur Morrison • 3. (L–R) Kobi, Cyndy, Michael Cross, John Mogridge and Tony Colbung recording the lullabies together // credit CAN Team

⚠️ WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this post may contain images of people who have now passed away.

Have you visited ‘Woolah!’ at the Museum of Performing Arts WA (MOPA)? 🎭

Celebrating contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Performing Arts from the 1930s to today, ‘Woolah!’ features costumes, set-pieces and ephemera from some of Australia’s best-loved First Nations artists and companies 🖤💛❤️ including the likes of Ernie Dingo, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre.

Members of the CAN team were delighted to be given a tour of the exhibition by MOPA staff Neil Sheriff and Karl Galin. Check us out in front of this gorgeous set-piece from Yirra Yaakin’s 2011 production of David Milroy’s ‘Waltzing the Wilarra’, which featured CAN’s own Irma Woods! 🤩

You can visit ‘Woolah’
🗓️ Monday – Friday, until Friday 1 November 2024
⏰ Friday between 11am and 2pm
📍 Downstairs At The Maj

This exhibition is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Members of the CAN team at the Woolah! exhibition curated by MOPA and some of the costumes, set-pieces and ephemera on display // credit CAN Team

One of CAN’s most popular and long-running programs Noongar Healing Dolls will be shared at a session for The Blue Room Theatre’s 35th Birthday celebration 🎂 🥳 🎉

Join CAN’s Cultural Advisor and Noongar Traditional Owner and Artist Geri Hayden in a yarning circle 🧶 as she shares her personal journey as an artist and facilitator.

The use of textile, natural fibre and the making of dolls by Noongar communities is something that stretches back many generations, helping them to weave together old memories, unpick their relationships and spin new yarns and re-stitch community. 🫂

For more details and registration >> 🔗 https://blueroom.org.au/events/yarning-circle-and-noongar-healing-dolls-with-geri-hayden/

Yarning Circle and Noongar Healing Dolls with Geri Hayden is presented in collaboration with Community Arts Network and The Blue Room Theatre.

📸 Geri Hayden // credit Cassandra Edwards

OPPORTUNITY // Calling all creatives! 📢

The Red Earth Arts Festival (REAF) is seeking expressions of interest from artists who wish to present work at REAF 2025-2027.

Held annually in May, the Red Earth Arts Festival is one of the Pilbara’s most iconic festivals, attracting thousands of visitors. REAF features visual and performing arts, including music, dance, theatre, circus arts, opera, sculpture, painting and media arts and film. Artists and performers are invited to contribute their unique perspectives, talents, and passions to the Festival.

Expressions of interest close Monday 5 August 2024. More info >> 🔗 https://www.reaf.com.au/about

REAF is presented by City of Karratha and supported by Rio Tinto, Woodside Energy and Pilbara Ports.

This opportunity is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Image courtesy of Red Earth Arts Festival

You don’t get something for nothing… except you do at CAN! 🥰

Our shop is full of beautiful FREE goods, including these gorgeous art prints from our first Place Names Melville project 🏞️ Referencing the locations of Noongar placenames decoded during the project, these digital collages combine individual responses to patterns, texture, rhythms and reflections found on Country with layers of mark making, line drawings and paper collage.

Drop into the CAN office to collect, or have them posted to you for a small fee. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/shop

📸 1. Ngaluk Waangkiny (Us Talking) book • 2. Place Names Walyalup posters • 3. Hillview UNITY postcard • 4. Koorndaarm Bidi: Noongar Lullabies from Belmont songbook • 5. Place Names Melville posters • 6. Andalap Djedi poster • 7. Universal Declaration of Human Rights pocket guide // credit CAN Team

Looking for dance and conversation? 💃 💬 🕺🏾

Presented by Fremantle Theatre Company’s Indie program, Xin Hui Ong’s new dance theatre work ‘Splice’ explores how our choices shape our lives and relationships.

The evening begins with a 30-minute show that brings together vocals, loop-recorded live music, a kinetic set design and contemporary dance. After each night’s performance, a discussion started by guest speakers breaks out into deeper conversations and networking.

More info/bookings >> 🔗 https://www.fremantletheatrecompany.com/

This event is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Image supplied by Fremantle Theatre Company

🌿 HELP RESTORE LAKE MONGER'S WHADJUK NOONGAR NAME 🌿

The draft management plan for Lake Monger 2024-2034 has just been released by Town of Cambridge for public comment. As part of the survey, the Town is seeking feedback on a proposed change of name for the reserve, from “Lake Monger” to “Galup” (meaning place of campfires) as requested by the Whadjuk Noongar Registered Knowledge Holders and Council.

Please complete this survey by 15th July and share this post encouraging others to do the same. >> 🔗 https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Community/Infrastructure-Works-Projects/Draft-Lake-Monger-Galup-Management-Plan

This event is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Image courtesy of Dan Grant

Is anyone else feeling like the racists in our society have become emboldened after Australia gave a resounding NO vote to the referendum for Indigenous recognition and a voice?

We at CAN certainly have and we're wondering if you have too.

For the first time ever, our NAIDOC week posts have been targeted by racist trolls, spouting negative and derogatory comments.

It's just awful to see the beautiful artwork and cultural activities we are celebrating being attacked by people who obviously need to get a life.

We've been reporting and deleting them, but it's been pretty full on and distressing.

Community Arts Network is an organisation grounded in social justice and equality for all.

Much of our work involves truth-telling and creating space for all people of all cultures to be heard and celebrated. We will simply not tolerate racist bullying.

So racist trolls can you kindly put yourselves in the bin?

Regards,
Team CAN



📸 Hugh Sando

The launch of the handcrafted Korijekup Map on Monday represented the culmination of Place Names Korijekup, but it also felt like the start of a new era of language revival in the Bindjareb/Harvey area. 📍

We had a chat to Bindjareb maaman (man) Brad Vitale and Elder Lesley Ugle to find out more… >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/creating-a-springboard-for-language-revival

Huge thanks 🙏 to Geri Hayden and Sandy McKendrick, who led and facilitated the creation of the community artwork. This project has been delivered in partnership with Moodjar Consultancy and Harvey aboriginal corporation.

📸 1. Bindjareb community and contributing artists and CAN team with the 3 posters featuring Warawarrup, Wokalup and Korijekup. • 2. The unveiling of the Korijekup map at the NAIDOC Week exhibition • 3. Brad Vitale and Elder Lesley Ugle • 4. A closer look of the 3 posters with (L–R) CAN's CEO Danielle Antaki, Noongar Artist Geri Hayden, Artist Sandy McKendrick and CAN's General Manager Miranda De Baughn // credit Cassandra Edwards

Did you catch INKABEE and Flewnt on America’s Got Talent a couple of weeks ago? 📺

Together with fellow rapper and hip-hop artist Optamus, Flewnt has been working with CAN on our Now Sounds projects since 2022, enabling young people from First Nations and multicultural communities to develop skills in beat-making, lyric writing and rapping. The pair’s work is complemented by dance workshops with Afrofusion dance teacher and choreographer Mubanga Culture.

We’re so proud to have Flewnt on our team 🤩 and we’re sharing this footage of him performing with his son Inkabee on an international stage, in honour of the NAIDOC Week theme - KEEP THE FIRE BURNING! BLAK, LOUD AND PROUD. ✊🏾 >> 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdpFQZC2AA

📸 Image from Flewnt's social media

Some good news for NAIDOC Week - our Place Names Melville documentary film is nearing completion! 🤩

Directed by renowned Whadjuk Noongar videographer and photographer Hugh Sando 🎬 the documentary captures the journeys of Elders and community members over the course of the project.

Most recently, we recorded interviews 🎙️ with some of the Elders who have been involved with Place Names Melville since its inception in 2022, to understand their commitment to truth-telling and reconciliation through this project.

🎥 The final scenes of the documentary will be filmed at the launch of Place Names Melville phase 2 exhibition, which runs from Friday 4 October 2024.

In the meantime you can find out more about how the Place Names Melville project is amplifying First Nations voices here. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/empowering-and-amplifying-first-nations-voices

Place Names Melville is produced by CAN in collaboration with Moodjar Consultancy and the City of Melville.

📸 Behind the scenes of the filming // credit CAN Team

Happy NAIDOC Week! 🖤💛❤️

If you’re down Harvey way, make sure you check out Harvey Aboriginal Corporation’s NAIDOC Week Exhibition at Harvey Town Hall, where you’ll be able to see the beautiful Korijekup Place Names map that has been created as part of the Place Names Korijekup project, produced by CAN in collaboration with Moodjar Consultancy and Harvey aboriginal corporation

🗺️ Intricately dyed, stitched, printed and painted, the vibrant large-scale canvas map of Bindjareb Boodja is layered both physically and metaphorically; embedded with ancient stories, cultural knowledge and traditions.

The Korijekup map was unveiled as part of Harvey Aboriginal Corporation’s NAIDOC Week opening event on Monday 8 July at Harvey Town Hall. The event included a Welcome to Country, Smoking Ceremony, flag raising, traditional dance and other activities.

Don’t miss the chance to see the Korijekup map, on display at Harvey Town Hall until Friday 12 July. 👀

📸 Details of the Korijekup map // credit Cassandra Edwards

Get ready to SMILE! 😁

The Beautiful Smiles book and lullaby will be launching next month and we can’t wait to share them with you!

🎵 Sung in 9 different languages, the lullaby was created by Noongar songwriter/musicians Cyndy Moody and Kobi Arthur Morrison in collaboration with 8 families. 📔 The accompanying book features gorgeous photos of contributing families’ children taken by Noongar/Spinifex photographer Tace Stevens, plus words to the lullaby so you can sing along with your child and celebrate your beautiful smiles.

Stay tuned for the launch of Beautiful Smiles, and in the meantime enjoy this peek behind the scenes at the lullaby-writing workshops and photoshoot. 👶

This project was produced as part of the Smiling Starts Early Childhood Dental Program 🦷 🪥 a government-backed program leading the promotion and education of oral health care for all Western Australian children under 5 years of age.

More info >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/community/beautiful-smiles/beautiful-smiles

📸 1. Gurnawab Singh • 2. (L–R) Axel Giuseppe Nguyen and Peter Nguyen • 3. (Back) Dahlinah Ahmad-Daud and (Front) Lilayah Dowley • 4. (L–R) Vani Ohja and Lalita Ohja • 5. Parents and their children participating in one of the Beautiful Smiles workshop • 6. Noongar songwriter and musician Cyndy Moody • 7. Noongar songwriter and musician Kobi Arthur Morrison // credit Tace Stevens

We were thrilled to see five of our Place Names Walyalup contributing artists featured in a live cross to our installation at Raine Square, during a recent Chanel 9 news broadcast. 9️⃣ 🎥

Geri Hayden, Gerrard Shaw, Vickie Zani, Christine Reich and Rachael Zani were filmed interacting with the installation, which features Noongar names for flora and fauna 🦘🌳 from the Walyalup (Fremantle) area and artwork 🖼️ created by contributing artists from the Walyalup community, led by Natalie Scholtz, Elly Jones and Sandy Mckendrick.

The installation includes free collectible flashcards 🔖 featuring those Noongar words, English translations and artwork depicting the flora and fauna named.

With NAIDOC Week coming up, it’s the perfect time to visit the installation, which continues til the end of NAIDOC Week (14 July) as part of Raine Square’s Maar Koodjal immersive First Nations art and interactive experiences. 🖤💛❤️

📸 Place Names Walyalup contributing artists being featured in a live cross by Channel 9 at Raine Square // credit CAN Team

What IS cultural mapping? 🤔

At CAN we talk about cultural mapping a lot. It’s a term we use to describe the process behind many of the beautiful and impactful community artworks that result from our projects and partnerships.

But maybe you’re wondering, what does the term cultural mapping actually MEAN for CAN?

Take a dive into this new blog post to find out more about cultural mapping and why it is such a vital part of the work we do at CAN towards reconciliation, and amplifying the voices of First Nations people and the often-untold stories of this land. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/healing-the-heart-with-cultural-mapping

📸 1. A detail of the Place Names Langford map // credit CAN Team • 2. Filming took place as part of the cultural mapping process for Place Names Kinjarling/Albany // credit CAN Team • 3. Place Names Katanning's cultural mapping included the creation of puppets // credit Caro Telfer • 4. 'Kep Gabi: Stories from Yued Country' documents stories and artwork from Place Names Moora // credit Tash Gillespie • 5. Collage artwork produced during Place Names Melville's cultural mapping workshops // credit Hugh Sando • 6. One of the creative outcomes of Place Names Walyalup/Fremantle's cultural mapping phase was an exhibition at Fremantle Arts Centre // Rebecca Mansell

OPPORTUNITY // Calling new and emerging Whadjuk Noongar artists 📢

Expressions of Interest are invited for a Whadjuk Noongar Artist to create an artwork for the Djarlgarro (Canning waterways) Restoration Plan.

For details about the scope of the project and/or the EOI form, please vist here. >> 🔗 https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/management/swan-canning-riverpark

Deadline for EOI submissions 📅 Monday 22 July 2024

This opportunity is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Riverton Bridge // credit Peter Nicholas, courtesy of Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

📰 There’s so much to celebrate in the latest edition of CAN’s e-news, and it’s not just our recent funding successes (although we’re pretty stoked about those)...

You can 🫣 take a sneak peek at the intricately dyed, stitched, printed and painted Place Names Harvey map, ahead of the big reveal during NAIDOC Week; 🔎 find out what makes the latest Noongar Lullabies project different from the others; 🤔 discover exactly what cultural mapping IS and why it’s so crucial to our work; 🕊️ get the latest news from our High VisAbility project… and more!

Read all about it here. >> 🔗 https://email.can.org.au/t/t-e-ehidyht-l-jr/

📸 Cultural mapping workshop, Place Names Harvey // credit Cassandra Edwards

How beautiful is the Place Names Harvey map? 🗺️ We’re looking forward to sharing it with the world next month, at a special NAIDOC Week exhibition. 🤩

Stay tuned to find out more, and in the meantime you can enjoy reading the story behind its creation and the gorgeous accompanying photos by Cassandra Edwards. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/bindjareb-map-is-a-treasure-trove-of-noongar-knowledge

Huge thanks 🙏 to Geri Hayden and Sandy McKendrick, who led and facilitated the creation of the community artwork. This project has been delivered in partnership with Harvey aboriginal corporation.

📸 Cultural mapping workshop, Place Names Harvey // credit Cassandra Edwards

There’s something different about Lullabies Swan… 🤨 there are a lot more men in the room than we’ve seen in previous Noongar Lullabies projects.

In our latest blog post you can find out what makes their lullabies so special. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/indigo-junction-puts-its-own-stamp-on-noongar-lullabies

Lullabies Swan is presented in partnership with Indigo Junction, Maali Deadly Yorgas, Moorditj Maaman, City of Swan and Midland Junction Arts Centre.

📸 Men participating in dollmaking session led by artist Sharyn Egan, Lullabies Swan // credit Michelle Troop

OPPORTUNITY // Contemporary Asian Australian Performance and Black Swan State Theatre Company are seeking expressions of interest from WA-based Asian Australian emerging playwrights, writers interested in playwriting and theatre-makers to join their Playwrights Lab in August. 👀

The day-long program will include opportunities for participants to connect with industry leaders and a masterclass with an established playwright, offering insights into the commissioning and programming cycle at Black Swan.

Applications close midday, Friday 28 June 2024. More info >> 🔗 https://www.caap.org.au/initiatives/lotus/621-playwrights-lab-whadjukboodjar

This opportunity is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Image supplied by Contemporary Asian Australian Performance

Help us transform lives, using the power of the arts! 🙌

Make an EOFY gift to CAN and you will be actively creating positive social change through high-quality collaborative community arts projects that amplify marginalised voices and stories, create positive social change and build inclusion and understanding between people.

Donate today! >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/donate

📸 1. Weaving workshop with Sharyn Egan, Making Time 2023 // credit Edwin Sitt • 2. Youth dance workshop with Mubanga, Now Sounds Hedland // credit AB Videography • 3. Place Names Harvey cultural mapping workshop // credit Cassandra Edwards • 4. Hillview UNITY community mural workshop with Nick Zafir // credit Edwin Sitt • 5. Now Sounds Hedland performance // credit AB Videography • 6. Umoja Textile Connections workshop with Annick Akanni, Making Time 2023 // credit Edwin Sitt • 7. Place Names Melville cultural mapping workshop // credit Matty Loucas • 8. Cultural Awareness Day at CAN // credit Hugh Sando

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve received funding from the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, towards the delivery of two powerful projects: Legacies and Unfinished Business. 🤩 🎉

Both projects amplify the voices of First Nations Elders so that their cultural knowledge and stories may be shared with future generations. 🖤💛❤️

The multi-layered storytelling and portraiture project Legacies will celebrate the unique personal histories of trail-blazing Elders from the Goldfields region. 💫

The second project, Unfinished Business, centres around Badjaling Elder Winnie McHenry and will give the next generation of Noongar women access to the traditional knowledge that should have been their birthright, allowing them to be the custodians of this information, to hold and hand to the next generation. 🤲

Read more. >> 🔗 https://www.can.org.au/news/two-wins-to-preserve-and-pass-on-elders-wisdom

📸 1. Badjaling Workshop Site // credit CAN Team • 2. (L–R) Aunty Muriel Bowie, Aunty Margaret Culbong, Aunty Theresa Walley, Uncle Albert McNamara, Uncle Noel Nannup, Uncle Ben Taylor, Aunty Irene McNamara, Aunty Theresa Walley, Uncle Farley Garlett, Uncle Walter Eatts // credit Hugh Sando, courtesy of ABC Perth • 3. Winnie McHenry // credit Curtis Taylor

Last week saw the Place Names Harvey team working with renowned Noongar videographer Hugh Sando to document a series of interviews with Elders and community leaders about the Place Names Harvey project. 🎥

Filmed on beautiful Bindjareb Country, against picture-perfect blue skies, the Elders and community leaders talked about 3 prominent placenames in the area that were explored during this project – Korijekup, Warrawarup and Wokalup, their reflections on boodja 📍 and the art-making process. 🎨

The videos will be launched at an exhibition during NAIDOC Week (7–14 July) and will eventually form part of an interactive online map of Harvey and surrounds. 🗺️

A heartfelt thank you to Harvey aboriginal corporation, for being such generous and hospitable hosts and guides and helping to make the filming trip such a success.

📸 Filming on Bindjareb Country, Place Names Harvey // credit CAN Team

OPPORTUNITY // Callout for storytellers for Backyard Truth Telling Program, presented by Centre for Stories and the City of Fremantle 📢

The City of Fremantle and Centre for Stories are calling out to people within and around Walyalup | Fremantle to share a story inspired by the truths of our often-untold past, in relation to Australia’s relationship and history with First Nations people.

Stories are sought from both First Nations and non-First Nations people, about difficult truths and reimagined futures 📚 to be included as part of the upcoming Backyard Truth Telling events across November.

Selected storytellers will be mentored across a series of workshops in July to support and shape their story of lived experience in a safe and supportive environment.

An information session will be held at Fremantle Arts Centre, 7 July. For details and more info >> 🔗 https://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/centre-stories-and-city-fremantle-backyard-truth-telling-program

This opportunity is not affiliated with Community Arts Network and is shared for the benefit of our friends and supporters.

📸 Truth telling – We will never abandon our dream of walking together // credit Centre for Stories and City of Fremantle