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Olir Kwith Draw Woman with many Children New works by Wei’ Num artists Marsha Hall, Daphne de Jersey & Margaret Mara 3RD - 28TH MARCH 2015 Wei’ Num Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts & Crafts Corporation OUR VISION To facilitate and provide resources that foster a fine arts and craft program throughout the Western and Northern Cape that has a focus on product development, marketing and promotion, arts education and training, and arts business. Ngongg (Mangrove Fern) Marsha Hall Shell Mound Marsha Hall Au Bau 1 Daphne de Jersey Au Bau 2 Daphne de Jersey Boggy Road Daphne de Jersey Caught by the Net Margaret Mara 2015, 72cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 56cm x 46cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 52cm x 52cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 72cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 52cm x 52cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 84cm x 66cm, Acrylic on Linen Sole Entrapment Daphne de Jersey Staying Connected Margaret Mara Day Dream Daphne de Jersey Ethereal Reflections 1 Daphne de Jersey Ethereal Reflections 2 Daphne de Jersey Hayi (yams) Digging for Yams Marsha Hall 2015, 91m x 91cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 62cm x 62cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 52cm x 52cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 62cm x 62cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 84cm x 84cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 72cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen Storm Tide Daphne de Jersey Storm Tide Daphne de Jersey Lady Apple Daphne de Jersey Letting your Light Shine Margaret Mara Luwang Langhipwa (small girl of Luwang) Marsha Hall Women Of Many Daphne de Jersey 2015, 62cm x 62cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 72cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 52cm x 52cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 52cm x 52cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 72cm x 92cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 62cm x 62cm, Acrylic on Linen Tidal Currents Daphne de Jersey Too Much Noise Margaret Mara Mapoon Spiritual Connection Margaret Mara Mapoon Wet Season Time Margaret Mara Mokwie (country man) Marsha Hall Networking Margaret Mara 2015, 99cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 72cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 92cm x 92cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 56cm x 56cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 92cm x 72cm, Acrylic on Linen 2015, 52cm x 52cm, Acrylic on Linen OUR HISTORY In 2007 a Weipa public meeting addressed the viability and necessity of an artist run organisation to support and promote Indigenous art in the Western and Northern Cape York. A facility in Weipa was identified to run arts-based courses for artists, including developing creative and business skills. It became known as the Art Centre. The Art Hub concept was developed as a collaborative initiative of community and government representatives. This is what is now known as Wei’ Num. THE ART CENTRE Wei’ Num grew from an initiative that was funded by DEEDI in partnership with Western Cape College and TNQI TAFE. Wei’ Num’s vision is to empower indigenous artists to take ownership of their individual arts businesses and to create economic certainty for themselves and their families. Wei’ Num delivers arts and craft based business and professional development opportunities for artists (and also communities) living in Weipa, Napranum and Mapoon. In time, it is aimed to extend the services of the Corporation throughout the Western and Northern Cape York to the communities of Coen, Aurukun, Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama, and to the communities of the Northern Peninsula Area: Seisia, New Mapoon, Bamaga, Umagico and Injinoo. Wei’ Num also supports the growth and recognition of ‘the arts’ as an important industry, which in Indigenous communities has the capacity to provide education and training opportunities in arts practice and business, economic growth, cultural maintenance and retention, employment, and community engagement and pride. The Artists Daphne De Jersey Marsha Hall Margaret Mara Mother of six, Daphne has always been an artistic individual, leaning more towards the tactile ceramics field as a student in secondary school and coming to find her painting ability in 2004. Marsha Hall, a Thanakwithi woman, was always artistic and creative but it was never something a young woman from Napranum ever thought she could rely on as a profession. Partaking in the early Western Cape Artists program in Mapoon, Daphne had instant success with her first painting selling to a wealthy business owner. Inspiration comes from many places for Daphne including her own life experiences and events, coupled with her knowledge of bush food which was passed down to her from her mother, and is a signature representation in her works. Bush foods and their seasonal occurrence have great significance in traditional culture. Through countless years of observation and generation after generation of knowledge transfer, the importance of bush food is immeasurable. Much has changed since then and she has explored new techniques and mediums to produce some creative pieces of art. Inspired by the five clan groups of the Weipa region, Marsha’s work adopts an abstract angle. As a mother of eight and grandmother to four, Margaret Mara’s (nee de Jersey) painting ability is obviously coupled with a talent for time management. Working around a busy schedule, Margaret produces a steady flow of paintings for scheduled shows. Her latest work utilizes a new contemporary colour scheme, much different to her previous traditional natural ochre hues. In the past, animals from the Western Cape were the main sources of iconography in Marsha’s work, where they were encapsulated in all their essence by her sharp eye and attention to detail. Marsha’s designs have been commissioned for metal wear, educational learning materials and costumes for dance ensembles. In 2005, after becoming frustrated and unsatisfied with painting realistically, Margaret found comfort with a more contemporary and abstract style. Drawing inspiration from the immediate events in her life, Margaret reflects on many other areas for inspiration; the environment, family stories, living in the Cape, emotions and anything else that has direct effect on her as an individual. Belonging to an extremely creative family, Margaret’s desire to establish her artistic career as a full time profession seems a natural progression. Olir Kwith Draw 3RD - 28TH MARCH 2015 KickArts Contemporary ARTS 96 Abbott Street, Cairns QLD Open MonDAY – SatURDAY 10am to 5pm Free Entry for more info, view the website: weinumarts.com.au This project is supported by the Queensland Government’s Indigenous Art Centre Funding Program through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Wei’ Num Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Arts & Crafts Corporation PO Box 134, Weipa Qld 4874 e. [email protected]
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