IMAGE – ARTIST AUDREY BRUMBY DEEP IN COLOUR AT THE IWIRI STUDIO. PIC COURTESY OF IWIRI.

WE ARE SO PLEASED TO RECEIVE THIS FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF WORK FROM ADELAIDE BASED ART CENTRE, IWIRI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION.

IWIRI WAS ESTABLISHED BY ANANGU IN 2018, MANY OF WHOM HAD BEEN FORCED TO MOVE TO ADELAIDE DUE TO CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS AND LACK OF SERVICES IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES. LIVING FAR FROM THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS, ANANGU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISOLATION THEY WERE EXPERIENCING AND SAW A NEED TO ACT.

IWIRI WAS FORMED TO HELP RETAIN, PROMOTE AND TRANSMIT ANANGU CULTURE AND LANGUAGE THROUGH THE AREA OF ARTS, LANGUAGE, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNITY. SINCE THEN IWIRI HAS GROWN RAPIDLY INTO AN ORGANISATION THAT DELIVERS A RANGE OF PROGRAMS THAT AIM TO STRENGTHEN AND ANVANCE ANANGU WELLBEING.

THANK YOU TO THE ARTISTS AND IWIRI FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THESE WORKS.

ENQUIRIES –

E. TOBY.OSMOND@AES.ORG.AU

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