NAIDOC Kiama

“The 2021 National NAIDOC Poster, ‘Care for Country’ was designed by Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas.

Using the 2021 NAIDOC Week theme, Heal Country!, as inspiration, ‘Care for Country’ is a bright and vibrant artwork which explores how Country has cared for and healed First Nations people spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially and culturally.

The artwork includes communities, people, animals and bush medicines spread over different landscapes of red dirt, green grass, bush land and coastal areas to tell the story of the many ways Country can and has healed us throughout our lives and journeys.”

To see more Aboriginal artworks, a NAIDOC Healing Country Exhibition will be held at the Old Fire Station Kiama Friday 1st to 7th July. An exhibition of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal Art, 10 am to 4 pm. COVID procedures apply and an online option available.

Paintings from the Air Ink Series is now exhibiting at the NAIDOC Healing Country Exhibition at the Old Fire Station Kiama 2021.

From the BAMAL Exhibition this collection of paintings explore the connections to BAMAL (earth), through contemporary iconography and art practice.

Made from ink that is derived from diesel pollution each painting uses the body movements of the Aboriginal practice of Wayapa Wuurrk.

Healing Country is indicative to our future and is embedded in our Culture. Healing Country “calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.”

Image 1: Sun, Air-ink Series, 2020, Aprox 45 x 45 cm Wood Panel and Air-ink on Ochre Ridge paint.

Image 2: Mother Earth, Air-ink Series, 2020, Aprox 45 x 45 cm Wood Panel and Air-ink on Ochre Ridge paint.