Many First Nations people learn traditional stories about Country and Culture by looking up into the night sky and hearing ancient stories from our Elders. With larger-than-life characters sketched among the constellations, the stars are literally the origin of many First Nations creation stories – in the cosmos where all life began. The starry sky represents a darkness from which light first appeared.
We are all woven within stars, as every living being can trace its existence back to the beginning of creation and because we believe the beginning of creation by our ancestors is spiritually present today.
Woven within Stars considers how, from childhood, we carry stories that connect Country and Culture, then retell them as adults. Yet often as we age, the meanings of those stories develop, and we start to understand them differently. Their works speak to the power, resistance and resilience of First Nations communities.
Featuring new and existing works by nine First Nations artists from regional South Australia, including Roy Coulthard, Sonja (Jonas) Dare, Reginald Dodd, Patricia Fatt, Donny McKenzie, Regina McKenzie, Lavinia Richards, Jenna Richards and Vera Richards.
Curated by Tarnanthi Regional Curator Marika Davies, this is the second exhibition from the award-winning Regional Tarnanthi program, presented in partnership between Country Arts SA, Tarnanthi and the Art Gallery of South Australia supported by Tarnanthi Principal Partner BHP.
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