Yamaji Art was successful in their application to the Minderoo Foundation’s Indigenous Creative Fellowship. This fellowship seen Yamaji Art artist’s provide a creative response to Sir John Forrest’s expedition from Geraldton to Adelaide in 1874. The trip across state led the explores into uncharted territory eventually leading them into difficulties locating water for the explores […]
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Yamaji Art attended the 2nd National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Suicide Prevention conference and 2018 World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conferences. The Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference was an international event that encouraged Indigenous nations worldwide to gather and validate Our cultural norms and realities, whilst looking at how we contribute to reducing suicide and solutions […]
Yamaji Art worked in partnership with local community initiative Yamaji Girl which had identified a need for a culturally appropriate service in Geraldton that worked toward empowering young Aboriginal women. Discussion occurred around how arts and an arts therapy approach could be incorporated into the program and how using visual arts can aid in their […]
Western Australia Rural Centre of Heath (WARCH) commissioned Yamaji Art to produce 5 Artworks, Yamaji Art Artists were grouped into 4 for each of the artworks. The Artists included: Charmaine Green, Barbara Merritt, Tyra Thorne, Kyle Pickett, Sherryl Green, Sonya Edney, Andrea Green-Ugle, Jenny Green, Makaira Williams, Craig Pickett, Gemma Merritt, Margaret Whitehurst, Nicole Dickerson, […]
Yamaji Art was a successful participant of the 2017 WA regional arts summit hosted by Country Arts WA. The project seen 9 Artists and their younger family members create a series of works called “Our stories in stitches”which were exhibited at the Mandurah preforming arts centre 13th-14th October 2017 The works included the artists telling […]
Yamaji Art, in partnership with Geraldton Streetwork Aboriginal Corporation and the Arts and Cultural Development Centre, recently had a successful exhibition opening called ‘Referendum for Social Change 1967 – 2017’. The exhibition explores artists response to the 1967 referendum on the 50th anniversary. The 1967 referendum made history as Australians voted an overwhelming YES to […]
