Contemporary Songlines – Dhakkan/Mundagudda (Rainbow Serpent) and Maroochy (Black Swan) Project

This year-long collaborative First Nations student/youth and women’s exhibition showcases our First Nations regional artists’ collective stories and culture. Project creator, lead and cultural arts project curator, Aunty Jude Hammond (Gunggari/Kamilaroi), with support of Jaiva Davis (Gubbi Gubbi) First Nations cultural arts trainee for Project and Integrated Family and Youth Services (ifys), has worked with four schools across the region, Burnside, Caloundra, Maroochydore and Noosa District and ifys Youth as well as First Nations Women’s Art Group, to created their individual ceramic/metal Songline sculptures; sharing their connections to place, people and ancestors.