Queensland Regional Art Award (QRAA) 2021 New Media Award winner Bianca Tainsh visited Meanjin (Brisbane) for a week-long residency at the State Library of Queensland’s innovation centre, The Edge on the 30 January to 6 February 2022.
Artist Feature
Meet Philomena Yeatman
Philomena Yeatman is a Gunggandji and Kuku Yalanji woman, born and raised in the Yarrabah community. She began her art career in 1991 as a screen printer and jewellery maker, then later developing her skills as a weaver, producing table mats, fans and baskets.
Meet Michelle Yeatman
Michelle Yeatman belongs to the Gunggandji people and was born
and raised in the Yarrabah community. She is an artist working across the mediums of ceramics, painting and printmaking.
Meet Elverina Johnson
Elverina Johnson lives in Yarrabah. Her traditional family name is Bunya Badjil, which means ‘Good Woman’. She is of Kunganji Gurugulu lineage on her grandfather’s side and Indinji Gimuy lineage on her grandmother’s side.
Meet Edna Ambrym
Edna comes from the Gunggandji people on her mother’s side and is Eastern Kuku Yalanji on her father’s side. She has lived in Yarrabah all her life, raising a large family and has been a practising artist with Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Precinct for 10 years.
Spring Artist Feature – Jan Ward
Preview Jan Ward’s ‘Lean In’ series- on display as part of Flying Arts’ Spring Seasonal Sitting of Tiny Art at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts.
Spring Artist Feature – Janet Ambrose
Preview Janet Ambrose’s ‘Gloria’ series – on display as part of Flying Arts’ Spring Seasonal Sitting of Tiny Art at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts.
Spring Artist Feature – Jacqueline Sanderson
Preview Jacqueline Sanderson’s ‘Fine balance’ series- on display as part of Flying Arts’ Spring Seasonal Sitting of Tiny Art at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts.