Galbu Geth (Girl Hand), clay body painting over pandanus by Dante Brim, Wypaan Ambrum, Harriet Mills, and Lilly Suli-Brock.
Exhibition: Thursday 22 August – Saturday 5 October
Launch: 6.00pm, Friday 23 August

By Galbu Geth (Dante Brim, Wypaan Ambrum, Harriet Mills, and Lilly Suli-Brock)

“The voices of my ancestors’ echo through time and continue to impart cultural learning that forms the identity of who I am, my world view and how I live my life. The voices of those who came before are still strong and will survive the passing of time.” (Harriet Mills)

Dante, Wypaan, Harriet, and Lilly, known collectively as Galbu Geth (Girl Hand) shared the Tanks Arts Centre Curators’ Award in last year’s Energy exhibition, the first time this award has been given to a group of year twelve art students, challenging them to create an exhibition together on the theme they so strongly spoke to in the work they presented at Energy.

Now in their first year, post-high school, between new studies and new jobs, these four young artists have created new works, reaffirming their attention to the voices of their past, and finding their own.

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Exhibition Launch | Part of A Cultural Rising

Exhibition Launch | Part of A Cultural Rising


You are warmly invited to attend the official launch at Cairns Festival Launch: A Cultural Rising at 6pm on Friday 23 August.

Last Updated: 16 September 2024

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