BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Cairns Regional Council//Whats On//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Brisbane BEGIN:VEVENT UID:https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/facilities-sport-leisure/events/council-events/public-event-submissions/philomena-yeatman-babim,-muudjum,-djanguul DTSTART:20260627T090000 DTEND:20260711T090000 SUMMARY:Philomena Yeatman: Babim, Muudjum, Djanguul DESCRIPTION: Philomena Yeatman is a proud Gunggandji woman from Yarrabah, celebrated as a master weaver and cultural custodian. She learned traditional knowledge from her grandmother, creating baskets and mats from natural materials like pandanus and cabbage palm, using dyes sourced from her Country. In these large sculptural works, she extends those traditional techniques into contemporary iterations, incorporating new materials and increasing scale into bold installations of suspended forms. The works of Babim, Muudjum, Djanguul (Grandmother, Mother, Daughter) are suggestive of maternal ties and interconnected womb forms, linked by threads representing the umbilical cord and the sacred transmission of cultural knowledge, tradition, and love. The thread is more than a physical connection; it embodies the way Yeatman’s grandmother shared her weaving practice across generations, continuing a legacy of artistry and cultural strength.  Philomena Yeatman: Babim, Muudjum, Djanguul has been supported through the Cairns RSL Club Artist Fellowship Awards.This exhibition will run from 27th June - 22nd August 2026\n LOCATION:{event_metadata_event.location} TYPE:Art & Exhibitions URL:https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/facilities-sport-leisure/events/council-events/public-event-submissions/philomena-yeatman-babim,-muudjum,-djanguul PRIORITY:3 TRANSP:OPAQUE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:TENTATIVE BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Philomena Yeatman is a proud Gunggandji woman from Yarrabah, celebrated as a master weaver and cultural custodian. She learned traditional knowledge from her grandmother, creating baskets and mats from natural materials like pandanus and cabbage palm, using dyes sourced from her Country. In these large sculptural works, she extends those traditional techniques into contemporary iterations, incorporating new materials and increasing scale into bold installations of suspended forms. The works of Babim, Muudjum, Djanguul (Grandmother, Mother, Daughter) are suggestive of maternal ties and interconnected womb forms, linked by threads representing the umbilical cord and the sacred transmission of cultural knowledge, tradition, and love. The thread is more than a physical connection; it embodies the way Yeatman’s grandmother shared her weaving practice across generations, continuing a legacy of artistry and cultural strength.  Philomena Yeatman: Babim, Muudjum, Djanguul has been supported through the Cairns RSL Club Artist Fellowship Awards.This exhibition will run from 27th June - 22nd August 2026\n TRIGGER:-P1D END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR

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