Shanysa McConville on 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art and Iluka Sax-Williams on possum skin pyrography

08/06/2025 27 min Temporada 1 Episodio 87
Shanysa McConville on 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art and Iluka Sax-Williams on possum skin pyrography

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Today's episode of Indigenuity focuses on a chat with Shanysa McConville, who is a proud Eastern Arrernte woman, curator, and educator from the University of Melbourne. She is co-curator of the major exhibition 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art with Professor Marcia Langton AO and Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM, which has opened at the Potter Museum of Art. Our second interview is with the Taungurung, Tibrean artist Iluka Sax-Williams, who will be hosting a possum skin pyrography session on traditional skins for the Koorie Heritage Trust. This is a free event for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants on Saturday 14th June at Federation Square. With host Krystal De Napoli.Produced by Alex Watts.

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