Children and their families can join Wadawurrung artist and educator Dr Deanne Gilson for an interactive tour of exhibition Wurrdha Marra. On this tour children will discover the creative and cultural inspiration behind First Nations art and design including sculptures of beloved Ku’ (camp dogs) and playful platypuses.
About the artist
Dr Deanne Gilson is a Wadawurrung woman of Aboriginal and Australian/English descent with an art practice spanning nearly forty years. After spending her early childhood in Melbourne, Gilson relocated to her ancestral Country around Ballarat at seven years old, where she nurtured a deep appreciation for Indigenous plants, trees and flowers, many of which feature prominently in her work today. Gilson recently completed a PhD at Deakin University, looking at the objectification of Aboriginal women by the male colonial gaze. She has exhibited extensively around Australia.
