Yorta Yorta artist Treahna Hamm’s new possum skin cloak, Dark Emu Spiritual Cultural Connections to Homelands, combines the story of the recent destructive bushfires with messages of regeneration and hope echoing this years NAIDOC Week theme: Heal Country!.
Hear Treahna Hamm discuss these stories with NGV Curator Hannah Presley and share the cultural and creative path that led her to creating her recently commissioned cloak.
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Speakers
Dr Treahna Hamm, visual artist
Hannah Presley, Curator, Indigenous Art, NGV
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