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Tyrown Waigana, a Perth based artist and designer, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition.

His winning entry - Shape of Land - was judged by the National NAIDOC Committee to have best illustrated the 2020 NAIDOC theme: Always Was Always Will Be.
Waigana, a proud Noongar and Saibai Islander, has previously been named as one of WA’s best new and emerging Indigenous artists.

According to the 23-year-old, his winning entry depicts the Rainbow Serpent coming out of the Dreamtime to create this country and how we are strongly connected to it. “The Rainbow Serpent is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime.” “The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - always was, and always will be Aboriginal land,” Mr Waigana added.

To find out more about this year’s artwork and winning artist and to download a digital copy of the 2020 National NAIDOC Poster visit the NAIDOC website.

Free printed copies of the 2020 National NAIDOC Poster will be available in coming months.

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**GIIYONG FESTIVAL POSTPONED** Right now we should be launching Giiyong Festival 2020 and announcing exciting headline acts for the program. However, the festival has been postponed and will now be held in September 2021.

Along with our presenting partners Twofold Aboriginal Corporation, we have reluctantly taken the decision as the impact of Covid19 continues to create uncertainty. One of the key components of Giiyong Festival is the involvement and engagement with our regional Aboriginal communities to create content for the festival program. This is achieved through a range of engagement projects in the lead up to the event.

Working with schools and community organisations, the planned projects using music, video, theatre, visual arts and craft will be rescheduled for later this year and into 2021.

Both South East Arts and Twofold Aboriginal Corporation will continue to look for ways to support Aboriginal artists in the south east during this difficult period.

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Come and help us celebrate 40 years of Twofold Aboriginal Corporation at Jigamy!

This will be a fantastic daytime event held at the Mamadja Community Centre (Twofold Building) from 10am to 4pm.

All invited!

Activities on the day will include:
- Screening of our newly completed documentary on the Corporation
- Talks from elders
- Glass making workshop in our studio run by ANU Art Department
- Cultural displays
- Hand made goods from our Art Studio
- Bush tucker
- Food stalls
- Musicians: Gadhu Dreaming, Matty Walker, Nathan and Chris, Nikea and Dre and more! - #regrann

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Reposted from @southeastarts (@get_regrann) - Alison Simpson of Twofold Aboriginal Corporation @twofoldjigamy along with Jazz Williams and Andrew Gray of South East Arts will be speaking at @artstatensw in Tamworth on Kamilaroi country this week⁠
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Jazz joins a panel with @artsoutwest @artsnorthwest @artsnr talking about Arts Development on Country.⁠
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Alison and Andrew will talk about the development and significance of @giiyongfestival ⁠
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@artstatensw is an annual conference and festival presented by @regionalartsnsw. Join the conversation from 31 Oct to 3 Nov⁠
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Image of Uncle Ossie Cruse's iconic and influential hat by @angihighphotography at @giiyongfestival 2018 - #regrann #giiyonfestival #yuin #aboriginalfestival @regionalartsnsw @creatensw

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Reposted from @nats_artwork (@get_regrann) - Here’s an exhibition of works in progress by participants in the Bundian Way Exchange Program. Go sus out peeps #bundianway #delegate @anusoadpma @anuartdesign - #regrann

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Every part of this country is, always was and always will be, Aboriginal land. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal people, to Elders and Custodians past, present and emerging and in particular the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters of the Bega Valley where Giiyong Festival makes its home – the people of the Yuin and Monaro nations.

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