long water: fibre stories publication launch panel discussion
b'Join exhibition curator Freja Carmichael along with artist and publication designer Jenna Lee and award-winning, contributing poet Ellen van Neerven for a live panel discussion, celebrating the launch of exhibition publication long water: fibre stories.\\n\\nlong water: fibre stories illuminates spiritual, ancestral, and physical connections to water through fibre practices of artists from Yuwaalaraay (North West NSW), Quandamooka (Moreton Bay, South East QLD), Kuku Yalanji (Far North QLD), Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands, QLD), Yurruwi (Milingimbi Island, NT), and surrounding homelands. Together this group\\u2014Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, spanning different generations and ancestries\\u2014share an inseparable relationship to water, be it the vast sea, inland waterways, or expansive river systems.\\n\\nCollectively, long water celebrates the stories of regeneration and continuation of important cultural traditions, and the strong women and vital water places that sustain them. The country, and wide range of environments, practices, and knowledge represented speak to both deep time and contemporary experiences\\u2014bringing into focus the importance of water to our cultural health and our capacity for resilience.'