WOMAD 2023

Ku Arts featured at WOMADelaide 2023, Over the festival we presented hands on workshops sharing the richness of Aboriginal culture with national and international audiences of all ages.

Highlights of the weekend included, a Kaurna installation recently featured at the City of Adelaide ArtPOD, created by Kaurna, Nurungga and Ngarrindjeri artist Carly Tarkari Dodd and Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna and Italian poet curator Dominic Guerrera was a focal point for audiences visiting the Ku Arts space.

Arts Ceduna artists Sheree Jones, Collette Gray & Glenda Ken, facilitated by Pam Diment travelled from Ceduna to offer marine debris weaving workshops. Ghost net art is an artform that brings awareness to the public about the damage that ghost nets inflict on marine life. Artists skilfully weaved their magic over the weekend, repurposing what was once considered rubbish into artforms.

Cedric Varcoe, Ngarrindjeri and Narungga artist who shared the rich culture of the Ngarrindjeri people using weaving to demonstrate how to weave locally collected sedges. 

 A Yurtu (wood) Carving workshop was led by Darryl & Laurie Thomas, Nukunu artists, who invited visitors to view and connect with traditional objects created by Nukunu ancestors, as well as helping to inform contemporary art practice. 

 Iwiri Art Studio, who provides support to Anangu Pitjantjatjara & Yankunytjatjara artists living in Adelaide, offered traditional tjampi weaving and gumnut artistry workshops. 

Workshops ran over the four day event with hundreds of people attending.

A big thank you to Nharla Photography for capturing the special moments, all images by Colleen Strangways.