This year's theme for
NAIDOC Week is 'Because of Her, We Can!' My Year 5 students created these yarn paintings inspired by the paintings of indigenous West Australian women. Some of the artists we researched were Biddee Baadjo, Queenie McKenzie, Eubena Nampitjin, Jill Jack, Kim West Napurrula, Nada Rawlins, Marcia Purdie, Rosie Goodjie and Stumpy Brown.
Yarn paintings or nierika, are traditionally made by the Huichol people of Mexico. I hadn't attempted this before with students and I was surprised by how well they did. We used only pieces of card and a glue stick.
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| Queenie McKenzie Kim West Naparrula Eubena Nampitjin |
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| Rosie Goodjie Biddee Baadjo Jill Jac |
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| Marcia Purdie Stumpy Brown Nada Rawlins |
