Teen Protest Art Workshop: Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

Workshop
9 July 2022
A group of people walk along Karra Wirra Pari holding protest signs. Artist Jayda Wilson leads the group and his holding an Aboriginal flag.
A group of people walk along Karra Wirra Pari holding protest signs. Artist Jayda Wilson leads the group and his holding an Aboriginal flag.

Create your own protest posters and zines, and collaborate on a banner with other teens. Think colour, glitter, collage and more!

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

9 July 2022

10:00am to 4:00pm

Access

Recommended age group: Teens aged 15-17*

Come along for a full-day workshop led by Aboriginal creatives Tikari Rigney, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Natalie Harkin and members of the Unbound Collective (Faye Rosas Blanch, Simone Ulalka Tur and Ali Gumillya Baker). As a NAIDOC week celebration, the workshop will be focused on learning about the history of Aboriginal protest art and how you can make your own voice heard through art.

Learn about the history of Aboriginal protest art, and how writing and art can be used as a voice for action from writer Natalie Harkin. Join artist Jayda Wilson in collaborating on a protest banner and zine-making extravaganza. Enjoy a lovely, complimentary catered lunch together. Then activate your artwork by holding your posters and banners proud as we walk to Pirltawardli (the First Aboriginal Mission in Adelaide and a place where all the early written records of Kaurna culture and language comes from). Make art for change, justice and fun!

Feature Image: 'Teen Protest Art Workshop: Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!' (2022), Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Thomas McCammon.

Workshop Leader

Tikari Rigney is a non-binary (they/them) Kaurna, Narrunga and Ngarrindjeri visual artist and poet. Rigney is a First Nations Curator-in-Residence at ACE.

Writing Facilitator

Natalie Harkin (she/her) is a Narungga poet and artist. Her work surrounds her First Nations history and activism. She is passionate about First Nations rights and history. Learn more about Natalie here.

Artist Facilitator

Jayda Wilson (she/they) is a proud Gugada and Wirangu woman who is also of Thai decent. Jayda's artistic practice addresses concepts of individuality within Aboriginality through notions of text, language, installation and sound.

Assisting Artists

Faye Rosas Blanch, Natalie Harkin, Simone Ulalka Tur and Ali Gumillya Baker. The four artists from Yidinyji/ Mbarbram, Yankunytjatjara, Narungga, Mirning nations explore First Nations protest and existence in post colonial Australia. Learn more bout Unbound Collective here.

Once you have received a ticket confirmation email we will send through consent, dietary and medical forms for parents/caregivers to fill out before the day of the workshop ( 9th of July). ACE must recieve these signed forms 1 week before event.

Please note: this workshop is for young adults / teens and it is encouraged that parents / caregivers arrange for participants to be dropped off and and picked up.

If you are interested in attending but are outside of the recommended age group, feel free to discuss by calling ACE on 08 8211 7505 or workshop leader Tikari on 0416 717 001.

This project is supported by the City of Adelaide.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.