CIAF Hour 270720

1pm to 2pm is The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Hour via NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service with Carli Willis and Jack Wilke-Jans.

Today, Jack Wilkie-Jans yarn to Kuku Midigi man, artist Arone Meeks. Meeks values this combination of training and experience; his work employs both traditional images and themes arising out of his concern with the issues of Land Rights, Sexuality, Cultural Values and Belonging to Place.Photo Courtesy Boomalli Aboriginal Art Gallery.

host Carli Somer Willis yarns to Darren Blackman, urban cultural artist and musician currently living in Aurukun, on Wik Country in Western Cape York. His father is of the Gureng Gureng and Gangalu language nations of South East and Central QLD. His mother is of Kanaka descent, whose grandparents were taken from the Northern Islands of Vanuatu. Exhibitor: NorthSite Contemporary Arts

Finally, Jack Wilkie-Jans also yarns to Fiona Elisala-Mosby. Born on Thursday Island in the northern islands of Zenadth Zes (the Torres Strait). She is currently a studio Assistant and artist at Moa Arts and works primarily with lino printing, etching, screen-printing and mono prints.

Tune in now to catch The CIAF Hour here on BBM 98.7FM