Digital Stories with Iki Haangana and Western Sydney Fashion Festival
From NovemberFor this edition, Western Sydney Fashion Festival Director Thuy Nguyen interviews Iki Haangana, founder of fashion label Public Island Society.
Take a seat for our new series titled Digital Stories to hear insights and stories from artists and locals who have a connection to Blacktown and the surrounding areas.
For our second edition, we gather with mother-daughter duo Leanne Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright, Dharug artists and educators, as they take us on their journey of art, writing and educating. They speak on the importance of building a legacy of access to culture, knowledge and language, and how we can all participate.
Available to view from September.
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Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath is an artist, educator, book illustrator and a Dharug woman commonly known in the Aboriginal community as ‘Mulgo’, meaning Black Swan. The daughter of Aunty Edna Watson and Uncle Allan Watson, Elders of the Dharug community, Leanne was born and raised in Sydney. She started painting at a young age, taught by her mother Aunty Edna Watson and her brother Bundeluk Watson. She is now a mother and grandmother and has spent her life living, promoting and protecting Dharug culture, people and places.
You can find Leanne on Instagram here
Rhiannon Wright is the daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and grand daughter of Aunty Edna Watson, she has grown up surrounded by Dharug culture and language, delivering welcome to countries with her grandmother since a young child.
Rhiannon is a Dharug woman. She is a mother, artist, educator and a well-known member of our community.
Rhiannon is inspired by Dharug country, people and our culture. She has spent her life sharing her culture and language and has started her journey as an author of Dharug language books.
This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council
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