This series of 8 week courses is targeted at Aboriginal men who want to join our respected Elder and artist, Francis Bolton, in the bush to learn craft skills.
This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia
Learn Aboriginal crafts and painting techniques with local Aboriginal artist and Elder, Francis Bolton
This uses art as a medium for healing and cultural connection and leads in to promoting works in art galleries for anyone wanting to develop their skills.
Learn creative skills, at our Community Hub and in the bush at Dryandra, while making friends and enjoying support with your peers.
Keedac, in collaboration with the Regional Arts WA ‘Emerging Artists Program’, are honoured to introduce Francis Bolton as the Advising Artist.
We invite community maaman to learn the practices of our elders past to create tapping sticks, walking sticks and didgeridoo.
You will journey to the bushlands of Dongalocking and Dryandra to learn how to identify suitable woods, how to cut, strip and prepare the wood and then how to use the method of burning to transfer your story, your history, onto your chosen instruments.
Connect with the boodjar, cook bush tucker, yarn with your brothers and create a piece of art that tells your story, records your memories and reflects your hopes. Come and join us in ”Creating our Future by Learning From Our Past”
Each course will run for around 8 weeks, one day a week. Some training will be at our Community Hub, while other days, the group will go to Dryandra Woodlands to learn how to use bush materials to make paintings and crafts.
Francis Bolton is a Wilman Noongar Elder and an accomplished artist.
He is a keeper of spiritual, medicinal and cultural knowledge and practices.
Strongly influenced by historical factors, Francis employs art techniques distinctive to Noongar to record the history of the people, their land and their culture.