Join leading Walbunja/Ngarigo artist Aunty Cheryl Davison as she discusses her Bundanon exhibition and creative practice with Bundanon CEO Rachel Kent.
Join us for this special opportunity to hear from a significant cultural leader whose practice spans printmaking, graphic arts, weaving, singing and storytelling. Learn more about Aunty Cheryl’s artistic techniques and the importance of the Burrawang seed, a key traditional food source.
Aunty Cheryl Davison
Aunty Cheryl Davison is a Walbunja/Ngarigo woman who was born in Bega and spent her early childhood on the shores of Wallaga Lake on the far south coast of New South Wales, before her parents moved the family to Nowra in the early 1970s. She is an artist, singer and storyteller, having founded Djinama Yilaga, a choir singing songs in the Dhurga language in 2018.
Aunty Cheryl has taught visual arts, graphics arts and printmaking, creating the foundations for a diverse arts practice, and works as Aboriginal Creative Producer for the Four Winds Festival in Bermagui, programming cultural events featuring some of Australia’s leading musicians.
She also served on the Gulaga National Park Board of Management that governs the direction of care for the Yuin people’s beloved and sacred mountain Gulaga.
bagan bariwariganyan: echoes of country
bagan bariwariganyan: echoes of country is a body of works by renowned Gweagal/Wandiwandian storyteller and artist Aunty Julie Freeman, leading Walbunja/Ngarigo artist Aunty Cheryl Davison, and Wiradyuri/Kamilaroi artistJonathan Jones.
The season upholds and maintains Aboriginal values and kinships, featuring an immersive gunyah (home) installation including drawings by the significant Yuin artist Mickey of Ulladulla, a solo exhibition of paintings by Aunty Julie sharing grandmother stories of local plants, animals and weather patterns, and a new installation by Aunty Cheryl Davison, representing the importance of Burrawang seeds, a key traditional food source.
