Dec 13 2024 54 mins 8
Walmajarri Elder Kankawa Ngarra is the latest recipient of the prestigious Australian Music Prize.
Hear how Kankawa keeps herself grounded, and why she dedicates her win to her community of Wangkatjungka.
Then, Uncle Rex Greeno spent much of his life as a fisherman but more recently he’s been re-invigorating the Palawa practice of building reed and bark canoes.
With two of his canoes, and a collection of drawings on show at the Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Uncle Rex explains what drew him to art as a means of resistance.
And, Ben Graetz discusses his upcoming cabaret show: Tina – A Tropical Love Story.
