Freda Brady, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 27 June 1961, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c 1925, Pipalyatjara, South Australia, died 2021, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Angkaliya Eadie Curtis, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1928, Miti, South Australia, Tjangili Tjapukula George, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1950, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Sandra Goodwin, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1969, near Mimili, South Australia, Beryl Jimmy, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1970, Fregon, South Australia, Kaika Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1949, Atila (Mount Connor), South Australia, died 2023, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Iluwanti Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c 1944, Watarru, South Australia, Sylvia Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1965, Amata, South Australia, Tjungkara Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1 October 1969, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Manyitjanu Lennon, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1940, outbush north of Watarru, South Australia, Betty Muffler, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1944, near Watarru, South Australia, Matjangka Nyukana Norris, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1956, Victory Downs Station, Northern Territory, Mary Katatjuku Pan, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1944, Rocket Bore, South Australia, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1963, near Perentie Bore, South Australia, Antjala Tjayangka Robin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1941, Apu Ininti, South Australia, Alison Munti Riley, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1966, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Kunmanara Stanley, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1938, Wingellina, Western Australia, died 2020, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Carlene Thompson, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1950, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Maringka Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1959, Mulga Park, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Northern Territory, Puna Yanima, Yankunyjatjara people, South Australia, born 1955, De Rose Hill Station, South Australia, Yaritji Tingila Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1956, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Jeanne Wallatina, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1976, Indulkana, South Australia, Judy Wallatina, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1981, Indulkana, South Australia, Kungkarangkalpa – Seven sisters, 2016, Fregon, South Australia, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 300.0 x 500.0 cm; Acquisition through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art supported by BHP 2017, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

Year 6 & 7 Collaborative Painting - Brahma Lodge Primary School

Country, connection and collaboration inspired by Kungkarangkalpa – Seven sisters

For their final art lesson of 2019, the Year 6 and 7 students from Brahma Lodge Primary School were shown examples of large collaborative works by Aboriginal artists. The students spent time looking closely at Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) painted by twenty four women artists from across the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, located in the northwest of South Australia.

Kungkarangkalpa is a significant Tjukurpa (ancestral story) through the entire region. The artists have dedicated this painting to the children of the APY Lands, ensuring that the knowledge of law and Country and the ties of family stay strong for the next generation.

Students considered the main themes and ideas in the artists' work - storytelling, connection to place or Country, astronomy, and collaboration. The students were then asked to reflect on their time spent at Brahma Lodge Primary School. Together they created a collaborative painting that captured their connection to the school community.

It was a lovely way to end my time with the year 7s, as a final goodbye
Art Teacher Kari Doyle

Year 6/7 collaborative painting - last art class of 2019

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