Celebrate Easter with a First Nations Perspective
Incorporating First Nations perspectives into your Easter activities is a great way to deepen students' appreciation for the richness and diversity of our culture.
We have another amazing basket craft activity this year. Engaging in an activity like making our basket, is a good opportunity to have a yarn with students about Aboriginal art. It provides an opportunity to talk about how to respectfully engage with Aboriginal art and the stories it tells. This conversation will vary depending on the age of your students and the experience they have with Aboriginal art. For examples of topics to yarn about, along with links to all our past Easter blog posts, click here.
The incredible artwork featured this year was created by Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri woman, Keegan Williams.
Keegan is a Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri woman, currently working, learning and living on Dharug Country. Keegan's art often explores her strong connection to Gumbaynggirr Culture and Country where she spent a lot of her time during childhood as well as her ongoing journey of connecting to her Wiradjuri Culture as she explores her identity and connections.
Like every First Nations artist, Keegan brings her story to every artwork she creates. She shares the story for this piece “This artwork is dedicated to Gumbaynggirr country in Bellingen. I’ve included the Bellingen river, my meeting places of my Nan, my Pa’s and my Nana Jean’s homes, a goanna and stars. This piece is inspired by my family connections and connections to land and how I draw strength from them”.
Wingaru Subscriber? Learn how, in First Nations culture, we live in a sustainable way with our "Rule of Three" activities. These activities introduce students to the sustainable approach embedded into First Nations culture of only taking what you need and making sure there is enough to share, not only with other people but also with the animals we share Country with and of course for the health of Country herself. This and all our other egg-focused activities can be downloaded from the additional resources section of your dashboard. These resources are only available in the Teacher Centre, click here to log into your account.
This year's Easter basket featuring artwork from Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri woman Keegan Williams - Download from link below.
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