MUNARRA Limited has announced a collaboration with Kaiela Arts and Spacecraft Studio, unveiling plans to develop a dynamic cultural and artistic narrative within the evolving Munarra campus landscape.
Kaiela Arts as the Indigenous lead will provide an important space for local Aboriginal artists and the community to connect to culture through the arts and support Munarra’s cultural acceleration.
Kaiela Arts will partner with Melbourne based Spacecraft Studio who create artworks for exhibition projects, artists and architecture projects in Australia and internationally.
Commenting on the partnership, Chairperson of Munarra Limited, Travis Morgan said, “Building on a long continuum of artistic and cultural expression in the region, Kaiela Arts have experience in collaboration, including input into the cultural, architectural and furnishing designs of the Shepparton Art Museum.
“Spacecraft also have a long history of partnering with communities across Australia to support translation and delivery of culturally significant projects into built and experiential form.
“We are delighted to be collaborating with both organisations to deliver Munarra’s cultural and artistic narrative,” Mr Morgan said.
Several immediate opportunities to weave culture into the construction materials of the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence itself have already been identified and three Yorta Yorta indigenous artists have been appointed to support the initial stage of the project.
These include:
• Glennys Briggs, Yorta Yorta and Taungurung
• Suzanne Atkinson, Yorta Yorta
• Norm Yackaduna Stewart, Kwat Kwat
‘Glennys, Suzanne and Norm should be congratulated on their appointments at a time when the campus cultural narrative itself is just beginning to reveal itself, making their contributions even more important,’ said Anita Larkin, Manager, Kaiela Arts and Allan Laurie, Director Munarra Limited and Stewart Russell, Founder, Spacecraft in a joint statement.
