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Hopevale

2008 Okka Wikka was invited to run a weaving renaissance activation in the Hopevale community

The women in the Art Centre  the school & then performing at the 08 Laura Festival

 

Weaving Renaissance Program

 











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Margret Sellars and Stuart Lloyd Coen

Betty Tekahika TI master weaver and cultural educator Edie Marbo's daughter

" Wilma Walker & Rhonda Brim Cairns Regional Gallery 2005

Workshops

The program was designed to activate any community fibre knowledge with the Art Centre Elders

Then work with the school and cultivating PEER TEACHING with simple fun coconut leaf patterns and World's Smallest Kite workshops

Provide a weaving installation at Laura Dance Festival to demonstrate performance relevance to the relevance of traditional fibres to contemporary economics and cultural enhancement


" Lockhart River weaver Laura 2004"



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Laura Dance Festival


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