Moorditj Bwoka Artist
RAC 2022 National Reconciliation Week Art Project
In collaboration with Nani Creative, RAC WA invited Aboriginal artists from across the state to submit an expression of interest to create an artwork that celebrates the cultural stories connected to their Country, while encouraging people to travel safely.
Five artists were selected and commissioned to create artworks that featured on billboards and/or public transit buses within their Country during National Reconciliation Week, as well as National Road Safety Week and the WA Day long weekend.
The project aims to:
- Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands we are privileged to share and operate in
- Celebrate and raises awareness of the cultural stories connected to each Country
- Encourage people to take care on the roads as they travel through
The selected artists and the Country their work represents are:
- Dannielle Arnold – Whadjuk Country
- Godfrena Gilla – Yamatji Country
- Leanne Dolby – Yawuru Country
- Michael Cummings – Menang Country
- Tahneqa Dann – Wardandi Country
Nani Creative Director Kevin Wilson worked with all five artists throughout the project, ensuring the authenticity of each artist’s work was maintained as they were digitised for use on billboards and bus sides.
Tahneqa was selected for RAC WA's Reconciliation Week Acknowledgement of country Art Project 2022 to represent Wardandi country which is 1 out of the 14 language groups of the Noongar people which covers an estimated 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2). Predominantly coastal, it encompasses Busselton and the areas from Bunbury to Cape Leeuwin and Geographe Bay. Inland it reaches the area around Nannup.
