Community Arts Network

WELCOME CONNIE

We’re delighted to introduce our newest team member Connie Black, who joins CAN as Arts Administrator and Digital Engagement Officer. Most recently Connie worked at Perth Festival as part of the programming team but her career path stretches from Perth to London, spanning arts management, workshop facilitation, puppetry and stop-motion animation.

With a small at-home animation studio set-up, Connie trained in this discipline at university, and also with the acclaimed Aardman team (best known as the makers of ‘Wallace & Gromit’). In her free time Connie loves to dance and is currently learning swing and salsa.

Connie brings a fabulous blend of administrative know-how and creative flair to her role at CAN and even though she’s only been with us a month, we can’t imagine the office without her!

LAST CHANCE TO SEE LEGACIES KARLKURLA

Our beautiful Legacies Karlkurla (Kalgoorlie) exhibition at the Museum of the Goldfields closes this Sunday!

Featuring portraits by internationally acclaimed Djugun-Yawuru photographer Michael Jalaru Torres and podcast conversations hosted by Spinifex Anangu broadcaster Debbie Carmody, Legacies Karlkurla shares poignant, powerful, and at times heartbreaking stories of ten Aboriginal Elders from the Goldfields, of which Betty Logan is one.

Like many of her era, Goldfields Elder Betty Logan didn’t have the opportunity to attend high school – but that didn’t stop her from realising her dream to become a registered nurse.

She wrote to the head of nursing repeatedly, never accepting ‘no’ as the final answer.

She wrote again. And again. And again.

Eventually her persistence paid off and she received an invitation to sit an IQ test once she turned 18.

Betty passed with flying colours and was accepted into nursing school – a career that took her around the state and one she loves to this day.

Her story is a powerful reminder that determination, courage and belief in yourself can open doors that once seemed impossible.

You’ve got until Sunday 3 May to learn more about Betty’s story, and the stories of nine more remarkable Elders at Legacies Karlkurla. The exhibition is open daily from 10am - 3.00pm at the Museum of the Goldfields. Read more: https://www.can.org.au/news/legacies-exhbition-celebrates-elders-stories-of-survival-activism-and-cultural-pride

And if you’re not in Kalgoorlie, you can listen to the stories of all ten Elders on the Karlkurla Ngurra Wangka podcast https://www.can.org.au/.../karlkurla-ngurra-wangka-podcast

Pictured: Betty Logan. Credit: Michael Jalaru Torres

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