This term, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ explored the rich visual language of the Australian First People’s dot art, focusing on the fascinating tradition of ‘Songlines’ or ‘Dreamings.’
Inspired by her recent visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Mrs Bronwen Langmead brought back fresh ideas and insights that ignited their creative journey.
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
It has been a meaningful way to honour an ancient tradition while making their own mark as young artists.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต!
