Jandamarras Art Gallery

Time for an Update! – added 24th June 2010

There have been a few significant events since the last update:

Uluru

An amazing & life-changing trip to Uluru to meet and spend quality time with the incredible Uncle Bob Randall. This inspiring and deeply wise man is a traditional elder of the land in and around Uluru and is a humble role-model to us all. A member of the Stolen Generation and one of the pioneers of the Aboriginal people, I look forward to commencing work on his portrait.

The Dreaming Festival

Exhibiting a complete body of artwork at the memorable Dreaming Festival was both exciting and so very rewarding with the richness of connections made with the genuine and beautiful people we met. It was humbling to receive so much positive feedback from viewers and very encouraging to continue to share my dream with you all.

Doug Moran Art Prize Entry

I have entered ‘Working Progress’ (Mick Dodson) into the Doug Moran Portrait Prize.

www.moranprizes.com.au/

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New Paintings – added April 12th 2010

I have been working hard on lots of new pieces of art for exhibiting at The Dreaming Festival in June. The Dreaming website has now been updated with the program and more information.

http://www.thedreamingfestival.com/

Entry into Telstra Art Awards - added April 12th 2010

This painting is titled “Tomorrow’s Dreaming” and is about seeing our
Indigenous Children as symbols of growth and adaptation as they carry the past into the future by holding onto a strong sense of Identity, belonging and connectedness with their culture.

Children were used in this painting specifically to express their joy and innocence to represent the hope of moving forward without carrying the shame and hurt of the past.

These children must never forget what has taken place in the past.  But as they become teachers of tomorrow through their experiences of today it is a responsibility of us all to protect, foster and ensure that those experiences are positive and optimistic as they go on to create a world in which fairness and equality are an integral part.

Tomorrow’s Dreaming is about re-establishing the innocence and joy within our people’s hearts and sharing and walking that journey together.

Link to Telstra Art Awards:  http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/exhibitions/natsiaa/index.html

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Exhibiting at The Dreaming Festival – added March 14 2010

I will sharing an exhibition space with another artist and will have many and various artwork for display and sale.

The Dreaming Festival is an amazing annual festival held in Woodford QLD (site of the Woodford Folk Festival) and showcases the beautiful art, music, dance, and traditional practices of indigenous people from all over the world.

www.thedreamingfestival.com

I also now have a Facebook page – you can ‘become a fan’ and keep up to date with events and news as it happens.

http://www.facebook.com/notifications.php#!/pages/Jandamarra-Cadds-Art/10150118906920035?ref=ts

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A lot has happened for me since I last updated my Blog. I’ll list them in order of least to most recent -

“United Journey”

Sold this piece (from the Drawing Together competition) to the Attorney General’s office in Canberra. They also used the artwork to feature as part of the National Attorney General’s Annual Report.

Enchanted Creations:

Exhibited at the Cooroy Butter Factory along with the clients in the Art Classes I facilitate.

Wondai Exhibition:

I was honoued to receive the People’s Choice Award at this combined exhibition in September 2008 for my piece “Hope”.

Canberra:

Travelled down to meet with Professor Mick Dodson to begin the journey of doing his Portrait for the Archibald Prize for 2010.

Currently Exhibiting:

I have been working continuously this last 12 months to build up many pieces of art and have a number of them at The Art Bank at Eumundi and also in Hasting Street, Noosa.

Archibald Prize:

Completed my entry for this National Portrait competition and have shipped it down to Sydney for judging.

This small pdf is for you to download and share freely with anyone that you feel might enjoy this visual world of mine.

Download Jandmarras Art Document.pdf

Enjoy, and thank you for visiting my website.

My work was recently entered into the Drawing Together art competition in Canberra.

I won the Indigenous Employees Award

It was a nervous experience as I had never entered an art competition on such a grand scale like that before.  Feel like I am on the right path and this is conformation of my life’s purpose.  Especially when I realize that there were 571 entrants..

Heres a photo sharing this moment. If you want to see more photos from that event, click here.