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Arrente stories and culture come to Naarm via red centre gallery exhibition

Jarred Cross -

In the chill and grey of mid-winter Naarm, prominent Eastern Arrernte artist and storyteller Amunda Gorey is sharing the vibrancy of her country.

Ms Gorey is presenting the exhibition Connected Through Country as part of city-wide building and design celebration festival Open House Melbourne.

Producing acrylic canvas works informed by ancestral knowledge and childhood memories, Ms Gorey honours matriarchal wisdom, kinship and deep spiritual connection to her home in her work.

The exhibition features pieces harnessing layers of culture, family, bush foods and wildflowers created by herself and sisters Grace and Myra, via their 100 per cent Aboriginal and female owned collective No Fixed Galley.

Connection Through Country is in Naarm this weekend. (Image: supplied)

The trio co-founded the gallery, based in Mparntwe / Alice Springs, dedicated to celebrating Arrernte culture.

'For us, art is about storytelling, connection, and keeping culture strong. No Fixed Gallery is our way of celebrating who we are, where we come from, and sharing that with others. It's a space where we uplift and support the next generation of creatives in our community,' Amunda, Grace and Myra write on the No Fixed Gallery website.

The sisters aren't just passionate about creating art, they live it, with early foundations beginning with art growing up in Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) an hour south-east of Mparntwe.

Profits from each artwork sold go back to supporting the family business and strengthening the pathway for young local artists, No Fixed Gallery states.

Their mission 'creating a space for cultural exchange, understanding, and celebration', with belief art is not just something to look at, but to connect with.

"It is a privilege to bring our stories and culture to Melbourne," said Amunda Gorey of Connected Through Country

"Sharing this through Open House Melbourne is an opportunity to connect and invite others to see and feel the living strength of Arrernte culture."

The exhibition is open at Donkey Wheel House on Bourke Street in Naarm's CBD Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of July from 10am-4pm, and later at Basement Gallery from Tuesday July 29 to Thursday July 31.

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