MACK JOST GALLERY – Don’t Define Me

I see you walk by; I hear you whisper. I can tell there’s questions in your eyes. You think you know but it’s on the surface. Don’t Define Me! I am the air that takes the breath away, the rain that washes your pain. I am the comfort you seek as shelter. Woven by the bloodlines of my ancestors. Come seek and you’ll find, there’s more to me than meets the eye.

For centuries there has been Western views that have tried to define what the Aboriginal Woman is supposed to be. For years we’ve been overlooked as the decision makers, the providers, nurturers, and warriors. Always searching for ways to explain what many don’t understand Yet here we stand defiant, as pinnacles that tower above and beyond the reach of any definition.

Don’t Define Me is an exhibition that celebrates women of the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadwadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk peoples.

Opening Event: 23rd February at 6pm – 8pm

Don’t Define Me is supported through the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund through Regional Arts Australia, administered by Regional Arts Victoria. Additional financial support from Barengi Gadjin Land Council and Horsham Regional Art Gallery.