Jamie Eastwood and Tarni Eastwood: Storytelling Workshop

Join artists Jamie Eastwood and his niece Tarni Eastwood for a hands-on Cultural Arts workshop where you’ll create your own storytelling artwork with canvas and posca. With their guidance, you’ll learn, reflect, and create meaningful artworks inspired by stories of Country connected to Bankstown Arts Centre.

Who are Jamie Eastwood and Tarni Eastwood?

Jamie Eastwood inherits his Australian Aboriginality from his traditional grandmother’s Country Brewarrina, Far Western NSW, Ngamba Tribe, his spiritual birthplace Gadigal Land in Sydney NSW and the ancestry of his mother, who is a descendant of King Bungaree of the Hawkesbury Ku-ring-gai Darug people. Stylistically Jamie utilizes both traditional Aboriginal techniques such as ‘dots’ but also incorporates unorthodox non-traditional techniques with the use of imagery, colour and contemporary narratives. His art is a fusion of the past, present and the future and represents an Aboriginal artist who has been influenced by both their Indigenous history and current Western upbringing.

Tarni Eastwood is a Ngiyampaa and Guringai multidisciplinary artist, curator and owner of Nula Weaving based on Dharug Land, in Western Sydney. Tarni actively facilitates weaving workshops with community to contribute to the ongoing revitalisation of traditional cultural practices whilst providing a safe space to pass down creative knowledge.