Geelong Lights Up for 50th NAIDOC Week as Artists Urge Sustained Engagement
Projections at Geelong City Hall set the stage for a national lineup of markets, feasts and film screenings.
Overview
- NAIDOC Week runs July 6 to 13 across Australia, marking a half-century of celebration under the theme "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy".
- The immersive projection transforms the heritage facade of Geelong City Hall into a canvas for stories of Country through works by seven First Nations artists.
- The City of Greater Geelong is funding free cultural education tours led by the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation and hosting a school art competition through Koori Kids.
- Events will span bush tucker tastings, interactive art workshops for children and Indigenous-run markets in settings from city squares to remote communities.
- Artist Brandi Salmon warns against tokenistic, last-minute commissions and urges ongoing, properly compensated collaborations under the Australian Indigenous Design Charter.