The Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a biennial mentorship and exhibition program that pairs emerging Australian First Nations artists and designers with an esteemed industry mentor across each state and territory.
The artists will be guided by their mentors to create their most ambitious work to date which will be displayed in a major exhibition in 2024 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. This is a new, national initiative is unlike any other in Australia.
The inaugural recipients include:
- Tony Albert (Mentor) and Warraba Weatherall (QLD)
- Maree Clarke (Mentor) and Mitch Mahoney (VIC)
- Peggy Griffiths (Mentor) and Jan Griffiths (WA)
- Jonathan Jones (Mentor) and Sophie Honess (NSW)
- Vincent Namatjira OAM (Mentor) and Alec Baker and Eric Barney (SA)
- Denise Robinson (Mentor) and Cheryl Rose (TAS)
- James Tylor (Mentor) and Aidan Hartshorn (ACT)
- Pedro Wonaeamirri (Mentor) and Johnathon World Peace Bush (NT)
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