FOR the third year in a row, the Aboriginal Cooperative Goolum Goolum have collaborated with Horsham Regional Art Gallery to bring the NAIDOC Week 2021 exhibition.
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Key organiser and artist, Gunditjmara and Wotjobaluk woman Tanisha Lovett said it took two months to organise the exhibition, which is a collaboration of more than 50 indigenous artists.
"Today is the NAIDOC Art Exhibition opening," Ms Lovett said.
"We're working with community to help them showcase their art."
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She said NAIDOC Week is a time all of Australia can come together.
"We can share, people can learn and we can all celebrate First Nations people together and our history," Ms Lovett said.
"It's important to acknowledge the past and look at where we are now and where we could be in the future."
This year's NAIDOC theme is 'Heal Country' - an important task for all Australians.
"It's a pretty significant this year, given recent events like the birthing tree that was taken down," Ms Lovett said.
"We're not looking after our country. Our country holds a lot of history for us and it's a place of healing. If we're not looking after that, we're not doing it right."
Wotjobaluk elder Aunty Suzy Skurrie said is was marvelous to see the talent of so many Aboriginal artists.
"It's great to know how much talent we have in a small community," Aunty Suzy said.
"It's an opportunity to display that amazing talent. We're a shy people, we often think our work isn't good enough."
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Horsham Regional Art Gallery acting director and visual art coordinator Alison Eggleton said each year the exhibition continues to get better.
"We're really pleased to be able to bring the exhibition back in to the space," she said.
"Every time we are working with the community we're building a stronger and stronger relationship."
The art on display is on a variety of mediums, like painting, photography, digital art and poetry.
"There is such a diversity of practice," Ms Eggleton said.
"It's ways of expressing cultural and personal stories."
The exhibition will host another event on Wednesday evening, July 7.
The exhibit runs until Sunday, July 11.
Entry into the Horsham Regional Art Gallery is free.
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