Our Culture in Painting

Create your own artwork + explore Aboriginal culture through painting with this short online course 

Are you interested in learning more about Aboriginal art? Are you keen to put your creativity into practice using paint on canvas? This is the program for you! 

What you’ll learn: 

• • Background information about Indigenous art and the importance of our culture 
  • The different ways Aboriginal artists express themselves 
  • How you can explore your cultural heritages through symbols and stories 
  • Using art materials from your free Resource Pack, how you can create a painting – a personal representation of events with symbols that have meaning for you 

Our workshop facilitators, Tina and Beven, hope that you will connect with the symbols that have meaning for you. They have created a  step by step video to help you create a work of your own.

Get a FREE Art Resource Pack: Apply here.
As part of this course you can register for an Oorala ‘Our Culture in Painting’ Art Resource Pack, containing a blank canvasboard, paint brushes, a pencil case, sponge, some acrylic paints, an artists pallet and a pencil. 

Art is part of our heritage. 

While completing this module you will learn about different ways Aboriginal Artists express themselves.  Tina and Bevan hope that you will recognise how being creative helps with developing a sense of self and general well-being. 

By participating in this module you will: 

• • Look at art works that are an integral part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures. 
  • Find out about artists and places where you can explore Indigenous symbols and stories. 
  • Use art materials from the Resource Pack, and create  your own personal representation of events with symbols that have meaning for you.

The importance of our culture

Australia’s Indigenous population has the longest continuous cultural history of any group of people on Earth. 

Read about why it is important to keep our heritage alive.
https://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/aboriginal-art-library/handing-down-culture/

Think about your own activities that have a special meaning for you. What are they? Close your eyes and take a few minutes to relive these experiences.

You may wish to make a note of some of the things you remember that you will expand on when creating your own painting.