About this Event
Get learning with this year's NAIDOC Week theme: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud!
Join Koori Kinnections Educator Trent Kelly for this fascinating hands-on presentation that explores the themes and cultural objects of fire spanning thousands of years, from traditional ways to create fire and the importance of smoke, to present-day Australia post-referendum.
Pair this workshop with our Aboriginal stone art and canvas painting workshop for the full experience.
About the presenter
Koori Kinnections Cultural Educator and Manager Trent Kelly is a proud Yuin and Wailwan man. Trent was born and raised in the LaPerouse Aboriginal community in South Eastern Sydney, Dharawal country. He draws his cultural knowledge from his family, community and co-workers and strives to extend and deepen this knowledge as he believes that cultural education is a lifelong endeavour.
Trent has worked in education for many years including both high school and primary school, and was a participant in The Aboriginal Cultural Residents Program, an initiative by The University of New South Wales, working to install Aboriginal cultural educators into primary schools as part of the standard curriculum.
Koori Kinnections is a 100% Aboriginal-owned and operated Cultural Education business.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Stanton Library, Level 1, 234 Miller Street, North Sydney, Australia
USD 0.00
