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Expressions of Curiosity closing in only a few days, on Friday, 7 June, for skilled and aspiring Indigenous fashions, needed to be a part of Cairns Indigenous Artwork Truthful’s (CIAF) 2024 style efficiency Nation Talking Mild the Fireplace.

The curatorial group has issued a Queensland-wide invitation for Indigenous fashions, needed to take part on this 12 months’s much-anticipated efficiency that will probably be introduced on the Tanks Arts Centre throughout CIAF on Thursday, 25 and Friday, 26 July.

CIAF’s Style Coordinator, Lynelle Flinders, mentioned this 12 months’s cohort of fashions will probably be an all-ages mixture of skilled Indigenous performers and newcomers presenting the collections of 12 Queensland First Nations designers.

“For anybody on the market excited about making use of however not sure…-just do it.”

– Lynelle Flinders, CIAF Style Coordinator

“For anybody on the market excited about making use of however not sure if they’ve the appropriate expertise or look – simply do it.  This wonderful alternative opens doorways to constructing self-confidence, empowerment, making new associates and probably, a profession in style,” Ms Flinders mentioned.

Since Grace Lillian Lee’s inception in 2013, CIAF’s style efficiency has developed right into a vibrant celebration of Indigenous tradition by way of numerous artwork types, from impressed style design, wearable artwork, and cultural adornments, a up to date type of First Nations’ storytelling dropped at life in music, motion and dance. 

CIAF’s style efficiency is famend for showcasing a various array of Indigenous fashions, artists and designers.  This efficiency is an inventive platform that serves as a dynamic house for creativity to flourish. 

The aim of CIAF’s style efficiency is to advertise up to date Indigenous design and empower Indigenous youth by representing who they’re and the place they arrive from.

fashions and performers have till Friday, 7 June, to finish an Expression of Curiosity on-line by way of the CIAF web site, www.ciaf.com.au. Alternatively, Click here.

CIAF will have a good time its 15^th anniversary season from Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 July 2024. To view the CIAF 2024 program or purchase tickets, go to the web site at  www.ciaf.com.au   

Featured picture: @indigenousfashionproject from Australian Style Week 2024

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