Regional and Remote NSW should be recognised for the AMAZING First Nations Musicians that call this home, during this panel Aunty Glennys Briggs will talk with 3 very different but very well known and inspiring Aboriginal Singers, Song Writers and Musicians who have spent their life dedicated to music that inspires, provokes thought and changes the lives of our people.
Glennys Briggs is a First Nations artist. She is a Taungwurrung – Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri woman. She grew up on a First Nations reserve called Cummeragunja on the banks of the Murray River. Practicing Printmaking, painting and sculptural pieces and possum skin cloak making. The cultural influences in her work reflect the strong connection to her people and country. Like a time-lapse photograph, her work is ever changing to reveal a long history. Glennys holds a BA in Indigenous Contemporary Art and History.
Glennys has been a feature of exhibitions in Australia, China, France and Hawaii. Her artworks are in the collections of University of Central Queensland, Redlands Art Gallery, Gold Coast Art Gallery and the Shandong University. Also in private collections across Australia and Overseas. She is currently the curator of Burraja Gallery, Albury. This is a gallery for local Indigenous Artists. She has also been accepted as a Fellow with the State Library of Victoria.
This award winning artists hop is that the work she is presenting goes some way towards achieving a understanding and awareness of the shared history of this country. Thus giving voice to our Ancestors. Her family and extended family is very important to her. She is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She has worked in Indigenous organisations for about 30 years and knows the issues her people face each day.
She has lectured and tutor at the Griffith University, Gold Coast campus, taught printmaking for secondary students, runs workshops for children and also fellow artists and for the public. Glennys and he partner are also professional singers, travelling across mainland Australia, Tasmania, across to USA and to Iran with their music.