Culture Love 2009
Collection
Culture Love 2009 activities were diverse. In Erub activities included mural painting, screen printing and song recording. The collection also documents 'The Coming of the Light' celebrations on Erub as well as local artist Florence Gutchen talking about her life and the sale of her first piece of art. In Wujal Wujal activities included recording songs, painting, making dough and cooking on the coals. In Kubin, on Moa Island, activities included recording songs at the Indigenous Knowledge Centre, adults demonstrating to children how to prepare for traditional dances and explaining how traditional dances are passed down, adults and children singing, L. Bolsen talking about her life then teaching children string games, a man explaining the various uses of the coconut plant, a woman demonstrating how to prepare the traditional food sop sop and a former pearl diver recollecting his experiences diving in the Torres Strait. The collection also documents resources and activities at the Indigenous Knowledge Centre, Kubin, as well as island scenery, a jetty, homes and a church in and surrounding Kubin.
Culture Love is a State Library of Queensland program delivered through Indigenous Knowledge Centres (IKCs). The Culture Love program provides opportunities for Indigenous children and young people to revive and celebrate culture through the arts. State Library staff and the IKC coordinator consult with the community to identify the local cultural themes to embed within the Culture Love program. From these consultations State Library staff prepare a draft program which is circulated and once approved support the IKC in the organisation of the program. The IKC then plays a lead role in delivering the program. The Culture Love program was first delivered in 2009. Participants in the program include State Library of Queensland, IKC network, Aboriginal Shire Councils and the Torres Strait Regional Council (who own and manage the IKCs), Arts Queensland, Queensland Health, the Torres Strait Regional Authority and the Office for the Arts, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. (Information taken from: Culture Love - State Library of Queensland : a case study in keeping culture strong through the arts, viewed 25 February 2022).
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