When Sharyn Yelverton started buying indigenous artworks from around Australia, her wall wasn’t their planned final destination.
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“I’ve realised how important country is to [indigenous] culture.”
- Sharyn Yelverton
Instead the artworks, which will be displayed in Launceston, could find their way to your wall as part of a Wilderness Society fundraising exhibition.
Ms Yelverton has been a supporter of the Society for years and, worked with indigenous Australian communities.
“I’ve realised how important country is to [indigenous] culture.”
Instead of putting artworks on her wall, she wanted to help protect the land, she said.
“I always intended to donate them to an environmental organisation.”
She gave her collection to the Wilderness Society so it could help fundraise for a collaborative project with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation to immerse people into indigenous culture in ‘on-country’ in the Tarkine region.
“If Aboriginal people can lay their claims on a site, hopefully we can help to protect [the environment] for the future.”
The collection will be on display at 174 Charles Street, with a fundraising evening happening on Thursday, February 1 from 5.30pm.
The exhibition will be on display for a couple of weeks during office hours.