Group Exhibition: Kanalaritja Tunapri, the new generation

January 13 – February 4, 2023

Bett Gallery

Ashlee Murray, palawa necklace, 2021. 123 single species king maireener shells, 68cm. Courtesy: the artist and Bett Gallery, Hobart.

Bett Gallery presents a group exhibition.

The art of shell stringing is a valued palawa cultural tradition that has remained intact and continued without interruption since before white settlement; it is a tradition that is many thousands of years old. This exhibition sees this important tradition continue to thrive in a contemporary sense, as the art of stringing is passed down from generation to generation. Mother teaching Daughter. Grandmother teaching Granddaughter.

Artists include: Teresa Green, Verna Nichols, Lola Greeno, Charlyse Greeno, Emma Robertson, Bec Woolley, Julie Gough, Annette Day, Ashlee Murray, Aunti Corrie Fullard, Jeanette James, Tracy Purdon and Tracey Turnball.