Bianca Beetson's guest appearances

Bianca Beetson

NAVA: in conversation

Indigenous Health MedTalk

Chris Fox

Richard Bell

Matthew Burns

Jeremy Smith

Mark Shorter

Wesley Enoch

Tony Albert

Latai Taumoepeau

Georgie Meagher

Colin Jones

Mami Kataoka

Mary Martin

Karla Dickens

Penelope Benton

Meagan Shand

OwlTail

Today on the show we are joined by artist Dr Bianca Beetson (Director Indigenous Research at Griffith University). We discuss her impressive and moving work, unpacking the human experience, decolonisation on an individual level and sacred spirituality.  Bio: Bianca Beetson is a Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi (Sunshine Coast) Wiradjuri (NSW) woman, Born in Roma Western Qld. Studied a Bachelor of Arts Visual arts at the Qld University of Technology from 1993 -95, Completed her Honours 1998 and Doctor of Visual Arts in 2018. Bianca’s is a visual artist who works in a broad range of media including: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and public art.  Work: http://biancabeetson.blogspot.com/  Exploring the value of acoustic ecology with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison: http://www.listeningtocountry.com/#:~:text=The%20aim%20of%20%E2%80%98Listening%20to%20Country%E2%80%99%20is%20to,through%20sound%2C%20between%20human%20beings%20and%20their%20environment.  Murdering Creek Visual References: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/murderingcreek?epa=HASHTAG  ABC Story paralleling Bianca’s experience in Murdering Creek: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-12/lake-weyba-visitors-report-spooky-lights-humming-noises/12271554

Today on the show we are joined by artist Dr Bianca Beetson (Director Indigenous Research at Griffith University). We discuss her impressive and moving work, unpacking the human experience, decolonisation on an individual level and sacred spirituality. Bio: Bianca Beetson is a Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi (Sunshine Coast) Wiradjuri (NSW) woman, Born in Roma Western Qld. Studied a Bachelor of Arts Visual arts at the Qld University of Technology from 1993 -95, Completed her Honours 1998 and Doctor of Visual Arts in 2018. Bianca’s is a visual artist who works in a broad range of media including: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and public art. Work: <a href="http://biancabeetson.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://biancabeetson.blogspot.com/</a> Exploring the value of acoustic ecology with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison: <a href="http://www.listeningtocountry.com/#:~:text=The%2520aim%2520of%2520%25E2%2580%2598Listening%2520to%2520Country%25E2%2580%2599%2520is%2520to,through%2520sound%252C%2520between%2520human%2520beings%2520and%2520their%2520environment." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.listeningtocountry.com/#:~:text=The%20aim%20of%20%E2%80%98Listening%20to%20Country%E2%80%99%20is%20to,through%20sound%2C%20between%20human%20beings%20and%20their%20environment.</a> Murdering Creek Visual References: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/murderingcreek?epa=HASHTAG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/murderingcreek?epa=HASHTAG</a> ABC Story paralleling Bianca’s experience in Murdering Creek: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-12/lake-weyba-visitors-report-spooky-lights-humming-noises/12271554" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-12/lake-weyba-visitors-report-spooky-lights-humming-noises/12271554</a>

Decolonisation on an individual level, sacred spirituality and Murdering Creek with artist Dr Bianca Beetson

Keynote recorded live at Australian Cultural Policy: The Next Decade, presented by Monash University’s Masters of Cultural &amp; Creative Industries and NAVA at the State Library of Victoria on 8 April 2019.“We need a national cultural policy that’s grounded in First Nations sovereignty and the NAVA Code of Practice... Cuts to the arts affect the Australian identity.”Gabi Gabi / Kabi Kabi and Wiradjuri artist and academic Dr Bianca Beetson gave the artists’ keynote and response to Shadow Minister for the Arts the Hon Tony Burke at Australian Cultural Policy: The Next Decade, presented by Monash University’s Masters of Cultural &amp; Creative Industries and NAVA at the State Library of Victoria on 8 April 2019.Dr Beetson studied a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) at the Queensland University of Technology 1993-95, completed Honours in 1998 and was awarded a Doctorate of Visual Arts in 2018. She is a visual artist who works in a broad range of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and public art. She is a former member of the seminal Aboriginal artists collectives Campfire Group and ProppaNow. Dr Beetson is the Program leader of the Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art degree at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University and was recently appointed to the QAGOMA Board of Trustees. In this podcast, Dr Beetson speaks of the need to legislate against fake ‘Aboriginal-style’ art and its cultural harm, to establish a national Aboriginal arts authority, keeping places and a repatriation fund, as well as climate change policy because there are several sacred sites currently at risk of permanent loss to rising sea levels.

Keynote recorded live at Australian Cultural Policy: The Next Decade, presented by Monash University’s Masters of Cultural &amp; Creative Industries and NAVA at the State Library of Victoria on 8 April 2019. “We need a national cultural policy that’s grounded in First Nations sovereignty and the NAVA Code of Practice... Cuts to the arts affect the Australian identity.” Gabi Gabi / Kabi Kabi and Wiradjuri artist and academic Dr Bianca Beetson gave the artists’ keynote and response to Shadow Minister for the Arts the Hon Tony Burke at Australian Cultural Policy: The Next Decade, presented by Monash University’s Masters of Cultural &amp; Creative Industries and NAVA at the State Library of Victoria on 8 April 2019. Dr Beetson studied a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) at the Queensland University of Technology 1993-95, completed Honours in 1998 and was awarded a Doctorate of Visual Arts in 2018. She is a visual artist who works in a broad range of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and public art. She is a former member of the seminal Aboriginal artists collectives Campfire Group and ProppaNow. Dr Beetson is the Program leader of the Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art degree at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University and was recently appointed to the QAGOMA Board of Trustees. In this podcast, Dr Beetson speaks of the need to legislate against fake ‘Aboriginal-style’ art and its cultural harm, to establish a national Aboriginal arts authority, keeping places and a repatriation fund, as well as climate change policy because there are several sacred sites currently at risk of permanent loss to rising sea levels.

Episode 42: Bianca Beetson