Exhibition Closing Reception 6pm Thursday 26 July
by Emeritus Professor David Williams (AM), ANU Research School of Humanities and the Arts

Nalda Searles is a living icon of Western Australian art. For nearly thirty years she has been an innovator in the use of native fibres and found objects from the environment for the production of fibre-textiles, sculpture and installation artworks.
Her practice draws from the unique landscape of the West of Australia to express the contradictions of post-colonial identity and the complexities of her relationship with the land and its inhabitants, both
Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
Nalda Searles - Drifting in My Own Land showcases new works created by Searles in an intensive period of creativity undertaken since making the decision to return full-time to her solo art practice in 2006. Drawing on her own life, memories of her parents and the experience of a number of regionally-based women she has known and researched, the exhibition is a powerful expression of identity in relation to landscape.

The national tour of this exhibition is managed by ART ON THE MOVE. This exhibition is
supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring
exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian
cultural material across Australia.

NALDA SEARLES
A fibre textile workshop to accompany the exhibition "Drifting In My Own Land"
TIME: 9.30AM-4PM
DATE: Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 July
FEE: $125 [unwaged] $145 [waged]

PARTICIPANTS NEED TO BRING:
• Needles and range of threads (cottons, wools, torn rags etc)
• scissors
• salvaged scrap textiles of own choice
• decorative objects of own choice if desired
• notebook, pen and camera
Tea and coffee provided. Please bring your lunch.
ENQUIRIES: (02) 61255833
ANU SCHOOL OF ART, TEXTILES WORKSHOP
BUILDING 105 (OFF ELLERY CRES) ACTON, ACT 0200.
ENTRANCE FROM CARPARK BESIDE REP THEATRE
TO ENROL EMAIL: Daniel.Edwards@anu.edu.au
• WORKSHOP NAME: Nalda Searles Weekend Workshop
• YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
• MAILING ADDRESS & CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
Dan will send you internet payment instructions.