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About Canberry Arts
Canberry Arts is the practice name of myself, Canberra artist John Brookes.
Under the Canberry Arts moniker I produce my own art exhibitions on a number of themes, collaborating with others where relevant, as well as developing arts and promotion projects in a range of media for small charities and community groups who may not otherwise have the resources to implement them.
This is a non-profit that supports and advocates through art projects - both for and about disenfranchised communities such as those with lived experience of mental and/or physical disability, those experiencing homelessness, those experiencing addiction issues, refugees and asylum seekers and ex-offenders. The word “Canberra” is popularly claimed to come from the word Kambera or Canberry, meaning “meeting place” in Ngunnawal. Thus Canberry Arts - art as a meeting between artist, subject and viewer - collaborating in order to give meaning and a sense of unity between the three functions.
In all of my work, I believe strongly in giving a voice to the subject, to people telling their own stories in unique and thought-provoking ways - looking beyond the 'issue' to the whole person / culture.
Under the Canberry Arts moniker I produce my own art exhibitions on a number of themes, collaborating with others where relevant, as well as developing arts and promotion projects in a range of media for small charities and community groups who may not otherwise have the resources to implement them.
This is a non-profit that supports and advocates through art projects - both for and about disenfranchised communities such as those with lived experience of mental and/or physical disability, those experiencing homelessness, those experiencing addiction issues, refugees and asylum seekers and ex-offenders. The word “Canberra” is popularly claimed to come from the word Kambera or Canberry, meaning “meeting place” in Ngunnawal. Thus Canberry Arts - art as a meeting between artist, subject and viewer - collaborating in order to give meaning and a sense of unity between the three functions.
In all of my work, I believe strongly in giving a voice to the subject, to people telling their own stories in unique and thought-provoking ways - looking beyond the 'issue' to the whole person / culture.