Kokatha and Nukunu woman Yhonnie Scarce, a renowned contemporary artist, has been awarded the Yalingwa Fellowship, a $60,000 award for First Nations artists currently living and working in Victoria who have made an outstanding contribution to creative practice in the First Peoples arts community and are at a critical moment in their career.
The Fellowship forms part of Yalingwa, a multi-faceted initiative designed to support the development of outstanding contemporary Indigenous art and curatorial practice with a primary focus on South East Australian First Nations artists. It represents a significant partnership between Creative Victoria, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Following an open call for submissions, Scarce was awarded the Fellowship by the Yalingwa Advisory Group, which includes members of the Indigenous arts and wider community as well as representatives from Creative Victoria, ACCA and TarraWarra Museum of Art.