Nyoongar artist Sharyn Egan has kindly donated her incredible bamboo lanterns for the Fremantle Ports Community Lantern Parade which will be carried through the festival grounds alongside lanterns made by local artist Giovanni Sanjiva and our wonderful Cockburn Community.
Twisting and snaking from the Endeavour Lawn through the Omeo Hub and down to the Jetty for its spectacular finale, the magical parade will be led by the fire provocateurs Dangerous Delights and followed by the creative beats of Junkedelic and their one-of-a-kind instruments made of recycled materials.
Sharyn Egan is a painter, weaver and sculptor.
As a member of the Stolen Generation who grew up in the New Norcia Mission School much of her artwork is a commentary on her life as a Nyoongar woman and the associated trauma, emotions and deep sense of loss and displacement experienced by Aboriginal people.
Never afraid of experimentation and exploration, she works in numerous media, including painting, sculpture, woven forms and site specific installations, often choosing materials, such as ochres, resins and grasses that connect to land, especially her home near the lake system in the southern suburbs of Perth.
Her woven works include traditionally styled contemporary forms and baskets, as well as larger scale sculptural forms.
