Yorta Yorta woman Annie Brigdale comes from a very creative family stemming from her great grandmother Dorothy Peters, her grandmother and her mother who was a participant in an earlier iteration of the Koorie Heritage Trust’s Blak Designs program.
In a conversation with NITV Radio she explained that in addition to her family’s influence working with other Mob in Melbourne has greatly enriched her artwork.
“I’ve always been a creative person and always been a maker but making art with other Aboriginal and Torres Islander artists is a very special experience for me,” Annie Bigdale said.
I kind of wanted to talk about that story of disconnection being passed through generations and the longing for us to find our way back to the story.Annie Brigdale
The attraction of community interaction is strong for Annie, whose family history was deeply affected by Stolen Generations disconnections.
“As I learned about my great grandma’s story and other people’s, many, many people’s stories in similar situations where my great grandma grew up on Cummeragunja mission; and there was links to her removal... I felt that it was really an important story that needed to be told."
