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Bush Yam in Basket

The 2025 Gapu series is the 12th workshop series in Djilpin’s long collaboration with Basil Hall Editions. Djilpin Artists worked, for the first time, with Printmaker Antonia Aitken. Collograph plates were developed by 15 artists over a week in April at Djilpin Arts Centre in Wugularr (Beswick). For Series XII, artists have depicted traditional string and dilly bags, bathi, exploring the place of these artefacts in culture, ceremony and mythology.

Evangeline Wilson’s print for Gapu XII was selected for Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award (August) with the complete Series launching at Honey Bones Galley, Melbourne (October 2025).

Name: Henrietta Kennedy


Community: Wugularr (Beswick)


Biography:

Henrietta was born in Darwin and has lived all her life at Wugularr (Beswick). Her family are from Gapuwiyak. Henrietta's Grandmother was a senior weaver for Djilpiin Arts and a founding member of the Arts Centre and she grew up watching her weave after helping with the harvest and preparation of pandanus fibre. Henrietta is an Artsworker at Djilpin Arts and makes fine woven wire earrings, inspired by her Grandmother's traditions and stories.


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