Name: Genevieve Smith
Language: Ndjébbana
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Genevieve started working at Bábbarra in 2008 and has been printing ever since. She enjoys both in both lino printing and screen printing.
Genevieve is the first one in her family to become an artist. She is helping her daughter Laquisha who comes in for work experience at Babbarra training her in how to screen print and lino print
Eiffel tower and the Maladj spirit “I want to tell you about my design, that Eiffel tower one. This year it was my first time going to Paris. I didn’t know that place, nothing. We Read more…
Babbarra Mimih Bábbarra Women’s Centre is named after a billabong. This design references the Bábbarra logo that shows a female mimih (spirit being). This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile has Read more…
Gurrpurdu (Diving Bird) A design by emerging textile designer, Charmaine Pascoe. ‘My Gurrpurdu (diving bird) was white. She flew from Gan Gan to Gapuwiyak and then to Yathalamarra. And then she flew to Gartji. At Read more…