Lee Darroch – Courtesy Lee Darroch
Learn from Lee Darroch about the traditional practice of possum skin cloak making and her work to revive the practice over the recent years.
Lee Darroch is a Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti, Boon Wurrong woman. She is a renowned visual artist and leader of the cultural revival of traditional cultural practices across South-eastern Australia in particular possum skin cloak making, feather work and coiled basketry. Lee has worked for the past 28 years in Aboriginal community based organisations and is currently Program Coordinator of Banmirra Arts, where she delivers possum cloak workshops across the South-east of Australia.
Lecture: the revival of the possum skin cloak practice
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