A young Indigenous artist will have her work circulated in wallets around the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee.
The Royal Australian Mint is releasing a commemorative 50-cent coin designed by a 27-year-old Indigenous artist ahead of NAIDOC Week.
The 27-year-old was the winner of NAIDOC's design competition, which she thought she was applying for a graphic designer role at the time. Ms Glass, hailing from Katherine in the Northern Territory, travelled from Sydney to attend the event with her partner and family."I just told them it was an art project, and they had a bit of a surprise and shock when they saw what I actually created, which is fun," Ms Glass said.
" we are leading the stories and focuses that we want led, and we're leading it by saying 'these are the critical issues for us'," Dr Riley said.From selecting the design to developing and pressing the coin took more than two years — a timeline which the Royal Australian Mint's head of sales, marketing and innovation said is typical.
The annual NAIDOC awards ceremony will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Saturday, acknowledging the contributions, achievements and excellence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.Dr Riley said the week is a time to reflect on key issues facing Aboriginal people.
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