STA Commissions
STA supports local Artists and Creatives in heaps of different ways. One that’s close to our heart is the ongoing commissioning and licencing program. We work with Artists to achieve a range of authentic imagery and objects that STA use to promote and showcase amazing makers across our region.
When STA advocate support for local makers, we aim to back that up in real ways. We are super proud that at meetings and events we use local hand made ceramics. That our end of year greetings are connected to country through the works of local Aboriginal Artists. That we have local artworks available at our merch store and that the STA car is a travelling work of art. STA love living in our region and supporting our local arts and cultural sector with professional opportunities to shine.
Jenny Johnson, The Meeting Place STA Seasons Greeting 2024
The symbol at the centre of this artwork represents the meeting place and shows the families coming together.
The rings around the meeting place are represented as the water symbol to show the strong bond they have as a family and their continuous journey onwards through life.
Jenny lives and works in Yass Valley.
Connect Ceramics by Kate McKay 2024
When STA launched Connect@GunningStation we wanted local handmade ceramics as a key feature of events at the station. We turned to local ceramicist Kate to commission a range of functional wares that now take centre stage at Connect@GunningStation events.
Find Kate at Instagram @kate_mckay_ceramics
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION – Arts and Cultural Hub at Gunning Station. FIND OUT MORE.
Aryssa McAlister, Murun the STA Seasons Greeting 2023
Murun is the word for Life in the Wiradjuri language. It tells a story and takes you on a journey through life’s.
Find Aryssa at Instagram @the_daisytree
Aryssa McAlister, ‘Murun’ 2023
STA Acknowledgment of Country Commission 2022
STA worked with Jodie Munday to create our First Nations acknowledgment screen when you arrive at our site using Jodie’s work One Nation – Many People.
This work is a representation of our land and our people. The Magenta background is symbolic of our rich soils and our rich history. The large waterhole in the background connects life and land to water which both need to survive and thrive. The black and white circles in the centre of the image represent our ancestors. Spreading out across the work are many orange circles which represent different people and different mobs. These circles are joined across many paths to each other and our ancestors.
This work tells the story that no matter how far we travel or what path we take in life we are always connected to our ancestors and we travel our journey with their knowledge, strength and guidance always by our sides and in our hearts. Jodie Munday
Win’s Creek Pottery created the STA ceramics 2022
We do lots of events at STA & wanted our hospitality to showcase the work of local makers. You can’t beat local and handmade to enhance your life 😍
Huge thanks to Maryanne Devey from Win’s Creek Pottery for creating such beautiful ceramics for STA.
The cups and matching plates will be used at STA events and meetings.
Find maryanne and Wins Creek Pottery at instagram @winscreekpottery
Rivers and Waterholes by Jenny Johnson licensed for the Maisie’s Choir Scarf 2022
Maisie’s choir are proud to wear scarfs featuring Rivers and Waterholes by Jenny Johnson. Jenny is a First Nation artist living in Yass Valley. The design is an intricate pattern of land and river.
Read the story of this beautiful work.
Jenny Johnson ‘Rivers and Waterholes’ 2021
PAINT THE CAR Commission & Seasons Greeting 2022
You can’t miss the STA car wrapped in an original work; ‘Travelling arts’ by Jess Plumb. This deadly work was also used for our 2022 Seasons Greeting. Watch the full story and see the fab merch.
Find Jess Plumb at Instagram @mirrinmi_aboriginal_art
left image: Jess Plumb ‘Travelling Arts’ 2022
Right image: Jess with Cecilia McKenzie in Crookwell
Jodie Munday Journeys and Networks the STA Seasons Greeting for 2021
The work shows man, woman and child in the centre as individuals within a family unit. The green
journey lines then branch out from the centre joining each larger circle around it.
The flower/leave circles represent medicine both traditional and modern, and the role they play in
supporting a holistic approach to our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and health.
The smaller repeated circles represent our mob, immediate family, extended family, Elders and
Ancestors. The tracks going around the outside are our individual journeys. These tracks have road
blocks, they represent cross roads and challenges we face in life and times where we need to stop,
regather our thoughts, regroup ourselves and with the support, guidance and teachings from mob
we rebuild and continue on life’s journey.
The large pink circles are our support networks be they mates, friends, mentors or Elders etc within
our communities that work together to support us to grow and become the people that we are. The
white dots behind the work illustrates our ancestors watching over us and guiding us and also a
safety of all these elements combined to catch us when we fall and help build us up again.
It doesn’t not matter what your family looks like or what your support network looks like, everyone’s
family and supports are different, but they are all there to guide us, teach us and help us grow into
the best people we can be.
Find Jodie at Instagram @cre8tiveart2523
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