We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Carmen Glynn-Braun is a Sydney based First Nations artist stemming from the Kaytetye, Anmatyerr and Arrernte Nations. Glynn-Braun has lived a dual life between Inner City Sydney and Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Her upbringing of desert/city is very much reflected in her artistic practice, as she employs a trans-disciplinary approach inspired by both urban space as well as familial, cultural and community narratives. Carmen has developed unique and contemporary methods to capturing generational First Nations storytelling, particularly in the fields of public art, ceramics, painting, illustration, and installation. Her work predominantly explores the lived experiences of Aboriginal women, translated through gentle and experimental approaches to materials and form.
Carmen completed her honours degree in Fine Arts at UNSW Art and Design and was awarded First Class Honours for her research, as well as her graduating artwork being selected as overall winner for her year. Shortly after graduating, Carmen co-founded Re-Right Collective alongside Dennis Golding-Bowman, the pair were named as resident artists at Artspace, Woolloomooloo. The following two years thereafter - residents at The Clothing Store, Carriageworks. During this time Carmen made many notable works, including mass scale animation ‘Burri-Burri’s Song’ at Sydney Football Stadium (Alongside Esme Timbery & Marilyn Russell), Co-Producing Sydney New Years ‘Calling Country’ segment and co-designing Sydney Gateway artworks.
Glynn-Braun seeks to use her work as a platform to uplift, empower and ensure First Nations storytelling is preserved for generations to come.
Rona is a proud Kaytetye woman from Central Australia who works with high impact organisations to create systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and solutions.
Rona is the founder of Common Ground and brings 7 years
of professional experience working across First Nations organisations and not for profits. Rona was previously the Director of First Nations at YLab, a social enterprise that puts young people with diverse lived experiences at the centre of designing and developing innovative and impactful solutions
to complex social issues. Over her career, Rona has worked in policy at the Central Land Council, the Research Unit for Indigenous Languages at the University of Melbourne, Reconciliation Victoria, and the Foundation for Young Australians.In 2020, Rona was a finalist for the Victorian Young Achiever awards, was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. In 2019 Rona won a Diana Award and was named a 'Woman of the Future' by Women's Weekly.Through her work with First Nations communities across Australia, Rona aims to create future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and cultures.Rona currently resides in Mpartnwe on Arrernte Country.
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
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