My Spirit, My Country - Global Indigenious Management
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
3:30PM - 4:30PM
PANEL TALK
Live Stage Emporium
This panel will discuss the upcoming ‘My Spirit, My Country’ runway that harnesses the talent of First Nations fashion designers from around the world showcasing in the City of Geelong on the 11 of March.
The Founder and CEO of Global Indigenous Runway, Tina Waru will lead this discussion. about this event and the work of Indigenous Runway Project Inc. which is a not-for-profit organisation that supports Indigenous young people exploring careers in the fashion industry. They deliver and facilitate a personal development program for Indigenous young people that works on their confidence and self-esteem utilising fashion as a vehicle to transform and empower young people. In the fashion world, we can see a mirage of Indigenous totems and tribal patterns influenced by designs by First Nations designers.
Global Indigenous Management has delivered the Global Indigenous Runway since 2012 as part of Melbourne’s Fashion Festival. To date, they have the largest collection of First Nation designers from around the globe to have featured on any runway platform. They continue to lead the way in building industry representation of First Nations designers and talent in the industry.
This is FREE event
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
HOST: TINA WARU
Tina Waru is the CEO and founder of the Indigenous Runway Project in Australia, which has now gained national and international recognition and received over 6500 expressions of interest. Since then she has taken the initiative to other Indigenous communities in New Zealand and Canada and was instrumental in the establishment of international sister organisations in these countries.
Today the Indigenous Runway Project initiative continues to provide a mentoring model that responds to community needs and develops leadership capacity providing structured support to help Indigenous youth from around the world define their own careers in the fashion industry. The initiative has been nominated for the 2014 and 2016 National Australian Reconciliation Award and Best Practice for the Aboriginal Education Strategy Garrin Garrin, a strategy introduced to improve learning and development outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians. In 2015 Tina received the Australian of the Day Award for Victoria and was nominated for the 2017 Pride of Australia medal.
Tina has gone on to pioneer the world’s first Global Indigenous Management for international Indigenous models, talent and Indigenous fashion events and has models featuring on main Fashion Catwalks.
She continues to provide a platform to empower and educate youth on a global scale.
GUEST: ANETTE ZAX
Annette is a proud Taungurung Badjur woman, First Peoples of Mountains and Rivers of Central Victoria. Nira Illum Bullak Cave and Creek Dwelling People
Creative Arts Director of Yarn Strong Sista which has been on operation for 20 years this month and also founded Yarn Strong Brutha – Reviving, Reclaiming & Representing Culture through Fashion
She is an Artist, Illustrator and Designer of Children’s toys for 20 years. More recently she have begun designing Aboriginal Homewares and Aboriginal Fashion Accessories. As a First Nations Designer her connection with her Creation Stories, Waterways, Land & Sky Country is reflected in my designs. She inspired by Traditional Cultural Knowledges that her Aboriginal Elders have taught her.
EVENT DETAILS
Location
Live Stage, Emporium
Ground Floor, 287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Accessibility
Accessible for wheelchair users
Auslan is available on request please contact fashion@mff.com.au or via telephone at +61 3 9654 5599