In Her Hands - Carmen Glynn-Braun (Kaytetye / Ammatyerre), Dennis Golding (Kamilaroi / Gamilaraay), Kirra Weingarath (Biri / Juru)

In her hands (2019) is a mural created by three Indignenous alumni; Kaytetye and Ammatyerre woman Carmen Glynn-Braun, Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay man Dennis Golding, and Birri-Gubba and Jura woman Kirra Weingarth. The artists have said that In her hands ‘celebrates the passing of Indigenous cultural practices from Bidjigal Elder Esme Timbery to five living generations of her family. Through her hands, Esme shares the magic of shellwork with the women in her family, represented by the young hands of Esme’s great-great-granddaughter, Jiyah-lee Bell. It signifies the importance of transferring culture through physical and oral transmission to sustain intergenerational knowledge.’

Carmen Glynn-Braun

^{DipComService (CDU) 2013, BFA (Honours) (UNSW) 2019}

Carmen Glynn-Braun is a Kaytetye/Ammatyerre/Southern Arrernte artist born in Mpartnwe/Alice Springs and now based in Sydney. Glynn-Braun uses a range of media types to tell evocative stories based on real events, often about the lived experience of Indigenous women. Glynn-Braun received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honours from UNSW Art and Design in 2019. Upon graduating, Carmen Glynn-Brown was awarded the TWT Excellence Prize, Nura Gili Arts award for Excellence and was recognised on the 2018 Deans List for her academic achievements. Carmen Glynn-Braun was awarded the Indigenous Emerging Artist Fellowship at the Australian Museum in 2019 and is cofounder of the artistic collective Re-Right, alongside Dennis Golding.

Dennis Golding

^{BFA (Honours) (UNSW) 2019}

Dennis Golding is a Gamilaraay/Kamilaroi artist and curator, who grew up in Redfern. Working with a range of mixed media including painting, photography, video and installation, Golding critiques sociocultural and political representations of race and identity to empower contemporary experiences of Aboriginal identity. Golding first worked as an administrative trainee at Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, UNSW before beginning his formal art training. In 2017, while still a student he designed the first national Indigenous jersey for Rugby Australia. Golding graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from UNSW School of Art & Design in 2019. In 2020 Golding became the first Aboriginal artist to win the NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship (VAEF) for his compelling series Cast in Cast Out. Dennis Golding has exhibited nationally and was a finalist in the 2021 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. He is cofounder of The Re-Right arts collective alongside Carmen Glynn-Braun.

Kirra Weingarth

^{BDes (Hons) (UNSW) 2018}

Kirra Weingarth is an artist, educator and researcher, and is a descendent of the Biri-Gubba and Juru people of North East Queensland. Weingarth graduated from UNSW Art & Design with a Bachelor of Design (Hons) in 2018. After graduating she received the Emerging Indigenous Artist Fellowship from the Australian Museum in 2019. Her interdisciplinary work explores cultural identity, reconnection and intersecting histories. Kirra Weingarth, along with Dennis Golding and Carmen Glynn-Braun, collaborated on the ‘In her hands’ mural which fronts the Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab at UNSW.