Phone
07 5485 4339
CARTA
Cultural Awareness & Reconciliation Through Art
Fine art and prints, murals, story posts and artist in residence, cultural knowledge, spirituality, history, science, identity, art and story, english, study of religion, business, drama, geography, chemistry, physics, and indigenous studies classes. CARTA, helping every Australian student feel and know mmore deeply what it is to be Australian
CARTA is a series of optional & individually tailored teaching/workshop sessions developed and presented by Peter Muraay Djeripi Mulcahy, professional Aboriginal Artist, Story teller & Indigenous teacher of 29 years.
- Cultural & Historical Teaching (with artifacts, weapons & ochre )
- Dreamtime storytelling and role play
- Fine Art display & Teaching
- Art Creation & Meaning
- Understanding Identity, who I am & strength of knowing
- Science, binders & resins (making of)
- Aboriginal Society roles/totems/ the way we taught (5 senses)
- Aboriginal Spirituality, living & being
- Acknowledgement to country (ochre use ceremony, with students)
- Contemporizing Ancient Australian knowledge for modern Australians
29 years of Teaching by prominent elders has brought Peter to a way of teaching that benefits children & students from childcare & kindy, through to prep to year 12. Peter is called upon by the public, private, independent & Christian schools / colleges along with other community organization to work with their staff and students in a whole of class or group teaching day activities.
Peter also works with individual & small groups in a mentoring capacity with Indigenous youth. CARTA will target your specific National curriculum needs while strengthening the knowledge base, understanding & EATSIP requirements of all students in your school & colleges.
Peter’s passion, humour & belief in the work he provides directly connects with your students deeper desire for meaningful knowledge & understanding. Knowledge brings Understanding, leading to Empathy & Respect and finally true Knowing.
(Some of our many combinations of Teaching/Workshop Sessions)
Art Creation & Culture
Aboriginal art is so much more than just painting pictures, this art form connects us all to the land and spirit which we now share
Story telling & Art Exhibit
Storytelling, role play and cultural knowledge allows your students to enjoy unfolding the layered wisdom of the first Australians. Morals/ values/ consequences/ co operation/respect
Cultural Knowledge, History & Aboriginal Society
Information and knowledge on the thinking & actions, engagement with one another & environment, roles & responsibilities Hunting/fighting/living/ceremony Pre & Post 1788
Science Of Discovery – Creation of binders and resin use
All natural ingredients, the teaching & layering of respect for the land & the people that provided us with 100 000 years of scientific discovery
Identity – Understanding who I am
Ancestry, relationships, your place & roles, a broader web of understanding connection, knowing your story, symptoms of lack of ID/ bullying/ racism/ sexism/ belittling. The great strength in knowing who you are & what you stand for.
Australian Aboriginal Spirituality
Defining & broadening the concept of the great Dreaming, True meaning of connection to land, understanding the sacredness of story and knowing and living your personal Dreaming.
Indigenous Mentoring (individual & group)
Culture, identity, art story, spirituality, connection, history What is black, finding our way back
“I fan the embers of my ancient culture, to help inform & bring tao life its relevant wisdom in the contemporary world of modern Australia”
Costings
Based on whole day teaching sessions, if required Peter is able to provide paints/ canvas/ paper & other requests as extras, if school chooses not to provide own. Art classes can use pencil/ pens & provide own paper Sessions (45-50mins) normal class size, numbers can be extended on request.
Sunshine Coast: (Gympie – Caloundra) $660 per day
Brisbane: (South of Caloundra, Redlands, Brisbane to Ipswich) $750 per day
South West: (Gold Coast – Toowoomba) $880 per day
(All other areas welcome including interstate $880 per day plus extra travel time+ petrol/flights)