WHAT DOES A HOSPITAL FEEL LIKE?

Interdisciplinary artist Erica Seccombe discusses her fantastic work creating a series of original illustrations for the Campbelltown Hospital Rebuild. Her large-scale artworks feature plants native to the Macarthur region and were created with extensive consultation with the Campbelltown community. As part of her creative process, Erica hosted free drawing workshops for the Campbelltown public and took place in knowledge-sharing with Elders Aunty Deidre Martin, a Walbanga woman of the Yuin Nation, and Aunty Glenda Chalker, a Dharawal woman of the Cubbitch Barta Clan. Her art highlights the role that connection to nature and place can play in bringing together diverse cultures and communities.

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