Six Seasons
Aunty Deidre Martin, Jacob Morris,
Rebecca Mayo and Erica Seccombe
Six Seasons is an expansive cross-cultural and collaborative project celebrating the environmental cycles and rhythms we all experience across the Nowra region.
This exhibition was self funded, but we were supported by generous donations through the Australian Cultural Fund raising $2,200. We extend our gratitude and appreciation to those individuals who helped us with the project. Thank you also to the all the lovely staff and friends of the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery who made this exhibition possible.
29 November 2025 to 14 February 2026
Six Seasons is an expansive cross-cultural and collaborative project celebrating the environmental cycles and rhythms we all experience across the Nowra region. A large fabric installation, created with local plant-based dye via the Plant Sensibilia Machine during a public participatory event, will form the centrepiece of the exhibition. Drawing on methods of slow looking, print-based processes and plant colour, this collaborative work gently registers sensory responses to place. Guided by Aunty Deidre Martin and Jacob Morris who are revered and respected custodians of Yuin cultural knowledge, communities and individuals in the region are invited to share their personal observations of seasonal markers and shifts through changes in plants, animals, light, or weather. These diverse contributions will inform the installation and will produce a collective portrait of place through the lens of seasonal change which evolves across the exhibition.
The Six Seasons project is led by four artists who are passionate about cross-cultural exchanges that can enrich and deepen our shared perspectives and relationships with the environment, in this instance the Nowra region. Aunty Deidre, a Walbunja Elder, is a cultural mentor and Park Ranger who has collaborated on many high-profile art projects. Jacob, a Gumea-Dharawal Ngundah, is an emerging published poet and experienced cultural language consultant. Contemporary artists Rebecca and Erica bring to this project their experience in socially engaged participatory practices that centre on observations of the natural world through printmaking and drawing. Rebecca’s knowledge and use of plant-based dyes led to the creation of the Plant Sensibilia Machine, which brings the process of plant dyeing out of the studio and into the environment, asking what it means to notice, feel, and record with care.
Photos by Nat Williams 2025. Details of installation with Aunty Deidre Martin at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery.
