Dan Sultan again enlists First Nations artists to paint Fender guitars for NAIDOC week 2022 art auction
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06.07.2022

Dan Sultan again enlists First Nations artists to paint Fender guitars for NAIDOC week 2022 art auction

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Words by Mixdown Staff

Supporting the Children's Ground organisation with two pieces of unique playable Fender art

For the second year in a row, Dan Sultan has combined the artistic talents of Aboriginal artists Kiya Watt and Kirli Saunders to create two pieces of unique playable Fender art that will be auctioned for Children’s Ground in celebration of NAIDOC week.

What you need to know:

  • For the second year in a row, Dan Sultan has combined the artistic talents of Aboriginal artists Kiya Watt and Kirli Saunders to create two pieces of unique playable Fender art.
  • The pieces are currently being auctioned for Children’s Ground in celebration of NAIDOC week.
  • In 2021, the Fender guitar art pieces created by Aboriginal artists Otis Carey and Niah McLeod raised 20 thousand dollars.

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Benefits from the 2022 auction for two one-of-a-kind pieces of art on Fender American Acoustasonic Stratocaster & Jazzmaster guitars will help further the development of the Arrernte music program at Children’s Ground in Mpartnwe/Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory. 

In 2021, the Fender guitar art pieces created by Aboriginal artists Otis Carey and Niah McLeod raised 20 thousand dollars, all of which was donated to the music program.

This year, Kirli Saunders was tasked with the Acoustasonic Jazzmaster which is entitled ‘Carry On’. In the piece are woven-together feathers, drying Coolamons, and the threatened Glossy. It talks to a future her family is carving out and carrying together, which cares for Country and Community.

Kiya Watt’s Acoustasonic Stratocaster is entitled Ngalak Yira Yarkiny Kidji Mooditj Booda Kaartdijin (We Stand Up Tall and Proud/Good By Learning Our Culture). This piece signifies Kiya’s cultural connections to Wardarn (ocean), Boodjah (heart/home/country), Wirrin (spirit) & Kaartidjin (learned knowledge). 

As an organisation, Children’s Ground believes every First Nations child born today should experience a lifetime of opportunity, entering adulthood strong in their identity and culture, connected to their local and global world, and economically independent. 

They work with First Nations communities over a 25-year period to make lasting change which is built around empowerment.

The auction is now live and will close at 12pm on Sunday, July 24. 

Bid on the guitars via Air Auctioneer to support Children’s Ground and its NT music program.