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Art with Purpose: Stories Woven from the Sea with Jimmy J Thaiday
This week on Stars and Stories, MJ speaks with Jimmy J Thaiday — an artist turning ocean waste into powerful cultural storytelling. Growing up on Yam Island and now based on Erub (Darnley Island), Jimmy uses discarded ghost nets to create striking three-dimensional artworks. What was once damaging marine life becomes something meaningful — art that protects culture, shares stories and invokes emotion. Through worldwide works workshops, most recently at the NPA Art Centre in New Mapoon, Jimmy is sharing his knowledge with community, showing how old drift nets can be unravelled, reshaped, and…
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