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Patricia Giles, Midden shells in dunes, first published in James McAuley and Patricia Giles, A World of its Own, Australian National University Press, 1977, watercolour, c. 1976. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery collection.

Natasha Cica is avalable to provide public comment and context regarding many current Australian issues including:

Leadership
Civil society
Australian identity
Tasmanian culture
Politics
Creativity
Gender
Race relations and multiculturalism
Globalisation

Footage of Natasha can be viewed on ABC Q&A here:

ttp://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3464006.htm

I look now at the young people I teach, many of the young people in this wonderful Q&A audience, and I don’t (despite what the economy, the economic numbers and the spreadsheets are telling us) get that same sense of pessimism or lack of a sense of possibility amongst Tasmanians. I think that MONA is part of what a great friend of mine calls the arrival of a critical intensity in Tasmania where the creative cultural industries have a legitimate place in our conversations, not just about aesthetic activity or cultural activity but also about social and economic stability and sustainability and that is what the risk-taking and bigness of heart of David Walsh has brought to all of us so thank you, David.

Audio of Natasha can be heard on Radio National ‘Artworks’ here:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/artworks-feature-pedder-dreaming/3679926

Further information about Natasha and her book, Pedder Dreaming: Olegas Truchanas and a Lost Tasmanian Wilderness, can be found in the following media releases:

Pedder Dreaming Media Release 2012

Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship announcement-2

To arrange an interview with Natasha Cica, please contact Simone Bird via simonebird@optusnet.com.au or phone +61 (0) 411 968 326.

Pedder Dreaming cover image and Natasha Cica head-and-shoulders images for media use: