10/11/2025
Tomorrow we are tools down for our ceremony development day with pakana woman Theresa Sainty, Yuwaalaraay man Warren Mason and six Aboriginal students from Montrose Bay High. Together these artists will respond to the work and Mumirimina Country.
Theresa Sainty
Theresa Sainty is a pakana woman with ancestral ties to Flinders and Cape Barren Islands and the northeast coast of lutruwita/Tasmania. She has contributed extensively to projects as a Cultural Advisor for Roar Film, the National Maritime Museum of Australia, the ABC, Mona, and Mona Foma, working across both advisory and creative roles. Her artistic responses often weave palawa kani and English, reflecting her deep engagement with language and culture. A Senior Indigenous Research Scholar at the University of Tasmania, Theresa’s doctoral work continues her decades of research as a linguistic consultant with the palawa kani language program. She also serves on the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) Aboriginal Advisory Committee, where her expertise in Tasmanian Aboriginal culture continues to guide and shape the state’s cultural landscape. Theresa is the cofounder of
Warren Mason
Born in 1969 in Dirranbandi, Queensland, and raised in the Aboriginal community of Goodooga in northwest New South Wales, Warren Mason is a proud Yorta Yorta and Yuwaalaraay man now living in Tasmania with his wife and three children. A self-taught artist and musician, Warren explores themes of healing, belonging, and connection through his creative practice. Drawing inspiration from the shifting colours and forms of the land and his parents’ creativity, his multidisciplinary work—spanning art, music, and storytelling—reflects his ongoing journey of cultural and personal restoration. Through these mediums, Warren seeks to reconnect with Country and community, expressing his identity in ways that are authentic, experimental, and grounded in lived experience. Warren is the founder of
