by Tutti Inc.
Wed 22nd September, 2010
Jackie Saunders is a remarkable young Wirangu artist who has great ambition and drive. Jackie’s interest is in traditional dance and performance and she has learnt much about cultural practice through Warriparinga Kaurna Centre in Adelaide. Since 2006 Jackie has been heavily involved with Tutti Arts where she performs regularly with her sisters in the choir. She also studies drama and visual arts there. Jackie played a heyoka in Tutti’s first production of Northern Lights, Southern Cross in 2007 and travelled with the show to Minneapolis in 2009. She has taken leading roles in The Little Blue Parcel (2007), In the Doghouse aka The Psychology of Lonelines( 2009) and the South Australian Learning Centre’s film production of Forms of Abuse. Jackie is also an accomplished visual artist whose exhibitions include Mosaic Clouds( 2008), Reflection (2007) and an exhibition at the Hawke Centre Gallery in 2009. Jackie is currently working on works for an exhibition called Paperworks in the Pepperstreet Gallery for SALA.