Artist: Arabella Walker
Arabella Walker is from a maternal line of Wulli Wulli, Auburn Hawkwood people. She is an early career contemporary Aboriginal artist. Walker's practice conveys significant topics of First Nations histories with a focus on the challenge of being an Aboriginal woman living in the Colony. Walker deals with this challenge by weaving Indigenous ways of knowing and being into knowledges of culture and protocols, connections, and traditions, through a variety of media. The body is activated to express ideas, cultural knowledge, histories, stories and cultural connections. Media, such as acrylic paints, video projections, and installations form an interdisciplinary dialogue. Walkers creative process communicates a cultural intent in ways that words can not.
Emerging from a dance background, Walker incorporates multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary practices. Walker achieves this by using explosions of colour and energetic mark making that wash over her. Dance is used to connect traditions of ritual and ceremony as a form of contemporary expression. Analysis of research methodologies and data collection extend and strengthen Walker’s creative art practice in all its forms. Walker seeks research connected to personal history; further development of creative self; community connection; academia; and First Nations culture.
About the logo
A note from the artist
The vision behind this logo was to reflect the heart, purpose, and collective strength of your work as a community — a collective grounded in language, culture, stories, song, and connection.
My aim was to create a logo that embodies the essence of singing as a way to connect people, awaken language, and celebrate cultural identity. It’s a symbol that not only honours your goals but also highlights the beauty and strength of a growing, diverse community.
Design elements
Ocean Inspiration
The sea became a central theme in the design — it is both literal and symbolic. Water connects lands, people, and cultures; it grounds us, holds stories, and carries shared history. I used oceanic blues in a soft, flowing form to represent these ideas. The rounded movement of the design is inspired by currents and tides, symbolising continual flow, growth, and connection.
Colour and Emotion
You’ll notice the use of a warm pink tone woven into the design. This colour represents joy, warmth, and the emotional resonance of reconnecting to language and song. It reflects the beauty, fun, and vitality that comes from cultural celebration and community voice.
Songlines and Connection
Within the ocean-inspired shape, I integrated yellow flowing lines to represent songlines — an important part of First Nations cultural expression. These songlines, woven through the blues and rounded forms, evoke a deep sense of journey, connection, and language being carried through space and time.
Shape and Movement
All shapes used in the logo are soft, rounded, and organically flowing. This sense of movement and fluidity speaks to the interconnectedness of people, voice, culture, community and Country. It mirrors how everything is relational — people, song, language, and land.