Council has formally announced that Ilyaree Snider’s submission titled “Understanding Reconciliation” has been selected to feature throughout our inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
05 April 2023 – 02:30PM
Cook Shire Council is proud to formally announce that Ilyaree Snider’s artwork Understanding Reconciliation has been selected to feature on the cover and throughout our inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
“As we work towards building a more including and reconciled community, Ilyaree’s artwork will serve as a reminder of the important work that needs to be done and the role that art can play in bringing people together,” said Mayor Peter Scott.
Ilyaree’s artwork was selected by the Council from the artworks submitted in response to the Deadly Young Artist call out, Mayor Scott noted that it was Ilyaree’s exceptional talent and creative vision that shone through in her artwork, making it no surprise when the council selected her work to represent it’s RAP.
Council were so impressed with the quality of submissions that they are on display at Nature’s Powerhouse as part of the Deadly Young Art Exhibition. The exhibition runs until Monday 17 April 2023 and community members are being encouraged to vote for their favourite artwork for the People’s Choice Award.
About the artist: Ilyaree Snider
A proud descendant of the KuKu Yalanji Nation from Laura, and the Guwamu and Yugambeh Nation from South Queensland, Ilyaree comes from a family of artists and creatives and attributes much of her creative practice to her father Nash Snider, and her late mother Nefertiti Fogarty, both celebrated Indigenous artists, dancers and cultural leaders.
The second eldest of five sisters, Ilyaree readily admits that she really only paints when an idea or inspiration truly moves her. Then she will start drawing it first, “in books, on my hand or on random bits of paper. Painting it then helps me to get my thoughts and views on things out into the world.”
Currently in Grade 11 at Cooktown State School, Ilyaree plans on becoming a Commercial Aviation Pilot with an international airline, so she can fulfil her dream of seeing and sharing her culture with the world.
The artwork: Understanding Reconciliation
