Val smith talks with NITV Radio about her artmaking journey as a painter, weaver and all other mediums as she takes on new opportunities to connect more deeply with herself.
Val Smith is an artist on Bandjalung land practising many different ways of creating culturally expressive artworks , her story beginning from the 2022 floods. Now Val is taking part in a cultural retreat called "The Returning" in Lismore with some mural and gallery opportunities in Byron Bay sharing that attending the retreat she feels "to be included by mob that I truly look up to, its reaffirming and helps me to continue to believe I am being my authentic self".
Val Smith is also set to feature as an artist in the Fashique Runway this coming April.
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