Artist and author Karen Rogers is a Ngalakan woman from Ngukurr, a remote community in southeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Her artwork comes from cultural knowledge and her feelings for the land. She studied visual art at Batchelor Institute.

Karen works across textiles, glass, painting, and animation. Wanmari, written and illustrated by Karen and directed by Jake Duczynski, was a finalist in the NATSIA Awards. Karen's also an author of a picture book called Main Abija about her grandfather.

In this episode, Karen talks about how her feelings for country flow into her work, how following story leads her to paint, and the cultural law she is both bound by and nourished by.

We HEART Karen Rogers.

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Are You Still Working?! is an independently produced, ad-free podcast presented by Courtney Collins and produced by Lisa Madden.

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Music: We are grateful for permission to use the track 'My Operator', by Time for Dreams.

Love and thanks to:

Shirley May Diffley
Jude Emmett
Melinda McMillan
Victor Ouwor
Amanda Roff
Stefan Wernik

AND our brilliant guests.

Series 1 of Are You Still Working?! features 8 episodes, to be released in November and December 2023.