JOEL SAM | 'Bu (trumpet shell)' | Linocut PrintJoel Sams family lives in Bamaga, Cape York, and originates from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. Born on Thursday Island, he currently lives in Cairns, having finished his art studies in 2005 with a Diploma of Art from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Visual Arts Course at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE. Since then he has been developing an art practice and technical skills in the media of linocut, sculpture and etching. Joels

"On Bama Land the Kuku Yalanji people have our own calendar with six seasons

make sure you wash hands before entering water otherwise you get malgary

Ithab il geth thonaral zagethal ngath ayminu dhangalaw danalayg ngapa midhakidh

and strongly connected with the natural surroundings

The kissai and its different phases affect our everyday life as it brings changes to our region’s tides and the way connect reading into weather patterns

which are associated with specific clan knowledge

the story of the turtle

thana maluka thamamin a imaygasamin

a suburb of Cairns

Mariam Arcilla

Thana koey malu uruyl wowraw thonarnu

Wara mineral nungu gamuyab