A selection of Aboriginal community art projects is being displayed on Rockhampton Campus.

The Sustaining Connections exhibition will be on show until Friday, March 9.

The exhibition comes in the wake of an initiative involving Link Up (Qld) Aboriginal Corporation and Swinburne University. Training was provided for Aboriginal arts facilitators from a range of urban, regional and remote communities across Queensland so they could work with their local Aboriginal community in a 'connecting art' initiative. 

Locations with high proportions of 'stolen generation' people were prioritised.  Facilitators conducted workshops where Aboriginal people sat together talking, sharing stories and painting images that connected together to produce a whole group image.

This visual sharing and the overall pattern that emerged provided a rare and powerful experience for many participants.

These art works speak volumes and demonstrate the cultural innovation possible when groups come together in respect. The connective art program provided a safe cultural space where many things could be shared and well-being could be facilitated and sustained through deeper human connections.