Image: Nyibol Deng
Exhibition of Works
Prior to the BMI Maker Market & Book Sale Nyibol will have an exhibition of works on display in the Library. You will be able to get a preview of the product she will have for purchase on market-day. You will be able to purchase these works and all commission earned via these sales will go towards supporting the on-going maintenance of Our Heritage Collection.
This display will be open during normal Library operating hours.
A TUK | Nyibol Deng
Of Ethiopian and South Sudanese background, in 2003 Nyibol Deng completed the perilous journey from her home country of South Sudan to make a new life in Australia.
Carrying the barest of necessities, Nyibol brought with her a resilient sense of family and tradition. She dreamed of being in a community free of conflict – and of translating all of the flavours of her Nuer heritage for her new neighbours.
The ambition of sharing cultures sustained Nyibol through the rigours of learning a new language, establishing roots in unfamiliar places and climates, attending school, navigating the novel byways of Australian life, and starting a family of her own.
In 2019 Nyibol launched A TUK – a name drawn from a Nuer term meaning ‘Begin’.
Today, Nyibol holds firm to the values of autonomy and self-determination, and her commitments to environmental sustainability and giving back to her community.
Arts and cultural activities
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This workshop is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution
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