Opening this week, The Glory Box is the first of three annual Julie Miller Markoff Visual Arts Award exhibitions to be presented at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre.
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Established in 2014 with a generous donation by Castlemaine-based businesswoman, entrepreneur and supporter of the arts Julie Miller Markoff, the award assists students in the transition from art school to professional practice.
The Glory Box by Mildura artist Rosina Byrne focuses on the struggle of a specific group of women who experience darkness, veils and silent identities in a particularly constricting form.
Certain groups of migrant women, their daughters and granddaughters continue to live oppressed lives even though they are Australian residents.
Currently the ideal of Equal Rights is commonly promoted as a standard of Australian life; however, it does not exist as a reality to many of these females.
The Glory Box will be officially launched on Thursday at 6pm, and runs until August 9.