Eggs and Tomatoes are being used to help fund a scholarship to send an Indigenous artist to arts school, with an exhibition currently on show in Kiama.
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South Coast printmaker Machteld Hali has organised the exhibition on at The Tempest Gallery until Wednesday, with profits going to the scholarship.
"What with the drought and the floods there is not a lot of spare cash in Moree but the people of the Illawarra are known to be compassionate and generous," she said.
"You can be the one to play a part to change the world and give a young person a future and Moree an inspired art teacher. How can you resist?"
The inspiration for this project was the Freedom Ride in Moree, a demonstration against discrimination of First Nations people - including being banned from the local baths.
In February 1965 the Freedom Ride, led by Charlie Perkins, famous footballer and first Aboriginal person to gain a degree, experienced horrific discrimination in Moree.
A reenactment in 2015 inspired Ms Hali to create a scholarship to support an Aboriginal student from Moree to art school and return as an art teacher.
The scholarship will be funded by ongoing donation and sale of original art prints created and donated to the cause.
The exhibition will be open from 10am-4pm. All are welcome by booking. The event is Covid-safe. and masks are mandatory.
To contact Machteld Hali about the project, email machteld46@gmail.com
