The Community Art Project, Moodich Yorga Yundarn Yarns (Strong Women Tying Yarns) comprised 10 days of workshops. Participants wove and stitched natural fibres. While creating these works, they listened to and shared stories of strong women linked to the NAIDOC theme, ‘Because of her I can ….’ and the Albany Noongar Place Names project. The project brought together many different individuals and cultural groups living in and around Albany, including people from Borneo, and the Karen Burmese, Philippine and Bahia communities. Participants came from as far away as Kojonup, and several interstate and international visitors to Albany also attended. They met Elders & community leaders of the Menang Noongar community - Lynette & Lorna Knapp, Avril Dean, Vernice Gillies, Lester Coyne, Cheryl Narkle & her son, Thomas Dimer led the story telling. One session was conducted by Mt Barker, Maori weaver, Kiri Floyd who demonstrated traditional Maori weaving. She welcomed participants with a language song, sung as a tribute to her mother.

Over the 10 days, 269 participants attended the workshops and made more than 250 fibre works. The large cane net installation, suspended from the ceiling, changed daily as finished fibre works were added. In all, 670 visitors came to see the exhibition-installation as it evolved. The choral concert, on the final day was a celebration of community, story telling and language, place and connection to country.

Moodich Yorga Yundarn Yarns (Strong Women Tying Yarns) was a partnership with the Albany Aboriginal community, Community Arts Network (CAN), and the City of Albany’s Vancouver Arts Centre. Valdene proposed and developed the creative ideas for the workshops, working with curator, Annette Davis. During the workshops, she worked as lead artist, alongside Tess Bryant, Maureen James, Kate Campbell-Pope, Renee Farrant and Briony Arnold.