March, 2008

New Voices in Gija Art

New Voices in Gija Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08

The first group show for Warmun Art Centre's tenth anniversary year is with the gallery that hosted Warmun Art Centre’s first-ever exhibition. Work from established artists such as Shirley Purdie will hang beside that of emerging up-and-comers like Roseleen Park....» Read More

Influence and Inspiration

Influence and Inspiration

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08

For tens of thousands of years, the Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land have painted their stories upon the sandstone escarpments of their ancestral lands. Covered in a vibrant cacophony of images, these rock art galleries present a powerful vision...» Read More

Warnditch Ngarrangkani (Maker of Dreams)

Warnditch Ngarrangkani (Maker of Dreams)

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08

Born in the bush circa 1920 at what is now called Glenroy Station in the central Kimberley, Ngarra has lived through 90 years of that region’s extraordinary frontier history. A speaker of Andinyin, Ngarinyin and Gija, Ngarra is highly respected...» Read More

Kunwinjku Songman

Kunwinjku Songman

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08

Over the past two decades, Bruce Nabegeyo has established himself as one of the most evocative and sophisticated narrative painters of western Arnhem Land. Bruce Nabegeyo’s works bristle with a compulsive energy, as a multitude of spirit figures, creation beings...» Read More

Decipher Creation Myths, Blow Glass at Singapore Art Galleries

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08

Tiger Palpatja, born around 1920, had a late start as an artist. He began painting only three years ago. Palpatja, who is from Amata in South Australia, about 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) northwest of Adelaide, is one of a growing...» Read More

Special funding recognises the value of Indigenous arts organisations

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett today announced funding of $1.3 million from the Indigenous Visual Arts Special Initiative to provide 24 Indigenous art centres with infrastructure, training and marketing support. “This investment recognises the...» Read More

Chance to see Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08

Authentic contemporary Australian Aboriginal artwork will be unveiled at 7pm tonight during the opening of the Warlukurlangu Artists exhibition at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama. The exhibition will showcase the work of Otto Simms and Ormay Gallagher, who...» Read More

Wynne Prize Finalists

Wynne Prize Finalists

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art congratulates the following artists as finalists in this year's Wynne Prize for Landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Michael Mcwilliams, Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray and Sisters, Angelina Ngal and Kathleen Ngal. Angelina is also...» Read More

Senior artists of Fitzroy Crossing. W.A.

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08

Senior Women artists of Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Stories about country are the subject of the beautiful contemporary works by the women of Fitzroy Crossing. They are stories that remind us that time is not necessarily linear: while it is...» Read More

Wynne Prize 2008 Finalists

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08

Andrew Bennett The casual farmer Zhong Chen Rainy day III Lucy Culliton Hartley landscape - cactus garden Joanne Currie Nalingu The river is calm Marc De Jong The middle of nowhere Graham Fransella Landscape figures Maria Gorton Ancient blue Julie...» Read More

East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08

East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation (EGAAC) have hit the ground running after a very successful 2007. Over the past year sales and visitors (local, national and international) have increased dramatically. We are being recognized as a place to visit not...» Read More

Blak Swans Gatherin’

Blak Swans Gatherin’

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08

The Gippsland Art Gallery, SALE Nirmba Gidi Quarenook Blak Swans Gatherin’ FRIDAY 29 February at 2.oo pm Featuring Young Spirits Dance Group Welcome to Country by Elder Auntie Katey Bryant Image: Kurnai Dreaming, Charlotte (Penny) Hood Exhibition Dates: 23 February...» Read More

Not just dots

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08

Article about a current exhibition of Aboriginal Art from East Gippsland. Quoted from the article: Aboriginal art, especially Aboriginal art from East Gippsland, is about more than dots - that's the message the East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation is hoping...» Read More

Ngurrara, The Great Sandy Desert Canvas

Ngurrara, The Great Sandy Desert Canvas

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.03.08

This exhibition centres on the great Ngurrara canvas, painted by Great Sandy Desert traditional owners during National Native Title tribunal hearings in 1997. In counterpoint to the installation of Michael Riley’s cloud, this imposing painting will be exhibited with...» Read More

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.03.08

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula Discovering the past is just the beginning Paintings on linen and board by the late Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula Tuesday 4 March – Saturday 15 March, 2008 John Kean, Curator and Producer with Museum Victoria, will give a...» Read More

Walmajarri Man

Walmajarri Man

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.03.08

Clifton Jungurrayi Bieundurry...» Read More

Out of Australia

Out of Australia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

You are invited to the opening of Out of Australia this Thursday night at the Medea Gallery in San Pedro. The show features works from local collector Sherry Thompson. I have seen her collection and she has some stunning works....» Read More

Warlukurlangu Artists - Australia

Warlukurlangu Artists - Australia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest living art tradition in the world, done by Australian Aborigines, with paintings in rock shelters dating back 20,000 years as well as contemporary art by Aborigines based on traditional culture. Art is one of...» Read More

25th Telstra Art Award Open

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and Telstra are calling for entries for preselection in the 25 th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. MAGNT Director, Anna Malgorzewicz, said 2008 marks a very...» Read More

Dacawi: Transforming to the indigenous view

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

Article about Aboriginal culture in the Philippines. Quoted from article: Students from all over recently shared with each other the news of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's pre-Valentine's Day formal apology to his country's Aboriginal people for the years of...» Read More

Exciting times at Kluge-Ruhe

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

New article by Will Owen about the recent lecture delivered by Terry Smith at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia....» Read More

Award defies stereotypes

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

Indigenous artists are being urged to enter their work into the first and longest running indigenous art award in the country. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Telstra are calling for entries for pre-selection in the...» Read More

Curtain rises on Spring of Culture

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

Quoted from article: A month-long aboriginal art exhibition entitled Warlukurlangu takes place at the La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art starting at 7pm on Thursday....» Read More

The Power of Place: Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert at Tandanya, Adelaide

The Power of Place: Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert at Tandanya, Adelaide

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08

The Power of Place: Paintings and Artefacts from the Eastern Desert is currently showing at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute. The exhibition is a celebration of the land – a vibrant spiritual landscape – seen through the art of the...» Read More

The Power of Place: Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert at Tandanya, Adelaide

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.03.08

A celebration of Land - a vibrant spiritual landscape - seen through the art of the Anmatyarr and Alyawarr people of the Eastern Desert region, NT. Power of Place includes exciting new iconographic and geometric ceremonial paintings and artifacts from...» Read More

Evelyn Pultara

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.03.08

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Tiwi Island Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.03.08

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