March, 2010
Tayenebe: Tasmanian Aboriginal Women’s Fibre Work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.03.10
Tayenebe, a Tasmanian Aboriginal word meaning ‘exchange’, celebrates the revitalisation of Tasmanian Aboriginal weaving that has been taking place over the past three years. Tayenebe includes beautiful baskets and kelp water carriers in contemporary and traditional styles, along with a...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art and the contemporary gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.03.10
Colin Laverty speaks on Beyond Sacred - Australian Aboriginal art and why it belongs in contemporary galleries + institutions and not ethnographic + anthropological museums. Colin and Elizabeth Laverty began collecting Aboriginal art twenty years ago, and their collection has...» Read More
Indigenous art in Nundah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.03.10
Art enthusiasts can view the works of nationally renowned indigenous artists at Centred Art Gallery from March 19 to May 1. The gallery’s latest exhibition is titled Senior Desert Artists and owner Rene Dings said the art on display was...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ARTIST GOES TO OXFORD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 18.03.10
The 32 year old Bidjara artist from SW Queensland, Christian Bumbarra Thompson has been announced as one of the first two Aborigines to go to study at Oxford University. Working mainly in Melbourne in recent years, and operating mostly in...» Read More
GEORGE WARD TJUNGARRAYI
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 18.03.10
It's been a bad time for Aboriginal art – far too many deaths of the Old People have occurred, the artists who often saw no white people until their maturity and are painting the deserts and their stories first hand....» Read More
CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RETURNS FOR 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.03.10
Premier and Minister for the Arts The Honourable Anna Bligh Monday, March 15, 2010 CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RETURNS FOR 2010 Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh today announced Michael Snelling would return as Artistic Director of Cairns...» Read More
