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Waringarri Begins Casting...in White Aluminium

Waringarri Begins Casting...in White Aluminium

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-11-14 16:23:09

Waringarri artists, commissioned by Wesfarmers for its official centenary gift, have cast a collection of carved boab nuts in white aluminium. And so impressive is the result that today this Collection officially called, Boab100, was gifted to the Art Gallery...» Read More

 

RED OCHRE FOR HECTOR BURTON

RED OCHRE FOR HECTOR BURTON

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-07-04 19:11:05

At the end of May, the supreme national Indigenous arts awards – the Red Ochres – were handed out by the Australia Council. And the senior, peer-reviewed award went to artist Hector Tjupuru Burton from Tjala Arts in Amata, South...» Read More

 

INDIGENOUS FESTIVALS GALORE

INDIGENOUS FESTIVALS GALORE

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-09-27 10:33:46

For a while, it seemed that Rhoda Roberts' pioneering efforts to establish the validity of the Indigenous arts via her wonderful Dreaming Festival in 1997 in the lead up to the Olympics had fallen on closed minds. It should have...» Read More

 

The 6th Annual National Indigenous Arts Awards

The 6th Annual National Indigenous Arts Awards

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-05-27 11:47:22

The multi-talented David Gulpilil OAM has won this year's Red Ochre Award, the highest peer-assessed award for an Indigenous artist with a prize money of $50,000, presented today at the Sydney Opera House as part of the National Indigenous Arts...» Read More

 

Nyree Reynolds Exhibits at the Sydney Opera House

Nyree Reynolds Exhibits at the Sydney Opera House

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-04-09 18:30:17

IMAGINE being invited to have your artwork displayed at an exhibition at the Sydney Opera House. For accomplished Blayney artist Nyree Reynolds there's nothing imaginary about it - she has just exhibited five of her paintings at the national icon. Nyree travelled...» Read More

 

Telling tales through art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-10 22:53:17

Rosebud indigenous artist Lionel Lauch was thrilled when a surprise guest turned up to this 40th birthday recently. It was legendary singer-songwriter Archie Roach, who just happens to be Lauch’s uncle. Roach, who sang at the party, has had an enormous influence...» Read More

 

DREAMING FESTIVAL HAS NEW DIRECTOR

DREAMING FESTIVAL HAS NEW DIRECTOR

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-05-25 17:18:25

Sam Cook is a member of the Nyikina nation of the western Kimberley and grew up surrounded by the arts. Her career has taken her through performing in music and theatre, literature, visual arts and executive arts management. Sam started...» Read More

 

GARMA TALKS CULTURE IN AUGUST

GARMA TALKS CULTURE IN AUGUST

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-15 17:33:29

The Indigenous Creative Industries is the 2009 theme of the nationally significant Key Forum at this year's Garma Festival of Traditional Culture, Australia’s leading Indigenous cultural exchange, to be held for the 11th time in August at Gulkula, near Nhulunbuy...» Read More

 

Cessnock artist honoured at NAIDOC Week ceremony

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-24 02:47:26

From the Advertiser: Cessnock artist and art teacher Les Elvin received one of the highest accolades awarded to indigenous Australians when he was named Artist of the Year in Canberra at the NAIDOC Week awards ceremony last Saturday night. More than 1000...» Read More

 

Aboriginal Art Directory top search queries for April

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-29 01:00:11

The Aboriginal Art Directory has released its Top Aboriginal Art search queries for April. As always it makes for interesting...» Read More

 

24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 10 August 2007

24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 10 August 2007

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-10 06:00:53

The 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, open to all adult Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander artists, aims to showcase the very best Australian Indigenous art from around the country. The non-acquisitive Telstra Award of $40,000 is...» Read More

 

22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 12 August 2005

22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 12 August 2005

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-08-12 05:38:20

The opening night of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is a major dry season event in Darwin and attracts visitors and artists from all over the country. The evening provides free entertainment from Indigenous traditional...» Read More