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DESERT RIVER SEA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR INDIGENOUS ART LEADERS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-11-12 06:23:55
From 11-15 November 2013 a group of 11 emerging Indigenous art leaders throughout the Kimberley region of Western Australia will gather in Perth for the Emerging Leaders Program, a week-long professional development program which is a core component of the...» Read More
Gulumbu Yunupingu is People's Choice in WA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-12-16 13:37:57
The great Yolngu artist, Gulumbu Yunupingu - big sister of Manduwuy - from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land, has won the People’s Choice Award of $5,000 in the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2010. This year, the voting couldn't be...» Read More
ART FOR A GREAT CAUSE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-17 11:20:38
On Tuesday (19th Oct), what's being called “a unique collection of contemporary Aboriginal Art” will be auctioned at Sotheby¹s in Sydney in aid of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES). The occasion will also be the official launch of the AES...» Read More
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:08:01
This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the triumph of human will and cultural continuity. It tells the story of the Canning Stock Route’s impact on Aboriginal people, and the importance of the Country that surrounds it, through the works of senior and...» Read More
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:07:26
This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the triumph of human will and cultural continuity. It tells the story of the Canning Stock Route’s impact on Aboriginal people, and the importance of the Country that surrounds it, through the works of senior and...» Read More
RICARDO IDAGI WINS WA ART PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-07-25 19:01:44
Australia’s richest indigenous contemporary art award - the $50,000 Western Australian Indigenous Art Award – has been won by the Torres Strait's Ricardo Idagi. The 53 year old Idagi is a multidisciplinary artist, mask-maker and musician committed to the maintenance...» Read More
Kimberley in harmony
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-23 03:56:46
Early in last year's dry season, abstract artist Ildiko Kovacs set out on a journey she had long yearned to make, up to Fitzroy Crossing in the far-off Kimberley. For three weeks, she haunted the Mangkaja Art Centre's studio shed, and...» Read More
emerging and re-emerging
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-11 02:11:20
emerging and re-emerging - a survey show from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, W.A This exhibition features works by Greg Peterson, Eva Nargoodah, Sonia Kurarra and Andrea Pindan, exciting new artists from Mangkaja...» Read More
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 00:31:33
13 AUG 2009 - 15 AUG 2009 Free entry The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair will provide a unique artistic experience for all lovers of indigenous art and culture. Representing over 30 community arts centres from across Australia, including Arnhem Land, the...» Read More
Senior Kimberley artist couple show paintings of their country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-25 16:27:59
Luka (Mud) 13 June – 4 July 2009 In their second joint exhibition, husband and wife Tommy and Dorothy May present colourful new paintings of their country, The Great Sandy Desert. A beautiful large canvas was painted jointly...» Read More
SONIA KURARRA GOES SOLO
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-03-06 16:05:58
A new name is hurtling out of The Kimberley into Sydney this weekend. Sonia Kurarra is a Walmajarri woman from Fitzroy Crossing who is going to knock a few socks off when her art is viewed at Gallery Gondwana in...» Read More
BUTCHER CHEREL JANANGOO c1920 to 17/02/09
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-02-20 15:52:03
Butcher Cherel, the senior Gooniyandi man and innovative painter from Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley has died. He fell ill over Christmas, but had been painting up until then – his last show running at the Aboriginal & Pacific Art...» Read More
Emerging indigenous artists revealed in Perth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-26 00:54:34
Artworks from Western Australian emerging indigenous artists will be showcased in an exhibition titled Revealed, from October 25 to November 15 at Perth’s Central TAFE Art Gallery. Three art centres form the Kimberley Aboriginal Artists alliance - Mangkaja Arts, Mowanjum...» Read More
New alliance strengthens Kimberley Aboriginal artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-14 14:54:23
Four Aboriginal owned art centres in the Kimberley have today launched Kimberley Aboriginal Artists, a powerful alliance strengthening artists and art centres in the region. Kimberley Aboriginal Artists is a new alliance that is committed to sharing the richness and diversity...» Read More
Our Kimberley Adventure
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-13 06:55:41
From Cultural Connections: In late May 2008 we embarked on a one week adventure through the art centres of the Kimberley which was a fabulous experience. Travelling in a combination of privately chartered aircraft and road transport, our group of six passengers...» Read More
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, WA
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-07 00:00:54
Will Owen, continuing his exceptionally interesting series out his trip last year to remote Australia, taks about Mangkaja Arts in Fitzroy Crossing. He describes the art centre and includes several spectacular photographs of the...» Read More
True Colours
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-02-19 11:02:04
True Colours assembles fifty paintings by twenty-one artists from the remote community of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia. The exhibition includes work by key artists such as Spider Snell, winner of the 2004 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...» Read More
Recent works by Abie Jangala & Jimmy Nerrimah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2001-08-25 05:15:54
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery in collaboration with: Warnayaka Art Centre and Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Presents Recent works by Abie Jangala & Jimmy Nerrimah opening 23 August 2001, 98 Oxford Street, Paddington Sydney,...» Read More
