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Art helps at-risk youths
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-02-13 16:15:19
A GROUP of Toowoomba youths has discovered how to reconnect with their ancestors through the power of traditional Aboriginal art. Renowned Aboriginal artist Peter "Muraay Djeripi" Mulcahy has been running workshops with at-risk students from the Youth Community Learning Centre in...» Read More
Exhibition of Warakurna Artists in France
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-03-21 16:33:56
IDAIA is delighted to announce the first exhibition outside of Australia of Warakurna Artists co-organised with our Lyon-based partner gallery Galerie Kungka. “Warakurna Artists is one of the most exciting Aboriginal art communities from the Australian Desert. Recent years have seen...» Read More
First exhibition of Warakurna Artists outside of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-03-21 16:30:20
Exhibition of Warakurna Artists in France IDAIA is delighted to announce the first exhibition outside of Australia of Warakurna Artists co-organised with our Lyon-based partner gallery Galerie Kungka. “Warakurna Artists is one of the most exciting Aboriginal art communities from the Australian...» Read More
Indigenous youth learn life and work skills through Beyond Billabong program
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-23 23:28:31
Thirteen indigenous teenagers from remote Queensland communities have come to the busy Gold Coast as part of Beyond Billabong, a program aimed at helping them make a better life for themselves and their families. Troubled and disadvantaged Aboriginal youths and young...» Read More
Art For Education - Indigenous Art Sale For Indigenous Study Scholarships
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-28 20:58:43
Shalom Gamarada, Australia's biggest selling exhibition of contemporary indigenous art, gets underway at University of NSW this Sunday. More than $1 million worth of world class indigenous artwork will be exhibited and sold with all profits going towards residential scholarships for...» Read More
Early but no less special
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-24 20:45:28
Norville State School may have been celebrating NAIDOC Week early but the importance of the event has not been lost on the students. For the past two days students have been rotating through three activities which teach them about Indigenous culture...» Read More
Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum; Through August 15
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-18 22:57:50
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is one of my favorite places in Charlottesville. I like its serene setting on Pantops, the simplicity of the museum’s purpose, and the way the staff is either unobtrusive or delighted to see me and...» Read More
HOODIES IN MELBOURNE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-05 09:29:59
The hoodie jacket, sometimes associated with youth alienation and crime, will be celebrated as a symbol of cultural pride and strength in an arts project aimed at giving positive direction to a group of 15 at risk Koorie youths. “Kooriez in...» Read More
Dynamism down under: The riveting Lockhart River Art Gang
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-28 02:52:30
This winter may be paltry in terms of snowfall, but it has dished out plenty of sullen, gray days like so many bowls of cold gruel. Last Saturday morning, for instance, the sky was drab as I drove to see...» Read More
