Karla Dickens

Of late, artist Karla Dickens has been spending a few afternoons every week at the local tip. It’s not the kind of place you would imagine starting a piece of artwork from, but to use her words, right now is not a good time to be selling art. “Times are tough,” she says, “they have a shop at the tip and I collect different things there that I find interesting to work with.”

Catching up with Christine Anu

Now one of Australia’s most successful performers, Indigenous or otherwise, Christine Anu has been inspiring young indigenous kids to aim high and go for their dreams for more than 20 years now

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello

Southern Arrernte woman and acclaimed artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello has been named the overall winner of the $40,000 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art award, the nation’s most prestigious Indigenous art prize.     Jenni won with her work Golden Brown Reeds Fish Trap, which combines the cultural tradition of weaving with the […]

Kulin artist wins design comp

For Kulin nation artist Nathan Patterson, winning the Guernsey design comp for Richmond’s Dreamtime at the G’s felt like a dream

Richard Campbell’s unique paintings

Talented Aboriginal painter Richard Campbell’s unique artwork has gained attention worldwide, but not in the traditional way. The parallels that he draws between Aboriginal dreamtime stories and those from the Bible, give his paintings a distinct point of difference that has gained a lot of attention worldwide – especially within the Catholic community. Born in […]