The journey continues

An exhibition of the works of the founding members of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative opened late last year to celebrate the cooperative’s 25th anniversary. It was a huge event, with more than 500 people turning up to pay homage to this amazing cultural institution. The exhibition, called Ripple Effect: Boomalli Founding Members, features works […]

Koori kids’ art on show

This year’s Koori Art Expressions exhibition is an imaginative collection of visual artworks created by Sydney school students from Kindergarten to Year 12. It is now showing AT the Powerhouse Museum. On display are more than 70 works inspired by this year’s NAIDOC Week theme and the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The […]

Koori art expressions

A selection of visual artworks created by Sydney school students, from Kindergarten to Year 12, are now on show at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Over 70 works inspired by the theme ‘Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 Years On’ were created with 26 schools across Sydney contributing. The exhibition includes paintings, photography, textiles, sculptures […]

Unique WA artworks

Warakurna: All the Stories Got into our Minds and Eyes, is a remarkable collection of paintings, woven fibre and carved wooden sculptures produced at Warakurna, a community at the foot of the spectacular Rawlinson Ranges in Western Australia, 300km west of Uluru. The Warakurna artists use their paintings to document their traditional and recent history. […]

Papunya art on display

A new exhibition highlighting works of the Papunya Tula Artists opens at the Art Gallery of NSW on 13 December. The 11 works in pencil and watercolour on paper, made by a small group of Pintupi artists – including Timmy Payungka Tjapangati and Anatjari Tjakamarra are part of the Gallery’s permanent collection. “These artists have […]

Man of many talents

Djon Mundine is the curator of an exhibition that celebrates the impact of Bungaree, the Aboriginal guide and interpreter, on colonial life. The exhibition Bungaree: the First Australian is on at the Mosman art gallery in Sydney until 25 November. Deadly Sounds: Many of us have heard of Bennelong and Pemulwuy, but Bungaree isn’t as […]

Darren Bell takes on Modern Culture

The walls of Australia’s oldest Parliament will be transformed later this month with a spectacular showcase of Aboriginal art, culture and creativity as part of the 2012 Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize. This is the richest art prize on offer for Aboriginal artists in Australia, with a main prize of $40,000. The […]

Who was Bungaree?

Bungaree (1775 -1830) was the first person described in print as being an ‘Australian’ and was a well-known figure in colonial Sydney.  He sailed with Matthew Flinders as a kind of mediator between English colonists and Aboriginal people, becoming the first Indigenous person to circumnavigate Australia. Bungaree’s impact on colonial life is now being celebrated […]

Casula call for awards submissions

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney’s south west is calling Indigenous emerging and established artists and students from throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to create new artwork for their open themed Annual Mil-Pra AECG Aboriginal Exhibition & Art Award 20 Years Deadly 2011. Awards are open to both adults and children […]

Message Stick Film Festival on tour

The free Message Sticks Film Festival will tour nationally from 13th May-24th August 2011 and will visit various locations from Blacktown, New South Wales to Yirrkala in the Northern Territory. The tour promises to showcase Indigenous excellence in the filmmaking arena and all screenings are free with all films exclusively created by Indigenous people. Opening […]

Remarkable Marika’s

Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu is the name of a new exhibition which has just opened at the National Museum of Canberra and tells the remarkable story of the Marika family of Arnhem Land, three generations of artists, cultural diplomats and custodians of one of Australia’s most important spiritual sites “The story of the Djang’kawu […]

Art from the heart

Artworks by 19 Indigenous inmates in Victoria were a highlight of Melbourne’s premier Indigenous arts festival, Yalukit Willam Ngargee, as part of the St Kilda Festival. The exhibition Confined II, hosted at the St Kilda Town Hall Gallery, was a major event at Yalukit Willam Ngargee (meaning People, Place, Gathering), which celebrates Boon Wurrung Country […]

Doin’ it Our Way!

A groundbreaking exhibition of Indigenous artwork is making a real impact overseas. Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River is an exhibition of 42 works by a group of artists formally known as the Lockhart River Art Gang. This group of 24 artists were originally part of a Queensland government education and training initiative […]

Straight Shooter (March 2008)

After establishing himself as one of Australia’s premier photographers, Wayne Quilliam is ready to take on the world. If you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backwards. After 15 years as a photographer and artist, Wayne Quilliam believes the secret to longevity in the highly competitive world of photography is constantly challenging and reinventing yourself an […]