December 2008 Australian Aboriginal Art Archives at Aboriginal Art News

Mamana Mamanta - Gradual Friendship

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.12.08

Mamana Mamanta (gradual friendship) is an exciting exhibition of glass sculptures by Canberra-based glass artist Luna Ryan, and Tiwi artist Jock Puautjimi. Jock and Luna’s initial collaborations were received with enthusiasm, prompting the artists to develop their abilities further and...» Read More

Ochre Imprints

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.12.08

Ochre Imprints showcases the work from the three art centres on the Tiwi Islands; Munupi Arts and Crafts, Tiwi Design and Jilamara Arts and Craft. The exhibition includes work by both prolific and emerging artists demonstrating the diverse artistic talent...» Read More

TiTi's Daily Picture

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.12.08

Nice blog post with picture: I have always enjoyed Aboriginal Art and even more so since I have been confronted to the amazing collection of the Ian Potter Centre in Melbourne some years back. Now that I am in the...» Read More

Arts Tasmania Aboriginal Arts Fund

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.12.08

Aboriginal artists and recognised Aboriginal arts organisations have been invited to apply for assistance though the Arts Tasmania Aboriginal Arts Fund, which aims to support, revitalise and preserve traditional and contemporary Aboriginal art forms and practices. The Minister for Environment,...» Read More

Major Art Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.12.08

An Unique Art Exhibition displaying over 90 pieces of art, by Koori Artist, Nerissa Major. Artworks of Traditional, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape and Sculpture are for sale and available for pick up after purchase. Entry fee $5 (half of fee...» Read More

Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works From Tjungu Palya)

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.12.08

The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st ever show in Asia for the exciting works of APY Lands’ Tjungu Palya. Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works from Tjungu Palya), will showcase the very best from this relatively new,...» Read More

Merry Christmas 2008

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 24.12.08

Central Art would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. Its been a wonderful year with everyone supporting us. During the year we received many emails and cards thanking us for our dedicated service and the quality of artworks we...» Read More

Draft code of conduct for fair and ethical trade in the Indigenous visual art industry

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.12.08

A draft code of conduct for fair and ethical trade in the Indigenous visual art industry was released today for public comment. Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett said the code will help Indigenous artists negotiate fair pay for their...» Read More

Art from the heart speeds up recovery

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.12.08

When CRS Australia rehabilitation consultant Kathryn McKewin met Mr Weston, all he could do was walk on flat ground and use his hands after a serious motorcycle accident had wrecked his body. “This bloke came in and everything said his...» Read More

Museum has even more stories to tell

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.12.08

A large range of new objects and stories will be on display at the National Museum of Australia from next year as it transforms its five permanent galleries after seven years on show. Rolfe Harris's wobble board, which was recently...» Read More

Sights Unseen - Moving Pictures by Michael Riley

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 22.12.08

Sights Unseen is a compelling story about the short but prolific life work of Aboriginal photographer, Michael Riley, his view on Aboriginal art and his determination to bring together a solid Aboriginal arts movement before passing away in 2004. Riley...» Read More

Intellectual inbreeding, but insight aplenty

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.12.08

The final piece, ‘The Collector’, is by Nicolas Rothwell, perhaps our finest essayist. This subtle, sublime piece — 14 pages long — was first published in The Monthly. It documents how in late June 1956, the Paris-trained Czech artist Karel...» Read More

Art code may not erase dodgy dealers

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.12.08

What impact will the new code have? The intensely negotiated draft code for the Aboriginal art market was unveiled yesterday by federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett, a year and a half after a Senate report into unethical practices in the...» Read More

Written in the Land celebrates the life of Indigenous Elder of the Kimberley’s Queenie McKenzie

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.12.08

The book on the life of an Indigenous leader of the East Kimberley in Western Australia Queenie McKenzie was launched at the National Museum of Australia by Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin, Warmun Community chairperson Shirley Purdie and senior...» Read More

Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition Closes

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 19.12.08

Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition closes today. Good luck to all those who have entered....» Read More

Applications Now Open For Eat Your Words Writing Project

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.12.08

Interested in arts writing? Then it's time to EAT YOUR WORDS! Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, and managed by Artworkers Alliance - 'Eat Your Words' is a collaborative writing project that is designed to help foster the...» Read More

A passionate engagement

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.12.08

Marie Geissler on collecting Aboriginal art Described by renowned Australian art critic, Robert Hughes, as belonging to ‘the world’s last great art movement’, collectors of art from this extraordinary ancient but vibrant living culture have, in recent years, fuelled a...» Read More

Art Education 2009: Michael Reid Gallery

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.12.08

In 2009 the art galleries Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay and Michael Reid at Murrurundi will continue to offer one of the most comprehensive Australian art education programmes in the country. Our aim is to equip both collectors and art...» Read More

The titles that bind

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.12.08

From the Age: After a career as a publisher, anti-Vietnam War campaigner, art critic, columnist, investigative journalist (not to mention serial wife; four husbands were acquired and released along the way), McCulloch is on the cusp of a new phase,...» Read More

New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.12.08

For more than 40 years leading businessman Pat Corrigan has been one of Australia’s largest and most significant arts benefactors. A strong supporter of the innovative and of living artists, post-2000 Pat turned his eye towards Aboriginal art. The vibrancy...» Read More

The NIT Blacklist 2008

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.12.08

From the National Indigenous Times: 2008 was a year of highs and lows for Aboriginal Australia. The high was, undoubtedly, the national apology in February. But the lows were... well, take your pick. The federal government's failure to endorse the...» Read More

In the shadow of modernity

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.12.08

The disappearance of a powerful desert artist and magic man offers a rare window into the hidden realm of traditional indigenous beliefs From Nicholas Rothwell at the Australian: One morning in mid-April this year, senior desert lawman Spider Kalbybidi walked...» Read More

DESERT RAIN - INDIGENOUS FINE ART STOCK ROOM SALE

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.12.08

To celebrate this festive time, Desert Rain is holding a STOCK ROOM SALE, as an added bonus to your Christmas shopping. Works on canvas or linen from both collectable and emerging artists will be on sale from 15th-21st December. Including...» Read More

BEYONCE'S momento of Australia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.12.08

When the singer Beyonce toured here, The Sydney Entertainment Centre came to The Artery to find a piece of artwork they could give to the singer as a memento of her visit to Sydney. They were looking for something...» Read More

QANTAS infight magazine - Dec 08 / Jan 09

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.12.08

Travelling on Qantas in the next month or two? Chances are you'll spot the artery's new advert featured in Qantas's inflight magazine......» Read More

Stockroom Show

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.12.08

SCOTT LIVESEY GALLERIES We would like to wish you an enjoyable and festive holiday season and express our gratitude for your continued interest in the gallery. From Christmas until early February the gallery will be open by appointment only. Please...» Read More

Black and White

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

NG Art Gallery warmly invites you to the opening of Black & White in collaboration with Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery tuesday 9 december 6pm – 8pm exhibition 9 – 20 december 2008 An exhibition of Aboriginal works by: Ronnie Tjamptjinpa...» Read More

Evelyn Pultara

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Evelyn Pultara was born during the outbreak of World War II at Woodgreen Station, the cattle property adjoining Utopia Station and has now become a senior custodian for her Dreaming the bush yam. She began painting traditional bush tucker and...» Read More

Galya Pwerle Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Galya is continually developing her own unique, contemporary style and is proving to be an exciting and progressive artist. In 2005 and 2008 her work was nominated in the prestigious Telstra Awards held in Darwin. Galya paints "Awelye Atnwengerrp" which...» Read More

Galya Pwerle Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Galya is continually developing her own unique, contemporary style and is proving to be an exciting and progressive artist. In 2005 and 2008 her work was nominated in the prestigious Telstra Awards held in Darwin. Galya paints "Awelye Atnwengerrp" which...» Read More

Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri was born on a hillside east of Kiwirrkura, near the West Australian Northern Territory border in the late 1950’s. He was the oldest of three brothers who came in from the Great Sandy Desert in 1984 along with...» Read More

CIT Yurauna artists – Past and Present

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

This exhibition is an opportunity to showcase the work of past and present students from the Canberra Institute of Technology Yurauna Centre. Dr Colin Adrian Chief Executive of CIT said “the quality of the works on display show the dedication...» Read More

Radiant Surprises

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Helen Read is in town with her end-of-year showing of Aboriginal art at the Barn in Kew. Helping out with setup last week evoked memories of making displays in my own shop years ago – there was the similar challenge...» Read More

New dawn of respect

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Wingham High School has ushered in a new era of respect and acknowledgement of Aboriginal people after unveiling two murals celebrating the Wingham area’s indigenous history. The stunning artworks, now a permanent fixture in the school grounds, were shown for...» Read More

Former Cowra woman's work is part of Canberra exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

Former Cowra woman Lorraine Webb is one of the artists whose work features in an exhibition opened in Canberra this week. Chief Minister and Minister for the Arts, Jon Stanhope MLA, officially launched the CIT Yurauna artists – Past and...» Read More

Brigitte Braun Gallery 2009 Exhibition Schedule

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.12.08

The 2009 exhibition program will start on 14 March with Antony Muia's exhibition The Hard Road (Antony was a finalist in the 2008 Dobell Prize for Drawing) to be followed by exhibitions by Mulgra Jimmy Nerrimah, Tommy and Dorothy May,...» Read More

NATSIAA Futures Forum; Have Your Say !

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 10.12.08

The Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory (MAGNT) invites artists and those who work with the Indigenous arts industry to discuss future directions in the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA). This year is NATSIAA's 25th...» Read More

Turning landscape on its head

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.12.08

Nicholas Rothwell from the Australian on Lydia Balbal, an emerging star in the Aboriginal art world: It was just a year ago that the most mesmerising new star of western desert art, Lydia Balbal, walked into Broome's Short Street Gallery...» Read More

Art association pushes for Indigenous cultural centre

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.12.08

John Oster from Desart discusses the possiblity of an Indigenous art and culture in Alice Springs: The executive officer of an Aboriginal art association says central Australia would benefit from a visitor centre for Indigenous art and culture. The longstanding...» Read More

On Line shopping opened

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.12.08

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Identity

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.12.08

Identity exhibition featuring Nyree Reynolds....» Read More

Aboriginal art in the Northern Rivers

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.12.08

Building on a highly successful event in 2004, a special art and craft exhibition is planned for the Australia Day long weekend at Lismore City Hall to help build livelihoods for and improve the health of Indigenous communities. The exhibition...» Read More

Art brings health and wealth to Indigenous artists

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.12.08

Building on a highly successful event in 2004, a special art and craft exhibition is planned for the Australia Day long weekend at Lismore City Hall to help build livelihoods for and improve the health of Indigenous communities. The exhibition...» Read More

Aboriginal Art Selling Exhibition - Catalogue Online

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.12.08

ABORIGINAL ART SELLING EXHIBITION Select Works on Display 8 – 23 DECEMBER Shapiro Gallery 162 Queen Street Woollahra ON VIEW Monday through Saturday 11-5pm Department Enquiries Tel 612 9326 1588 CATALOGUE ONLINE www.shapiro.com.au ENQUIRIES aboriginal.art@shapiro.com.au Jane Raffan (+612) 9326 1588...» Read More

Written in the Land: The Life of Queenie McKenzie

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.12.08

Written in the Land: The Life of Queenie McKenzie This beautifully produced book tells the story of Queenie McKenzie, a remarkable indigenous woman from the East Kimberley in Western Australia. Now deceased, Queenie was an important cultural leader, revered Aboriginal...» Read More

Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition - 2 weeks to go

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 05.12.08

The Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition only has 2 weeks to go. Central Art Aboriginal Art Store is offering all our existing Central Art Mailing List subscribers as well as any new members that join the Central Art Mailing List the...» Read More

Black and White At NG Gallery

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.12.08

The latest in an on-going series of thought provoking Aboriginal art exhibitions at NG Art curated by Coo-ee Aboriginal Art “Aboriginal paintings are often described as landscapes but they are far more than this. They are all about nature and...» Read More

Unearthed - Stories Written in the Land

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.12.08

Aboriginal paintings are often described as landscapes but they are far more than this. They are all about nature, creation and 'living' history. We see at once, in form and action, stories written in the land. Each work unearths ancient...» Read More

New Aboriginal Art and Furniture Store for Paddington

Posted by Eastern Desert Art | 04.12.08

BELL & SON 1 Begg Lane Paddington Just behind the Paddington Post office...» Read More

Harrison Galleries: Christmas Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.12.08

3-20 December 2008 Our last exhibition for 2008 features a selection of works, including works on paper, photography, sculpture and painting. Stockroom and Aboriginal artwork sale continues due to popular demand. Christmas bargains for Art Lovers! Sincere thanks to our...» Read More