February, 2010

Eastern Desert Art Exhibitions 2010

Posted by Eastern Desert Art | 26.02.10

Eastern Desert Art is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Australasian Arts Company, Singapore which will launch its first exhibition on 5 May 2010. The first exhibition will feature work from established and emerging artists from the eastern...» Read More

BLACK & WHITE ARTISTS IN NT VIE FOR TOGART AWARD

BLACK & WHITE ARTISTS IN NT VIE FOR TOGART AWARD

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 25.02.10

The Northern Territory's Togart Contemporary Art Award is one of Australia’s richest contemporary art awards and entries are now open until 15th March. The annual Award is open to all artists who base their practice within the Northern Territory or...» Read More

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: Lulu and Selina Teece

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: Lulu and Selina Teece

Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 23.02.10

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: Lulu and Selina Teece Coinciding with International Women’s Day Lulu Teece Apetyarre and Selina Teece Pwerl two members of the same family from the remote community of Ampilatwatja (pronounced Um-blud-a-witch) north of Utopia in the eastern central...» Read More

Kooriez in da hood

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.02.10

Media Release 12 February 2010 Kooriez in da hood Art Project helps Koorie Youth reclaim Hoodie as source of Pride The hoodie jacket, sometimes associated with youth alienation and crime, will be celebrated as a symbol of cultural pride...» Read More

Opening Reception - ‘Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka – The Balgo Way’

Opening Reception - ‘Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka – The Balgo Way’

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.02.10

ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to present the 2nd Singaporean show of the colourful works of the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlayirti Artists is located in Balgo, in the arid north east of Western Australia, between the Great Sandy...» Read More

‘Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka – The Balgo Way’

‘Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka – The Balgo Way’

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.02.10

ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to present the second Singaporean show of the colourful works of the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlayirti Artists is located in Balgo, in the arid north east of Western Australia, between the Great Sandy...» Read More

Tjukurpa Pulkatjara - The Power of the Law

Tjukurpa Pulkatjara - The Power of the Law

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.02.10

The South Australian Museum in association with Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation proudly invites you to the opening of Tjukurpa Pulkatjara – the Power of the Law. Wednesday March 3 @ 6 pm South Australian Museum The 50th Adelaide...» Read More

IT'S ALL FOLK ART AT BOS 2010

IT'S ALL FOLK ART AT BOS 2010

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 10.02.10

David Elliott, director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney later this year, scratched an old sore today in launching his forthcoming feast of visual arts by asserting that “all art is folk art”. As a major feature of his BOS...» Read More

Indigenous Prints

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.02.10

Recent works from remote communities across Australia 18 February - 14 March, 2010 Over the past 20 years printmaking has become a major art form in many Indigenous communities with celebrated artists such as Rover Thomas creating works that have...» Read More

McCulloch's Aboriginal Art @ Flinders 2010: A Summer Exhibition from The Lands

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.02.10

A wide variety of more than 55 new and vibrant Aboriginal artworks as well as baskets, books, jewellery and more from the APY Lands, Utopia, Kintore, Yuendumu, the Canning Stock Route and the Tiwi Islands. Opening drinks: Thurs. Feb 18...» Read More

Sorry: More than a Word

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.02.10

National Australia Bank together with the Aboriginal Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam is pleased to host the photographic exhibition "Sorry: More than a Word" to commemorate the second anniversary of the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples. The popular exhibition...» Read More

Parcours Nomad’s en Australie

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.02.10

La Galerie Arts d’Australie • Stéphane Jacob et le Restaurant Nomad’s ont le plaisir de vous convier Lundi 8 février 2010 de 18h à 22h à un apéritif convivial dans le cadre de l’exposition “Parcours Nomad’s en Australie” 12 place...» Read More

Valentine's Day Tour

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.02.10

On Valentine’s Day treat your loved one to a special tour of the Kluge-Ruhe Collection followed by Gearhart’s Chocolates and a toast to love. Director/curator Margo Smith will lead the guided tour starting at 2:00 pm on Sunday, February 14....» Read More

Coming soon: Sale to support the Western Desert Dialysis Program!

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.02.10

From 15 February until 7 March 2010 we are holding a sale of high quality donated art works to raise funds for the Western Desert Dialysis Program (click link for more details). All funds raised will go to this important...» Read More

WHAT RHYMES WITH NGAPARTJI? NGAPARTJI!

WHAT RHYMES WITH NGAPARTJI? NGAPARTJI!

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.02.10

From Will Owen: It's hard for me to think that Ngapartji Ngapartji (freely translated from Pitjantjatjara, "I give you something, you give me something") is concluding. I never had the opportunity to see the stage show, Trevor Jamieson's personal and...» Read More

Soul of the outback

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.02.10

Samuel Namunjdja walks into the gallery barefoot, bearing two paintings on bark; abstract works in ochre of lines and dots representing stories from Aboriginal mythology. He is one of the gallery’s rising stars. Namunjdja’s paintings hang in galleries and private...» Read More

Soul of the outback

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.02.10

Samuel Namunjdja walks into the gallery barefoot, bearing two paintings on bark; abstract works in ochre of lines and dots representing stories from Aboriginal mythology. He is one of the gallery’s rising stars. Namunjdja’s paintings hang in galleries and private...» Read More

NAIDOC 2010

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.02.10

The 2010 National NAIDOC theme is 'Unsung Heroes - Closing the Gap by Leading Their Way'. Many unsung Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have made huge contributions to Australian society. 'Unsung heroes' recognises the part played by the quiet...» Read More

Djambawa Marawili Receives an AM

Djambawa Marawili Receives an AM

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 04.02.10

The Yolgnu community of Eastern Arnhemland and art lovers widely are celebrating the recognition of the Madarrpa clan leader, Buku-Larrngay Arts Chairman and ANKAAA Chairman, Djambawa Marawili, who received a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of...» Read More

Aboriginals: Art of the First person Announces “Insider Sale” - 30% Off Australian art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.02.10

Art of the First Person, doing business on the Web at http://www.TribalWorks.com, is offering all its Australian Aboriginal art at 30% off through February 28, 2010....» Read More

Call for Submissions for 2010 - 8th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

Call for Submissions for 2010 - 8th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.02.10

Swell Sculpture Festival invites submissions from artists to exhibit in the 2010 exhibition. This is an opportunity to exhibit in a highly regarded exhibition set within a visually stimulating, expansive coastal landscape. Swell Sculpture Festival supports full freedom of expression...» Read More

Strands of Country: Contemporary Aboriginal Textiles

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.02.10

From the southern ocean to the northern seas and across the desert, contemporary textile art is practiced by Aboriginal artists. This exhibition showcases the work of three centres of contemporary textile practice. Babbarra Designs is based at Maningrida in central...» Read More