Finding harmony through film
Students from Robinvale P-12 have been given the chance to explore cultural identity in one of the most ethinically diverse communities in Victoria, and all through the process of making Read More
Storehouse of cultural memory
A WORKING studio, a soaring palace, a temple where the past's shadows cluster and hang thickly in the air: such is the new Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association art centre Read More
Fairer arts trading
Transcript of a Newslines Radio Broadcast Broadcast date: 26 March“1 April 2012 Duration: 12 minutes Presenter: Nathan Ramsay Content: New initiatives are making Indigenous artists more aware of their rights. Read More
Northcote artist’s winning dream
A PRIZE-winning work in Victoria's Indigenous Art Awards was literally a dream come true for its creator Glenda Nicholls. Two weeks ago, Nicholls, a Northcote resident, won the $5000 Koorie Read More
$6 for a Namatjira? Almost…
There's no accounting for taste when a masterpiece is ignored in a garage sale. It was the spring-clean that almost cost a Cairns woman a masterpiece. She had put a Read More
ABORIGINAL ART DRESS SPAT
"The Mulleavy sisters stand out from the New York Fashion Week crowd with an imaginative Fall line full of Outback influences", pronounced The Daily Beast blog on February 14 this Read More
Women with Clever Hands
The two year tour of fibre work from the small, almost unknown Arnhemland community of Gapuwiyak is continuing with its opening in Sydney, at the Object Gallery later this month. Read More
Honour for Bendigo amateur artists
A BENDIGO artist has taken out a Victorian award for a confronting black and white photograph of his nephew. Simon Penrose, 25, last night won a Victorian Indigenous Art Award Read More
Winners of 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards announced
Melbourne artist Trevor 'Turbo' Brown has received the Deadly Art Award, Victoria's highest honour for an Indigenous artist, at the 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. Turbo received the $25,000 award Read More
Ernabella Craft Pioneer Dies
In her 1968 book, The People in Between, about her life at Ernabella Mission station, Winifred Hilliard wrote, ''To the north there are bad people, and to the south there Read More
Studio Opps for Aboriginal & TS Islanders in Sydney
Applications are now open for Marrickville Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Arts Studio Program. The Program provides support to Aboriginal artists and crafts people living or contributing to Read More
Yalangabara and the Marikas
Just as Mankind emerged from the sea in evolutionary history, Aboriginal life in Arhemland advanced mythologically out of the Gulf of Carpentaria at Yalangabara to become the many clans of Read More
Historic images rescued from cupboard
A previously unknown collection of rare colonial drawings from 1818, including landscapes and Aboriginal portraits from the Newcastle area, has been unveiled after being discovered in the back of a Read More
29th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists can be in the chance to win $40,000 cash by simply submitting their artwork. The Telstra Art Award, Australia's longest running art award dedicated Read More
‘Confined’ Aboriginal art exhibition showing at the St Kilda Town Hall
CONFINED is a confronting exhibition featuring work from indigenous Australians who have spent time in jail. The exhibitors include Dennis Thorpe, who said he was wanted to use his own Read More
Local art goes country wide
INDIGENOUS artists from the North Coast have the chance to showcase their work to audiences Australia-wide by entering the 29th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Principal Read More
Art centres and communities (transcript)
Transcript of a radio interview 13 - 19 February 2012 (Newslines Radio) PRESENTER: Hi, I'm Nathan Ramsay and you're listening to Newslines Radio, a weekly program produced by the Australian Read More
Art helps at-risk youths
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 Read More
Aboriginal Art in Africa
The first ever tour of a curated Australian art exhibition through Africa has just opened in Cape Town “ and after Africa, it will progress to India. Message Stick “ Read More