Working in Indigenous Art Centres

Cover of Working in Indigenous Art Centres
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Wardlipari Homeriver Vulnerable observations
Feature
Uncle Lewis Yarluburka O’Brien and Ali Gumillya Baker

Published 01 March 2019
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Local colour: Dyeing and women's wealth
Feature
Julie Ewington

Published 01 March 2019
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Revisiting colour problems: Emily Vanderpoel, Hilma af Klint, Becca Albee, Clare Milledge
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Amelia Wallin

Published 01 March 2019
ACMI
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Queer uses of colour: A tinted hermeneutics
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Abbra Kotlarczyk

Published 01 March 2019
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Meet Lisa Walker in her workshop: VR in the museum
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Justine Olsen and Prue Donald

Published 01 December 2018
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Eugenie Lee's Seeing is Believing: VR in pain management
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Dylan DeLosAngeles

Published 01 December 2018
NAVA
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Artificial imagination: Deepfakes from latent space
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Sean Dockray

Published 01 December 2018
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Brenda Laurel's Placeholder: In dreams everybody flies their own way
Feature
Claire L. Evans

Published 01 December 2018

Felicity Wright speaks from long experience, as a worker and as a reviewer of art centres on Aboriginal lands. Her thoughtful article teases out many do's and don'ts in this highly contested field.

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