Reviewing Our Mob: A state-wide celebration of South Australian Indigenous art

Our Mob is a state-wide celebration of South Australian Indigenous art held annually at the Adelaide Festival Centre since 2006. Curator Susan Jenkins who worked on it for three years from 2009-2011 analyses what works about Our Mob and what the future might be.

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Archie Moore: drilling deep

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