On the ground with Our Mob in 2011

Cover of On the ground with Our Mob in 2011
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Other Suns: Cult Sci-fi Cinema and Art

Fremantle Arts Centre

Review
Francis Russell

Published 23 August 2019
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Angela Valamanesh: About Being Here

Jam Factory

Review
Liv Spiers

Published 23 August 2019
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FEM-aFFINITY

Arts Project Australia

Review
Jacqueline Millner

Published 23 August 2019
UTS
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Rachel O'Reilly: The Gas Imaginary | Material Place: Reconsidering Australian Landscape

UNSW Galleries

Review
Ann Finegan

Published 23 August 2019
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The Housing Question

Penrith Regional Gallery

Review
Chloé Wolifson

Published 23 August 2019
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Noriko Nakamura: The force that the warrior adopts during the evolution of the pale pink rose

CAVES

Review
Amelia Wallin

Published 11 July 2019
PICA
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The Hidden Garden: Travis de Vries

Gallery Lane Cove

Review
Djon Mundine

Published 03 July 2019
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Virginia Cuppaidge: The Nature of Abstraction

Newcastle Art Gallery

Review
Una Rey

Published 01 July 2019

Terry Cleary was the Statewide Indigenous Community Artists Development (SICAD) Program Manger with Ananguku Arts and Culture from 2009-2011. He reflects on the potential power of Our Mob when it works.

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