Aboriginal Arts Unit Australia Council

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The five phases of Aboriginal art
Feature
Djon Mundine

 

Published 01 September 2005
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palawa kani: Expressing the power of language in art and the museum context
Feature
Zoe Rimmer and Theresa Sainty

Published 01 June 2020
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Reconnecting the Yaghan community to cultural belongings 90 years on
Feature
Rebecca Carland

Published 01 June 2020
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
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Looking for murnong
Feature
Lou Bennett and Romaine Moreton

Published 01 June 2020
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Kin‑dling and other radical relationalities
Feature
Emily Johnson and Karyn Recollet

Published 01 June 2020
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Making Inuit art in the moment
Feature
asinnajaq

Published 01 June 2020
UNSW
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Notes from Kahoʻolawe, Ka Paeʻāina o Hawaiʻi, Moananuiākea
Feature
Drew Kahuaina Broderick and Josh Tengan

Published 01 June 2020
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Weaving memory, living embodiment
Feature
Freja Carmichael

Published 01 June 2020

The Aboriginal Arts Board was dis-established in June 1989...the Australia Council established the Aboriginal Arts Committee to replace the Board.

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Yolngu Women Artists
Feature
Margie West

If the 70s is remembered as a period of nurture for Aboriginal art, the 1980s will certainly be remembered as the decade of its dramatic development...there has been an eflorescence of community based enterprises in the remote areas of Australia.

Published June 1990
Aboriginal Music; Broome Style: Towards Bran Nue Dae
Feature
Marion Granich

Broome, sleepy, dusty, sub-tropical country town on the north west of Western Australia, with a population of only 7,000 has at least 5 working bands including the well known bands Kuckles and Scrap Metal - a myriad of solo performers as well as traditional Aboriginal musicians.

Published June 1990
Aboriginal Community College - Port Adelaide
Feature
Charlie Schiavone

The broad aims of the Aboriginal Community College in Port Adelaide, South Australia, are to provide time, space, and resources to Aboriginal people that will allow them to make discoveries about themselves, their heritage and their environment, and to move in directions that they establish as relevant to themselves and/or their community.

Published June 1990
Maningrida: Traditions Open to Change
Feature
Diane Moon

Maningrida Art and Craft is synonymous with the best of contemporary traditional Aboriginal bark painting and sculpture, both major individual works and important collections.

Published June 1990
A Playwrights Story
Feature
Raymond Kelly

"In January 1989, I attended the second national Black Playwrights conference. I arrived at this conference feeling very unsure and insecure with nine small scenes which I had hoped would turn in to a play."

Published June 1990
Utopia
Feature
Christopher Hodges

The people of Utopia have been making important visual images for thousands of years, on their bodies and ceremonial objects. In 1977 these images leapt onto lengths of silk via the batik technique and it was in this medium that the women of Utopia went on to establish a reputation for themselvs with their powerful images and distinctive style.

Published June 1990
Milpatjunanyi: Recent Pitjantjatjara Women's Painting
Feature
John Kean

The Pitjantjatjara share a common heritage with Anangu (Aboriginal people) throughout the vast Western desert. They use the same rich vocabulary of visual symbols that has now become well known through the work of the Papunya Tula artists.

Published June 1990
Radio Redfern - The Koori Voice in Sydney
Feature
Wayne Costelloe

Located in an old terrace house in Cope Street Redfern, is the voice of the Aboriginal Community in Sydney. The terrace house is not unlike any other in the inner city. However with the Koori colours on one wall and the music of Koori bands blasting out from its speakers up on the balcony the house is fairly outstanding.

Published June 1990
Birrukmarri
Feature
Mary Wright

Birukmarri is an exhibition gallery and retail outlet with a commitment to the professional retailing of Aboriginal art.

Published June 1990
Poetry in Review
Feature
Ken Canning

Aboriginal poet Ken Canning ( Burraga Gutya) looks at the nature of poetry. 3 poems of Burraga Gutya included in the issue.

Published June 1990
Art After the Controversy
Feature
Stephanie Britton

Looks at the art practice in Moree in north western NSW.

Published June 1990
Bibliography
Feature
Vincent Megaw

Supplementary bibliography to the major work by Adrian Marrie 1987 'A Topical bibliography of Australian Aboriginal Visual Arts 3' ed ASTEC SA College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia) Underdale SA.

Published June 1990
 
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