Aboriginal Arts Unit Australia Council

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Foreign returned: Between expatriate and repatriate in Mumbai
Feature
Balamohan Shingade

Published 01 September 2018
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Human flow in Melanesia: Taloi Havini's artefacts and habitats
Feature
Nicholas Thomas

Published 01 September 2018
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Living and dying under surveillance: Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes
Feature
Sasha Grbich

Published 01 September 2018
Axolotl
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Inhuman flow: Censorship and art in the two Chinas
Feature
Darren Jorgensen and Tami Xiang

Published 01 September 2018
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Sublime Plight: Richard Mosse, Ai Weiwei and the social turn
Feature
Wes Hill

Published 01 September 2018
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YARN: The art of conversation
Feature

Coby Edgar interviews Warren Roberts, CEO of YARN Australia

Published June 2018
NAVA
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Editorial: Kanarn Wangkiny/Wanggandi Karlto (Speaking from Inside)
Feature
Clothilde Bullen with James Tylor

Published 01 June 2018
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Katie West: Living well
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Katie West

Published 01 June 2018

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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The Struggle Continues
Feature
Kevin Gilbert

In every area of the arts where Aborigines are participating there is an intense surge of creative vitality. Once could call it a renaissance period. When I began writing poetry, Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonucul) was the only recognised poet.

Published June 1990
Kurwingie
Artist Profile
Kerry Giles Kurwingie

Article by the artist about her art practice.

Published June 1990
Doris Gingingara
Feature
David Wroth

Article about the artist and her works from Western Australia.

Published June 1990
Boomalli
Feature
Brenda L Croft

Looks at the artist's co-operative Boomalli located in Sydney NSW.

Published June 1990
Designer Aboriginals
Feature
Bronwyn Bancroft

Looks at her art practice and design issues, copyright and textiles.

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
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
ANTT Aboriginal National Theatre Trust Limited
Feature
Vivian Walker

The Aboriginal National Theatre Trust Limited arose out of Forums of Aboriginal Performing Artists, Playwrights and Technicians attending the first National Black Playwrights Conference held at the Australian National University in Canberra 1987.

Published June 1990
Lin Onus - Cultural Mechanic
Artist Profile
Michael Eather

Contemplating the work of Lin Onus the artist, the arts administrator and the panel beating mechanic.

Published June 1990
Isolation: Jimmy Pike and Patricia Lowe in the Great Sandy Desert
Feature
Patricia Lowe

There can be few artists who live and work in such isolation as does Jimmy Pike. His isolation is not merely geographical, though our camp on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert is two and a half hours' drive in dry weather from Fitzroy Crossing and inaccessible in dry weather, but also social and artistic.

Published June 1990
Aurukun and Comalco
Feature
Peter Sutton

This is a critical time in the history of the wider region of Cape York Peninsula.

Published June 1990
An Artist's Project: Banduk Marika
Feature
Margie West

Margie West talks to NE Arnhem Land artist Banduk Marika about artists working in Yirrkala, an Aboriginal community. She addresses traditional ceremonies today, the appropriate use of traditional designs, payment for work, copyright, and working to redress environmental damage to the beaches and lands by regenerating native trees and plants.

Published June 1990
 
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