Aboriginal Arts Unit Australia Council

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Risky business: Engaging adolescents at the Art Gallery of South Australia
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Kylie Neagle

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MCAD Manila: Learning, sharing and conversation
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Joselina Cruz and Paula Acuin

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Museum MACAN: Critical conversations through art
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Aaron Seeto

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Falling in love (Or is the curatorial a methodology?)
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Tara McDowell

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Being an artist and an art teacher
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Henry Ward

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Trying to be at home in the world: New parameters for art education
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Gert Biesta

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Choose your own immersion: Art schools as a site of creative becoming
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Una Rey

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Vanishing into action: Art beyond the contemporary
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Alasdair Foster

Published 01 September 2019

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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Letter From Arnhem Land Where All the Real Art's Supposed To Be
Feature
Steve Fox

"How many people still think that up north or in the centre is the only place for real Aboriginal art. You know when you work with it, selling it, buying it, you hear it all the time."

Published June 1990
Bangarra
Feature
Stephanie Britton

'Bangarra' is a Wiradjeri word meaing to make fire and the dance company so named has sparked enthusiasm for its performances in countries as far afield as Japan, New Guinea, the USA and Finland.

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
Jukurrpa
Feature
Dorothea Philips

Jujurrpa is a Warlpri word meaning Dreaming and it is the Dreamtime stories that are depicted on the canvases of a group of Warlpri, Pitjantjatjara, Luritja and Anmatyerre women from the Alice Springs area.

Published June 1990
Aboriginal Theatre in Tasmania
Feature
Jim Everett

"From the time that whites arrived in Tasmania and up until 1983 Aboriginal performing arts especially theatre arts, had become almost as extinct as whites would have people believe Tasmanian Aborigines were. Not so!"

Published June 1990
Power Institute Program on Aboriginal Art in Australian Society
Feature
Stephanie Britton

The Power Institute at the University of Sydney ran a 10 week program devised by Susan Simons and Bronwyn Bancroft of panel discussions, presentations, films/videos and seminars exploring many of the issues of Aboriginal art in Australian society.

Published June 1990
Country in Mind
Feature
Jenny Green

In the 1940s the name Albert Namatjira became a household word and the skill of this Arrernte artist brought the vivid colours and beauty of the central Australian landscape into the galleries and living rooms of Australia. He and other painters who lived around Hermannsburg mission and in Alice Springs came to be known as the Arrernte watercolour school.

Published June 1990
Pitchat and Beyond
Feature
Neil Turner

Until recently, Pitjantjatjara communities had very limited acces to or influence from mainstream media, communications, technology and information systems. English is still a foreign language to most of the population and functional levels of literacy are very low.

Published June 1990
Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation
Feature
Geoff Narkle

Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation meaning 'we of the people' is a West Australian Aboriginal organization which aims to promote dance, drama, writing, painting, sculpture, craftwork, music and any other Aboriginal art...

Published June 1990
Tandanya: Australia's First Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Feature
Kay Hannaford

Article which looks at Tandanya - Australia's first Aboriginal Cultural Institute located in Adelaide South Australia.

Published June 1990
Two Profiles from Cairns: Tatipai Barsa and Zane Saunders
Artist Profile
Anna Eglitis

Looks at the art practice of two artists from the Cairns College of TAFE and the Associate Diploma of Art.

Published June 1990
Jabiru
Feature
Alan Dargin

"I joined the Jabiru Cabaret in Cairns as one of the ten founding cast members in November 1988. The excitement for me as a performer, is to bridge the gap of understanding between various races, colours, cultures and countries. To witness the audience reaction to us as a group performing in three distinct areas makes us all feel very close to achieving the message of a minority through our art."

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