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Locality: Darwin, Northern Territory

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Address: 8 McMinn Street 0801 Darwin, NT, Australia

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24.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS Ngarralja Tommy May! WINNER NATSIAA 2020 Telstra Art Award for his artwork 'Wirrkanja', 2020 Mr May of Mara Fitzroy Crossing was the Chairperson of ANKA's first all-Indigenous Board of Directors and today is a Special Advisor to the board. A truly inspirational leader, Mr May’s work is a culmination of 30 years of practice.... 'At last I feel proud. I've been trying all my life, all the time second, fourth, last, sometimes nothing. But I got it now, today. My days, my time this year, I'm the winner. At last.' The ANKA Board and membership send their great respect and congratulations to this very important man. IMAGE 1: Mr May with his NATSIAA Telstra Art Award, sitting in his new car. IMAGE 2: Mr May's Telstra Art Award winning artwork, 'Wirrkanja', 2020, etching on metal and enamel paint.

22.01.2022 Huge congratulations to GAPUWIYAK CULTURE AND ARTS, North East Arnhem Land for finally receiving funding for their long-planned Culture and Art Centre. Great work everyone for holding the vision and for all your hard work. ANKA is proud to have closely assisted the Art Centre's foundation over a decade ago when it was opened by renowned artist and culture leader, the Old Man from Gan Gan, Blue-Mud Bay. Then later helped to build a staff house with ABA funding. ... The planning of the vibrant new Centre to be located adjacent to the Gapuwiyak lake is driven by the Board, coordinator Trevor Van Weeren, chair Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr (ANKA stand-in director) working with Troppo architects. Thanks to the Northern Territory Government for this vital infrastructure support. Art Centres sit at the heart of remote communities and are the meeting place nurturing contemporary traditional knowledge and sharing it with wider Australia.

20.01.2022 'OUR VOICES' The 2020 ANKA ANNUAL CONFERENCE kicks off tomorrow afternoon online (12.40 pm NT and 11.10 am WA). All ANKA members and supported Art Centres are warmly invited to join in the discussion and celebration. If you have not got the URL link yet please contact [email protected]. The ANKA AGM takes place before - 10.30 am NT and 9.00 am NT.

20.01.2022 CALLING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE! If you're under 40-years old, and have an ANKA supported Art Centre in your community, you are invited to join the ANKA Youth Forum 2020 THIS Thursday 19 November, 11:30am WA time / 1:00pm NT time. This forum is about coming together to talk about what matters most to your generation. All young people are welcome and encouraged.... See event page below for more information, and feel free to share with your friends!

19.01.2022 TODAY ! ANKA ART CENTRE SUPPORT WEBINAR: PREPARING FOR A SECOND WAVE HOMELANDS RETURN 3:00pm 4:00pm NT time | 1:30pm 2:30pm WA time... Special Guest: Sarah Brown, CEO, Purple House Facilitator: Sally Clifford, Matrix ANKA members and supported Art Centres are invited to a one-hour session on 'Preparing for a Second Wave Homelands Return' with Sarah Brown, CEO, Purple House. Sarah will update Art Centres on the latest and most relevant health and safety information, particularly in relation to servicing peoples' most essential needs on Country in the event of further COVID-19 evacuations. The session will also glean valuable insight and reflections from Cathy Cummins, Manager, Waringarri Arts, and Trevor Van Weeren, Manager, Gapuwiyak Culture & Arts on their experiences and learnings during the first roll-out of emergency Homelands camps. If you are an ANKA member/ supported Art Centre and would like to attend, please email [email protected] for a ZOOM link. We hope to see you there!

19.01.2022 CALLING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE! The ANKA Youth Forum is happening online TOMORROW, and all people under 40-years old, who are living in a community with an ANKA supported Art Centre, are invited! ANKA Youth Forum... Thursday 19 November 11:30am WA | 1:00pm NT Come and listen to, voice and share what matters most to you with a supportive group from across ANKA's Northern Australian regions. See the Facebook event page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2528229764143689/?post_id=2528229800810352&view=permalink¬if_id=1605666425476273¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

17.01.2022 EMBRACE THE NORTHERN INDIGENOUS RENAISSANCE congratulations to the wonderful Timothy Cook. Finalist National Works on Paper Award Kulama, earth pigments on paper, 2020... Jilamara Arts, Melville Island

17.01.2022 WATCH THE NIFA (NATIONAL INDIGENOUS FASHION AWARDS) 2020 ON NITV TONIGHT ! If you missed the live broadcast on social media last week, or want to rewatch your favourite moments, join viewers across the country on NITV (Channel 34) tonight for the inaugural NIFA ! WHEN: 6:45pm - 7:25pm AEST, Thursday 13 August 2020... WHERE: On a TV near you! Tune into NITV, Channel 34 For further details, refer to the SBS NITV Program Guide below: https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/channel/NITV#/program/26556919 IMAGE: Winners of the 2020 COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AWARD Julie Shaw of MAARA Collective & Mary Dhapalany Mangul, Margaret Djarbaalabal Malibirr and Evonne Muyuyngu of Bula Bula Arts

15.01.2022 HAVE YOU VIEWED THE 2020 DARWIN ABORIGINAL ART FAIR (DAAF) PUBLIC PROGRAM? Just announced: this year's digital Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair has been extended through to this Sunday 16 August ! As well as being able to virtually visit the stalls of many Art Centres from across the country, DAAF is hosting a number of events online, from artists talks, workshops, and musical performances. Follow the link below for the full program and get involved. ... https://daaf.com.au

15.01.2022 Mr NGARRALJA TOMMY MAY ANKA Special Advisor and the Chairman of its first all Indigenous board of directors in 1995, is a shortlisted WA nominee for the senior Australian of the Year 2021. Go Mr May ! ANKA's 47 supported Art Centres and over 5,000 artists are behind you, wishing you well !! My May, from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, is also winner of the 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. ... The WA award recipients will be announced on the evening of Thursday 12 November 2020 in Perth and livestreamed via Facebook @AustralianoftheYear. https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au//ngarralja%2/2385/

14.01.2022 INJALAK ARTS GUBALANYA, NT Is recruiting for a key leadership position OPERATIONS MANAGER This is a rare opportunity to join a dynamic team working on country in West Arnhem Land to help take this outstanding Indigenous community enterprise to its next exciting stage.... https://www.artshub.com.au//operations-manager-gunbalanya- See more

14.01.2022 Everyone was so happy that BRIAN FARMER - a former ANKA Director - visited the ANKA Darwin Office yesterday for the 2020 online ANNUAL CONFERENCE - 'OUR VOICES'. Brian (from Jilamara Arts, Melville Island) was joined by Janice Murray (Jilamara Arts), Miriam Charlie (Waralungku Arts) and Dotty Fejo (Larrakia Nation) - and online by artists from across Northern Australia. Several years ago Brian was awarded a Gold Watch for 10 years service on the ANKA Board of Directors. He is currently in Darwin for a respite and rehabilitation visit following serious illness.

13.01.2022 EMBRACE THE NORTHERN INDIGENOUS RENAISSANCE Enjoy the wonderful work of Babbara Design, Maningrida. JENNIFER WURRKIDJ is featured in their Kip&Co x Bábbarra fabric and homewear collection. ... The work of the other 6 artists in the collection is showcased at Babbarra Women's Centre. The title of Jennifer’s artwork is Kunronj, 2007. It depicts important manme (food) from freshwater environments on Jennifer’s country and the traditional tools used to gather them.The kunkaninj (digging stick) is used to dig for wayuk (waterlily) roots, which are eaten fresh from the water or cooked on an open fire. The kunkaninj is also used to find and dig freshwater komrdawh (long necked turtles) which hibernate on the floodplains during the dry season.Various fish species including the birlmu (barramundi) are hunted with a spear or trapped inside a woven fish trap. After they are collected and hunted, these foods are carried back to camp in woven dilly bags called kunmadj. #kipandcoxbabbarra #kipandco #babbarra #homewares #ethical #indigenousdesign #womenartists #bawinanga

07.01.2022 FIRST CIRCLES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY for emerging Aboriginal leaders. If your an artist or arts worker in the ANKA regions of the NT, a member and/or work with an ANKA supported Art Centre and want to apply - you can contact ANKA for support. Email [email protected]. Are you, or do you know an emerging Aboriginal leader from a remote community in the Northern Territory?... The Office of Aboriginal Affairs, is calling on emerging leaders from remote communities across the Territory to nominate for the First Circles Leadership Program in 2021. The First Circles Leadership Program is an NT Government flagship program aimed to help identify, mentor and support Aboriginal emerging leaders from remote communities across the Northern Territory. The Program helps members develop and expand their leadership skills, increase their personal governance capabilities and learn more about the impact of government policies and programs on their communities, in order to help influence and contribute to change. The program will include up to 20 Aboriginal Territorians from a mix of communities in the southern and northern regions of the Northern Territory. Members of the program engage with government at the highest level including an opportunity to present and meet directly with Cabinet ministers, providing advice and guidance on policies, projects and initiatives that impact on them, their families and communities. You are able to nominate yourself or someone you know. To find out more about the program or to nominate, please visit aboriginalaffairs.nt.gov.au or phone 08 8951 5183.

07.01.2022 KIEREN KARRITPUL - MERREPEN ARTS WHAT: Solo exhibition, 'Works on Paper', 2020 OPENING: Today! Friday 14 August, 6 - 8pm WHERE: Aboriginal Bush Traders, Darwin Esplanade, NT... Alongside the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair this week, a number of satellite events are taking place. If you are in Darwin, call into Aboriginal Bush Traders on the Esplanade and view Kieren's works on paper. Opening today, the exhibition will run until 12 September. This exhibition follows a highly successful show Kieren had at Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre in Katherine earlier this year, titled 'Kieren Karritpul - Painting My Country, Painting My Landscape'. Last week Kieren was announced the winner of the TEXTILE DESIGN AWARD at the inaugural 2020 National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) - a big congratulations to Kieren and Merrepen Arts !

05.01.2022 EMBRACE THE NORTHERN INDIGENOUS RENNAISSANCE ***DARWIN ABORIGINAL ART FAIR EXTENDED *** this weekend by popular demand to SUNDAY 16 August 11.59 pm ... Fabulous opportunity to browse and buy Aboriginal art from across Northern Australia & nationally Painting: Gwenneth Blitner, Walmadja Hill, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60, 2019, Photo courtesy of Ngukurr Art Art Centre: Ngukurr Art Centre

02.01.2022 HOW ABOUT SOME NEW EARINGS? Injalak Arts and Crafts Gunbalanya West Arnhem Land, NT celebrates colours of country. Earings handmade by Kuwinjku women using bush pandanus and natural dyes.

02.01.2022 WHY IS AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY ART CENTRE ESSENTIAL? While Art Centres and their galleries begin to open to the public again, as a result of closures due to COVID-19, many essential services are still being carried out behind the scenes. At Milingimbi Art and Culture, the artists and arts workers have identified a need for heathier fresh foods and together have created the Djalkiri Garden. ... Milingimbi Art and Culture chairperson and Special Advisor to the ANKA Board, Ruth Nalmakarra made the following statement; Yolngu are eating too much from the shop. We need fresh food from the saltwater and bush. Food that is harvested fresh and has taste. We Yolngu people grew up with that food when there was no shop. I grew up and learnt from my grandparents, mother and father to gather food. I still go out and gather wild food with my sisters. We need to go back to eating wild food and having only a little bit of food from the shop. In the past we had our own fishing industry and farm. We want to see hunting and farming businesses owned and governed by people in Milingimbi to be supported. We have to make sure the young people know all the different types of yam, berries and bush honey and how they can get them. We want gardens with potato, pawpaw, banana, coconut, mango and banana - all the foods that can grow in a hot place. - Ruth Nalmakarra These services are essential. https://www.facebook.com/milingimbiart https://www.milingimbiart.com

02.01.2022 ANKA CELEBRATES COLOURS OF COUNTRY Artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson harvesting for ‘purple colour’ in Palumpa with family. The berries of the 'Haemodorum coccineum' plant makes a vibrant and rich purple colour used to dye sand palm for weavings, while the root of this plant can be used to make a brown colour. Courtesy - Durrmu Arts Aboriginal Corporation, Pepimenarti, NT

01.01.2022 ANKA CELEBRATES COLOURS OF COUNTRY