Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia | Community organisation

Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency

Locality: Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9191 5833

Address: 8 Bell Road 6765 Fitzroy Crossing, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.mangkaja.com

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25.01.2022 Happy International Women’s Day! Mangkaja Arts thanks our fantastic women, be they artists, staff members, family, support networks and the wider community. We thank you for everything you do for the art centre, fellow artists, families and yourselves! from Kimberley Women Artists Camp 2020. An important event brought together indigenous female artists from across the Kimberley in a celebration of culture, expertise and sharing.... #internationalwomensday #mangkajaarts

24.01.2022 To celebrate Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair this year we are excited to share a new T-shirt design: 'Black and White Brothers' by our Chairman and senior Gooniyandi artist Mervyn Street. This design has been developed from a charcoal drawing by Mervyn, created in recent months through this highly political time. "We always say what colour are you, we say I'm black, I'm brown, or I'm kardiya (whitefella) but look at the shadow its not different. The shadow is the same." Meryvn St...reet. Get onto the DAAF portal https://daaf.com.au/Art_Centres/managermangkaja-com/ And pre- order your t-shirts direct from our website. Link here: http://www.mangkaja.com/category/shop/merchandise The range comes in a new colour of copper for the adults in mens and womens cuts and in children's sizes in red and yellow.

23.01.2022 Thank you Amos for this lovely piece celebrating our founder and NATSIAA winner Ngarralja Tommy May! He couldn’t be prouder!

22.01.2022 Today we farewelled a remarkable woman and artist the beloved Mrs D.Japulija at her funeral in Noonkanbah. We send our deepest condolences to her family, to her sister Sonia Kurarra, her brother Percy Brown and the many family members grieving her passing. DJ was a sweet and kind soul who was a pleasure to work with and is greatly missed by everyone at Mankaja Arts. ... Her artwork was vibrant and reflected her own fashion and style always wearing colourful jewellery, headwear and clothing. She was a master of colour, celebrating her billabong country in all of her works. Her art has been exhibited around the world, most recently in Belgium and New York. DJ was one of the innovative artists who led the way to new forms of art practise at Mangkaja experimenting most recently with Perspex and fashion. DJ and her sister Sonia Kurarra created the incredible installation of stunning Perspex painted panels in The National 2019 at the MCA. She won the Port Hedland Art Award in 2015 and has been a finalist in many of the major art prizes around Australia. Her artworks featured in the mangkaja x Gorman collection and she lived to see her grandchildren modelling her clothes at Guwardi Aged care last year. For all of her successes in the art world, she was most happy relaxing to music, sometimes painting her beautiful canvas along to the beat. She devoted much of her younger years to teaching art to younger generations at her local community school. She was a much loved family woman and an artist who we all enjoyed working with. She had a gentle and sweet way with the Mangkaja staff, and a gorgeous chuckle that we miss hearing in our studio. Her legacy lives on through her family and in her stunning artworks and stories she shared. May she rest peacefully.

20.01.2022 Illiam Nargoodah is our youngest finalist in the NATSIAAs, his second time around with a stunning set of hand made knives and forged blades. We are very proud to see Illiam succeeding, he is a hardworking artist and respected staff member who has supported his elders in their art practise for many years. Have a listen to him speaking about his art practise here with RTRFM!

20.01.2022 We are thrilled for our artists and Gorman to be finalists in the NIFAs and honoured to stand alongside such brilliant collaborations across the country. We couldn’t be prouder of our Mangkaja x Gorman collaboration. We had the greatest time developing and sharing the collection and the positive impacts continue to roll on for our artists and community. And if there is any doubt or speculation - our artists were paid very well!! We havent shared the details due to our artists privacy needs. Lisa Gorman thank you and your team for working with us to make this the best collab it could be with great impact on the ground here in FX! And thanks to Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair for the incredible opportunity to launch with our fellow artists and peers at Country to Couture!

20.01.2022 On behalf of Ngarralja Tommy May we must say thankyou to MAGNT and @telstra for this incredible honour. He is thrilled to have won the big one!! He is off to celebrate with his family and already looking for his new car!! Tommy sends his congratulations to his fellow winners and finalists. #ngarraljatommymay #numberone #natsiaa2020 #overallwinner #indigenousart #walmajarri #leader #fitzroycrossing

19.01.2022 Thanks to ANKA - Arnhem Northern & Kimberley Artists, Aboriginal Corporation here are all the links and times you need to get online and be part of the Darwin program of events this weekend! Huge line up and we are excited to be part of it all!!

18.01.2022 Young stars of the Kimberley!! Congratulations to our Mangkaja star Illiam Nargoodah and Cecilia Umbagai of Mowanjum Arts! Both finalists in this years natsiaas! Winners to be announced this Friday!!

18.01.2022 Ngarralja Tommy May!!

18.01.2022 Only hours to go until Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair closes for 2020! Fresh work is up on our booth!! A brilliant opportunity to get your hands on the latest works by indigenous artists!! Thanks to all who have supported by purchasing from us this year! It means the world to our artists and our art centre! We will be packing Richards and contacting all our supportive buyers this week! ... Happy DAAF!! Available artworks featured by artists Annette Lormada, Dorothy Forrest, Sonia Kurarra, Mervyn Street, Isaac Cherel and John Prince Siddon! #buyblak #supportindigenousartists #aboriginalart #daaf2020 #artofthenation

18.01.2022 Kimberley Women Artist’s Camp is underway... day one was packed with making and sharing with women from across the Kimberley and Fitzroy Valley. An awesome effort by everyone involved in a beautiful spot! We’ve had cane toad skinning with Mia from Marnin Studio, seed burning and basket weaving with Yiriman Women Bush Enterprises seed jewellery stringing with Jessica Jubb boab nut carving with Kira Kiro and Warringari Art Centre and bush dying with Rukaji Designs and the brilliant Fitzroy Valley textile artists! And a special welcome from our traditional owners and senior women of Ngumpan community!! Bring on day two!

18.01.2022 Aboriginal Contemporary has just opened Looking Back, Looking Forward - An exhibition of works on paper spanning more than a decade by four of our leading Mangkaja artists. Visit the gallery in Bronte or jump online to see the catalogue on their website! Artworks featured here by Rosie King Tarku, Penny Klyons, and Sonia Kurarra.

17.01.2022 Our founder and leading Walmajarri artist Tommy May will feature some very special and rare works at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair this year along with some of the greats and up and coming stars! We are excited!! For the first time it’s all online so everyone has the opportunity to see and buy from the art centres around the country. Don’t miss it!!

16.01.2022 Very proud to see Mangkaja artist and NATSIAA finalist John Prince Siddon featured in the Guardian this morning alongside our winning founder Ngarralja Tommy May! Such stunning works by all winners and finalists this year!

16.01.2022 The Kimberley Women Artists Camp was a long time coming and it did not disappoint with over 150 women attending from across the Kimberley! An event funded and initiated by the Kimberley Aboriginal Artists KAA collective of Kimberley art centres, this event included Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Mowanjum Arts Nagula Jarndu - Saltwater Woman Kira Kiro Artists. Thanks to our funders #WAPHA - WA Primary Health Alliance, #IVAIS -Office for the Arts, Lotterywest, and our #circleoffri...ends with Paula Tee who donate funds each year to our cultural activities! We are so thankful to all involved, in particular the senior women who led the many workshops and shared knowledge handed down by generations. Without our senior women we are lost, you are such strong leaders and guides for our upcoming generations! We must thank Alistair Hobbs and his family and working team at Ngumpan community who kept us watered, powered, full with fresh meat and firewood and got the stunning camp site ready in record time! Ngumpan community were so welcoming and supportive! So many orgs were involved. Big thanks to partners who made the camp a reality - Marnin Studio and Yiriman Women Bush Enterprises who workshopped with the Mangkaja team and Rukaji crew especially Eva Nargoodah who did a huge amount of the initial communication with traditional owners and community! A huge team effort including serious Covid planning and cleaning Natalie Jayne McCarthy. Wangki Radio lent us our own camp content creator and story recorder Natalie Davey. Thanks to Kimberley Land Council and Marra Worra Worra and Kimberley Land Council for lending essential gear! Shout out to Baya Gawi and Boab Health who kept our young attendees entertained. And to the many orgs who lent staff to support the camp running smoothly! Last but by no means least we were so impressed by the brilliant students and teachers of Fitzroy Valley District High School who created our screen printed T-shirt’s and engaged so positively with our senior women! Thankyou! The only thing left is to work out when and where for the next one!!

16.01.2022 It was just last week that we celebrated the NATSIAAs and Ngarralja Tommy May's big win. He is still thrilled and we are so happy for him. We wanted to share this little video to say thank you once again for this major acknowledgement and to all who have supported him throughout the past decades that have led to this. Congratulations again to all the deserving winners and finalists! #artofthenation #NATSIAA

14.01.2022 Attention: Art sale for all locals! Next Thursday to Saturday. Plenty of reductions of artwork just in time for Christmas. Come see the great work of Mangkaja Artists and find something special.

13.01.2022 Callout to Mangkaja Arts members! Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 18th November, 9am. We will also be providing Christmas lunch, tea and biscuits.... Let members and family know as all are invited!

11.01.2022 https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au//ngarralja%20/2385/ Congratulations Ngarralja Tommy May! To cap off an enormous year, Tommy May has been nominated for WA Senior Australian of the Year. Being recognised for extensive contributions to art, culture and education throughout the Kimberley.

10.01.2022 Congratulations to the remarkable women of #rukajidesigns who are finalists in the NIFAs presented by the Indigenous Fashion Projects for the first time this year! Support Rukaji by purchasing your own special piece at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair online for the first time this year and launching this Thursday!! Rukaji Designs is a family business led by matriarch Eva Nargoodah and her eldest daughter Jonian who are based in Jimbalkudunj Community in the Fitzroy Valley. They ...have established their textile design practise led by senior artists and supported by many more family members over many years. Their textiles utilise locally sourced natural dyes and bush medicines. Rukaji have developed their own dying techniques and patterns and apply them to a variety of fabrics including silk and linen and up-cycled clothing and bedding. Rukaji are proud to keep their culture alive, sourcing from their local environment and teaching their children and the broader community these essential practises. Every piece is original and unique created by hand. Watcg this space as rukaji take the next step to online business supported by Mangkaja Arts and First Nations Fashion + Design #rukajidesigns #familybusiness #indigenousbusiness #indigenousowned #keepingculturestrong #naturaldyes #bushdyes #aboriginalartists #indigenousfashion #nifa #indigenoustextiles

10.01.2022 One of the great things we get to do at Mangkaja is engage with other artists - learning new skills and sharing in the creative process. Collaboration is core to our business... be it between artists of different language groups in FX and our region or creators from varying cultures and completely different artistic fields! Natalie Davey has been creating some stunning new jewellery pieces with the guidance of the wonderful Jessica Jubb Jewellery. Jess is a WA based jeweller... who lived in Fitzroy Crossing for a number of years and continues to grow exciting partnerships with our artists. Check out her stunning jewellery practise and the awesome collections we are creating together including cast pieces and our hand painted Perspex earrings! Some gorgeous in-progress works that Nat Davey made have been on show at Fremantle Arts Centre for the Revealed Exhibition. And we are working on getting some editions available in future!! There’s a podcast too, with Nat and jess chatting about making, living in Fitzroy Crossing, casting and crocodiles. Go to - https://shows.acast.com//episode-7-revealed-exhibition-202

10.01.2022 Tommy May is amongst a number of artists exhibiting in Belgium right now! Some lovely words from Bertrand of Aboriginal Signature Gallery and The man himself Tommy May!

09.01.2022 Usually at this time of year Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency and Marnin Studio are off to Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and the NATSIA Awards at MAGNT in the NT! But this year with COVID-19 all our Darwin events are online. So we are bringing the festival to Fitzroy Crossing with two events next week! Please join us to celebrate the incredible creative community we have here in FX with a free feed and screenings of the National Indigenous Fashion Awards (Wednesday) and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Friday) at our FItzroy Crossing studios! We are excited to share the experience with our community!!

04.01.2022 Jess Jubb is back in the studio! So good to be hands on making and skilling up, some Ngarralja Tommy May pieces in the mix!!

03.01.2022 Some more great pics to share from our second day of the Kimberley Women Artists camp at Ngumpan last week. It kicked off from day break with Kimberley women making and sharing together. There was painting with the kids, screen print development, Lino and block printing, bush dying and basket weaving, Bush medicine and cane toad skinning and candle making demos with our Kimberley women and students from the Fitzroy Valley High School! The students gifted all the women a T-s...hirt that featured the words for ‘women’ in all the language groups that attended and made for a very coordinated group pic! There were so many senior women and orgs involved that we will have to do a separate appreciation post for them! But we must acknowledge the incredible group of women who gathered from across the Kimberley for a gorgeous couple of days on Gooniyandi and Walmajarri Country . A massive thanks to our funders which includes state and federal funding and support from philanthropic friends of Mangkaja, plus some serious volunteer hours from our community and staff teams! Amazing experience of our region coming together! Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Mowanjum Arts Nagula Jarndu - Saltwater Woman Marnin Studio Yiriman Women Bush Enterprises Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio