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NGA Indigenous Arts Leadership

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6240 6589

Address: Parkes Place 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://nga.gov.au/wesfarmersfellowship

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25.01.2022 Our Textile Conservators sew with thread finer than a human hair to prepare this Utopian batik on silk for display in Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now in November. Magnification is often required to see where to place this fine stitching. nga.gov.au/exhibitions/knowmyname [#MyrtlePetyarre, Anmatyerre/Alyawarre peoples, 'Untitled', (detail) 2007, Purchased 2009 Myrtle Petyarre, Copyright Agency Ltd]... #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryAus #BowDown

24.01.2022 Gooroo Burri (Hello / Welcome) Nga-dhi yindyamali Ngambri Ngunnawal mudyigang yanhibu dha-yndhu (Our respects to Ngambri-Ngunnawal elders past and present.)... We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, the traditional owners of the ACT region, on whose lands we live and work and upon whose lands the National Gallery stands. We pay respects to their Ancestors, Elders, leaders and artists past and present, and recognise their ongoing connections to Culture and Country. We also extend our acknowledgement to all First Nations peoples with which we engage and to whose lands National Gallery exhibitions and staff travel. Supported by Indigenous arts partner Wesfarmers Arts [Thanakupi, Dhaynagwidh/Thaynakwith people 'Eran' 2010 Acquired through the Founding Donors' Fund 2010 the estate of the artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd] . #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome

21.01.2022 'Every rock, every hill, every water, I know that place backwards and forwards, up and down, inside out. It's my Country and I got names for every place.' Gija Elder and cultural leader of the Kimberley region Queen McKenzie's ochre paintings capture the shapes, colours and history of her home Texas Downs and later in her life at Warmun (Turkey Creek). See McKenzie's deep-rooted connection to her Country in Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now. knowmyname.nga.go...v.au/ [#QueenieMcKenzie, Gija people, 'Gija Country', 1995, purchased 1996] #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryAus #BowDown

21.01.2022 Artist Tony Albert on Stained Glass | ABC Arts With his new sculpture, artist Tony Albert is bringing the stained glass window into the 21st century.

21.01.2022 For 25 years, the women artists of Tjanpi Desert Weavers have developed and mastered their skills, weaving beautiful baskets and creating ambitious collaborative fibre art installations using the desert grasses that have sustained them for thousands of years. In March 2020, as the heat rose and the wind rolled across the Rawlinson Ranges, artists from the Tjanpi Desert Weavers Dorcas Tinnimai Bennett, Cynthia Nyungalya Burke, Roma Yanyakarri Butler, Judith Yinyika Chambers,... Dianne Ungkalpi Golding, Nancy Nyanyana Jackson, Joyce James, Polly Pawuya Jackson, Eunice Yunurupa Porter, Winifred Puntjina Reid, Rosalie Richards, Delilah Shepherd, Erica Ikungka Shorty, Dallas Smythe, Martha Yunurupa Ward, Nancy Nangawarra Ward came together to create their most ambitious collaborative work to date, 'Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters)'. See this masterpiece in Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now. Book your free timed ticket knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/tjanpi-desert-weavers/ [#TjanpiDesertWeavers, 'Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters)', 2020, Warakurna, Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands, Western Australia] #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryAus #BowDown

18.01.2022 This Thursday, join us from your home or office on Facebook for a discussion with Bruce Johnson-McLean (Wierdi, Birri-Gubba peoples), Assistant Director Indigenous Engagement on the art of protest in the national collection for NAIDOC Week. 12.45pm, Thursday 5 November Free, Facebook Live facebook.com/NationalGalleryofAustralia... NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week is an annual celebration that recognises Australia’s First Nations people and their rich cultural history. In the early 1990s, NAIDOC Week emerged as an important national event following acts of self-determination and civil rights protests including the 1938 Day of Mourning. In this livestream event, Johnson-McLean will highlight key works from the Gallery’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art collection that speak to the art of protest and current climate for the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. [Bruce Johnson-McLean, Wierdi, Birri-Gubba peoples, with r e a, Gamilaraay/Wailwan/Biripi peoples, 'Resistance (flag)', 1996, Purchased 2004] #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek

18.01.2022 In one loaded word Fiona Foley tells of centuries of an unspoken Australian history. On the nineteenth-century frontier a special police force was established to intimidate and dislocate resident Aboriginal populations ‘to disperse’ became the euphemism for ‘to kill’. This new, brutal paramilitary police force, dubbed the Native Police or the Native Mounted Police, was made up of small divisions where one white officer commanded a group of Aboriginal men recruited from far-...flung or rival lands with one purpose: to eradicate any Aboriginal populations perceived to be problematic. No official documents made order nor mention of killing Aboriginal people, instead orders were given to ‘disperse’ yet official reports of ‘dispersals’ coincide with local evidence of massacres of Aboriginal people. To those who know the history of advancing Australia, the meaning and intention of DISPERSED 2008 is obvious: lest we forget. Supported by Indigenous arts partner Wesfarmers Arts. [#FionaFoley, Badtjala people 'DISPERSED' 2008 Purchased 2008 Fiona Foley https://bit.ly/3gb8Rvd] #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #Reconciliation

17.01.2022 Today we remember Koiki (Eddie) Mabo (19371992) and his committment and passion to restore native title for his family’s land on Murray Island (Mer) in Torres Strait. In 1992, the seven Justices of the High Court found 6-1 in favour of Mabo and his co-plaintiffs, overturning the idea that Australia had been terra nullius (empty land) before white settlement. Mabo died before the historic decision, which lead to the Native Title Act 1993 which passed through the Australian Pa...rliament and permanently altered the way Australians think about Aboriginal land ownership. Artist Gordon Bennett (19552014) said, ‘To me the image of Eddie Mabo stood like the eye of a storm,’ Bennett said, ‘calmly asserting his rights while all around him the storm, a war of words and rhetoric, raged.’ https://bit.ly/2XlYGwm Eddie Mabo (after Mike Kelley's 'Booth's Puddle' 1985, from Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's profile) No.3 1996 by Gordon Bennett. Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Australia. Gordon Bennett Estate with permission from Gail Mabo. #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome #MaboDay

16.01.2022 Exciting position @ NGA: Wesfarmers Indigenous Leadership Coordinator https://nga.gov.au/aboutus/jobs/pdf/6021.pdf

12.01.2022 Let us bring the Gallery to you. Take a virtual tour of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries this NAIDOC Week 8 15 November. See the largest collection of Australia’s First Nations art in the world from your own device. nga.gov.au/video/... Supported by Indigenous Arts Partner Wesfarmers Arts #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek

10.01.2022 We welcome a new year full of hope, healing and connecting through art. 'Through my paintings you can see my Ngangkari work: watching over people and also looking after Country. My Country. This place is very important we all need to look after each other and respect our home.' Betty Muffler, Aangu / Pitjantjatjara people... Betty Muffler's ‘Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country)' appeared on the September 2020 issue of Vogue Australia and is on display now at the National Gallery, Level 1. [#BettyMuffler, Aangu / Pitjantjatjara people, ' Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country)', 2020, Gift of Vogue Australia Betty Muffler / Copyright Agency, 2020] #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryAus #BowDown #VogueHope #VogueAustralia #NewYear #HappyNewYear #Hope #Healing

09.01.2022 20 questions you've always wanted answered by a curator! To celebrate #AskACurator Day (just this Wednesday gone), ArtsHub and Gina Fairley posed 20 questions to 20 curators nationally, touching on topics from ethical responsibilities to working internationally, managing space, finding artists and curating for kids. https://visual.artshub.com.au//20-questions-youve-always-w

08.01.2022 For quarter of a century, Tjanpi Desert Weavers has brought together artists from the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) lands, which spans the central and western desert regions of south australia, western australia and the northern territory. Let Annieka Skinner introduce you to the Tjanpi Desert Weavers. To celebrate twenty-five years of success, this social enterprise is creating a large new work for the National Gallery of Australia. Find out how you can ...be a part of this wonderful commission. [Roma Butler from Irrunytju (WA) and Yangi Yangi Fox from Pipalyatjara (SA) with their sculptures. 2017. Photo Rhett Hammerton] #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome

08.01.2022 Make Bottle Barramundi with Nogirra Marawili! 'These are the children of the Bäru crocodile from the Gumatj and Madarrpa clans and these are their Mari grandmothers bringing them fish.' Nogirra Marawili Bäru is an illustration and screen print by Nogirra Marawili. In it, we see the children of the Bäru from the Gumatj and Madarrpa clans and their märi bringing them fish. Follow the link to create a family of fish inspired by Marawili's work.... https://bit.ly/3dRCsYT [#NogirraMarawili Madarrpa, Yithuwa peoples 'Bäru' 2013 Nogirra Marawili, courtesy Buku-Larrgay Mulka Art Centre] Supported by Education Patron, Tim Fairfax AC. #InThisTogether #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryKids #NationalGalleryAus

06.01.2022 Each year, Wesfarmers Arts enable the National Gallery to run a program to develop early career Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts workers. The Annual Indigenous Arts Leadership Program has been informed by Indigenous communities, and has wonderful benefits. We see Indigenous people now working at the frontline of representing Indigenous arts and culture to the world. nga.gov.au/wesfarmersarts/... #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome

06.01.2022 Job Griffith Uni: CLOSES 20 Aug 2020 https://ps-jobs.griffith.edu.au//HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH&

05.01.2022 Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula was one of the initial group of Aboriginal men who painted their Dreamings for Geoffrey Bardon at Papunya in 1971. As a senior cultural leader, Tjupurrula painted his Dreamings with confidence and with distinct characteristics. His extensive use of white dotting overlay became his signature. The artist would often cover the entire board in a wash of white dotting, making the painting appear to float off its support. His dotting technique would oft...en be compared to smoke rising up into the sky and or to the heat haze from the afternoon sun. Old Man’s Fighting Dreaming depicts the site near Tjikari where two Old Wallaby Men are in a cave. They are attacked by a number of other Old Men who chase and catch them, then kill them and bury them in a hole. The attackers are depicted standing over the hole in the ground. On display in our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander galleries. Level 1, free. [Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Pintupi/Luritja peoples, 'Old man's fighting Dreaming', 1971, purchased 1993 the artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd https://bit.ly/3jEGeqw]

05.01.2022 Position available: AMaGA Cultural Competency Training Project Manager, Canberra https://www.amaga.org.au//amaga_indigenous_cultural_compet

05.01.2022 Job at Carraigeworks, Sydney https://carriageworks.com.au/vacancies/

05.01.2022 Position available: Director, First Nations, Australian Museum https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/j/director-first-nations-218115

05.01.2022 Make koalas with Karla Dickens! 'I love using fabrics as it invites a broad range of people that might not be interested in art to look and engage. Using old fabrics tends to resonate with people whether they are aware of it or not. Someone might have a memory from their grandmother's tablecloth or their sister's skirt. 'Gum leaves represent the sacred cleansing or smoking, a practice which I regularly engage in at home and at special events in the community. The essence o...f this practice is to call in the ancestors to bless the area to be smoked. It promotes a clean and healthy atmosphere and fresh start.' Karla Dickens, Wiradjuri people. Download the art activity worksheet here: https://bit.ly/2BdeVDl #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome #ArtFromHome #NationalGalleryKids

05.01.2022 'When I was young, the media was barren of Aboriginal imagery so when I saw these images of black people, mostly in second-hand shops, I really related. Only later did I appreciate them on a political level.' Take in the detail in Albert's reassembling of these vintage kitsch objects of 'Aboriginalia' sourced from secondhand stores over the course of the artist’s lifetime. Albert is holding up a mirror up to our own collective memory. Supported by Indigenous arts partner We...sfarmers Arts [#TonyAlbert Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples 'hopeless ROMANTIC' 2008 Purchased 2008 Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney https://bit.ly/3grjASq] #ReconcilationWeek #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #InThisTogether #Reconciliation #MuseumFromHome

04.01.2022 Position available: Senior Curator of Art, MAGNT https://67dab072-2482-4638-a793-cddc2974fc62.filesusr.com/

02.01.2022 Just like the way of a Ngangkari, Betty Muffler’s paintings are imbued with power and sing as they vibrate with energy. Muffler, an Anangu Pitjantjatjara woman from remote South Australia, knows the power of finding hope through adversity. Read more about her story and how her painting found its way onto the September 2020 cover of Vogue Australia. [Betty Muffler’s red ochre ‘Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country)’, 2020, seen here partially completed also included in the Vogue ...Hope portfolio. ‘Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country)’, 2020, Betty Muffler/Copyright Agency, 2020] #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryAus #BowDown #Hope #VogueHope

02.01.2022 Project and Program Director, Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre https://iworkfor.sa.gov.au/page.php

01.01.2022 Jean Baptist Apuatimi's daughter recalls her mother dancing at an exhibition opening, just months before she passed away ... 'She danced her father's three dancesthere lullaby, jerrekapai (crocodile) and wind. I remember. It was the last one (exhibition). Mum was better at painting, better than me. Everyone loved her. We were artists together, but now mum passed away and I'm carrying it on. Me and my brother and children, we're passing on our culture.' Marie Joestte Orsto [...Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Tiwi people, 'Yirrikapayi', 2007, Purchased 2007, Jean Baptiste Apuatimi/Copyright Agency https://bit.ly/30S2neV] #KnowMyName #5WomenArtists #MuseumFromHome #NationalGalleryAus #BowDown