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Volume 4 Issue 3: September 2004 ‘TOP END’ ARTISTS TRIUMPH AT TELSTRA ART AWARDS Congratulations to the 2004 Telstra First Prize winner Gulumbu Yunupingu from Yirrkala, NT for her installation of memorial poles titled Garak, the Universe. AWARD WINNERS Gulumbu’s entry was selected from 103 works in the exhibition. The task of judging the Award was undertaken by Edmond Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Dr Julie Gough, Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery Telstra First Prize of Victoria. The exhibition runs until 7 November at the Museum and Art Gallery of Gulumbu Yunupingu (Yirrkala) the Northern Territory. The following is an extract of Gulumbu’s acceptance speech. Garak, the Universe “Thank you very much Telstra, you’ve been rocks from Darwin, which I used to paint Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award wonderful to me. I just share with you my the three logs with colours. Timothy Wulanjbirr (Maningrida) painting. My paintings tell you a story, and Lorrkon Hollow Log my painting goes with the story. It’s about “I couldn’t sleep last night. I kept thinking the Garak. Garak the Universe talks about about Larrakia mob to say these words. Telstra Bark Painting Award the link (between) mother earth and the Thank you, thank you, very much. It is Kay Lindjuwanga (Maningrida) universe and people in the world today. because I got that ochre that we are together Buluwana at Dilebang The colours we have, nationalities we have, now. Us mob and you mob and our friends the tongues we speak. It is wonderful to be in Darwin, the Nation here, the people here, Telstra Work on Paper Award one; we (are) living together in the world. we are together now, we are one today, Brook Andrew (Melbourne) My story talks about people, land and the thank you. Yo.” Tensio sea. The universe linked to the earth; our Telstra General Painting Award mother earth and the people in the world Spider Snell (Fitzroy Crossing) today, thank you for listening.” Gulumbu Kurtal Jila Yunupingu. Highly Commended Christine Christophersen (Darwin) Timothy Cook (Milikapiti) Judy Baypungala (Ramingining) Nyukuna Daisy Baker (Ernabella)

Congratulations to all exhibitors. In this issue • Garma 2004

• Twined Together

• Indigenous Arts Unit for Arts NT

• Feature Artist: Spider Snell

© ANKAAA 2004 ANKAAA © • Feature Art Centre: Gulumbu Yunupingu accepting the Telstra Jilamara Arts & Crafts National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award at the Museum and Art • Art Centre workers in proﬁ le Gallery of the Northern Territory on 13 August 2004. • Exhibitions October - December The following day Gulumbu spoke publicly at the Gallery Philip Neville opening of the • Who’s Who & What’s New Garma Panel. • CDU Visiting Scholars Program “I would like to say to the Larrakia Nation Gulumbu Yunupingu, Garak, The Universe in Darwin thank you for having me here in 2004, Natural pigments on wood. Darwin. And thank you for your soil/two © Gulumbu Yunupingu, Buku Larrnggay Mulka • ANKAAA Websites Launched Page 2 Volume 4 Issue 3 NEWS & REVIEWS GGARMAARMA 22004004 Gapan Gallery During August 2004, thirty ANKAAA members and staff travelled from as far as Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley to attend the sixth annual Garma festival held at The 2004 Gapan Gallery exhibition was Gulkula on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land. The theme of Garma this year was the third year the artists of Yirrkala have Indigenous Livelihoods, and Leadership and included a range of events. Highlights hung their limited edition screenprints in of Garma 2004 for ANKAAA members were the opening of the 2003 Garma Panel in the bush gallery at Garma. The framed the Garmawuy Miny’ti Gallery, the Gapan Gallery, art forums, the evening Bungul prints were exhibited on stringy bark and the print workshop. ANKAAA acknowledges the support of Australia Council trees in a space located just a short walk (ATSIAB) & Arts NT funding for ANKAAA members and staff to attend Garma. from the Festival ground. Gapan refers to the white ochre painted on the base of Garmawuy Miny’ti: The Garma Panel Exhibition the trees which supported the prints.

The opening of the Gapan Gallery The exhibition of the 2003 Collaborative occurred on the evening of the fi rst day Garma Panel of etchings and individual of Garma. A large crowd gathered in editions was opened at Garma this year the bush gallery, sitting on the sand fl oor by Tommy May and Djambawa Marawili, in the unlit space. Yirrkala artists and the former and present Chair of ANKAAA sisters Gaymala, Gulumbu, Nyapanyapa, respectively. Mr Marawili spoke about Djundaynga, Barrupu and Dhopiya the importance of “sharing and learning” Yunupingu opened the exhibition by from one another, especially about each keening (singing) to country before the other’s culture and country. “Everyone has gallery was illuminated, revealing a different ways of thinking; this is a way of vibrant and spontaneous body of work. bringing this together”. © ANKAAA 2004 ANKAAA © The 2004 Panel produced at Garma is made Galarrwuy Yunupingu discussing the 2003 up of 48 individual wood block prints that Garma Panel with ANKAAA Manager Stephanie Hawkins, ANKAAA Chairperson together will form the 2004 Collaborative Djambawa Marawili and former ANKAAA Garma Panel. Individual prints will also be Chairperson Tommy May in the Garmawuy editioned and exhibited at Garma 2005. Miny’ti Gallery at Garma 2004. The fi rst steps for the 2004 Panel were Yolngu from northeast Arnhem Land. Others taken on day two of the Garma Festival came from western Arnhem Land, the Tiwi when senior law men, Gawirrin Gumana, Islands, Fitzroy Crossing, Darwin and Sydney. Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Tommy May and ANKAAA Chair Djambawa Marawili met Artists worked with a variety of tools for to discuss the theme and underlying design carving, including large and small cutting © ANKAAA 2004 ANKAAA © for the panel. The design chosen by the tools and even razor blades. Some artists Sasha Earle from Buku Larrnggay Mulka took their blocks away to work on, and print workshop supervising the Gapan men was larrakitj (hollow log coffi n) resting returned with completed blocks ready for Gallery Exhibition at Garma 2004. in the forked tree support. This image, which has also been used in the Garma proofi ng. Others sat down in the Gallery, On day two, team members responsible Festival logo, symbolizes people coming with family members and children, while for the installation of the exhibition together and will be screenprinted over the visitors watched, fascinated as the artists presented a workshop. Araluen Maymuru, woodblock print panel. Once the larrakitj drew, then carved the clan designs that Sasha Earle and Don Whyte spoke about design was drawn up by Galarrwuy, the describe their land and its creation. Once the process of developing the concept wood blocks began to be distributed to cutting was complete, blocks were inked of the gallery and problem solving the artists for designs to be created. up and proofs made to enable artists to fi ne installation. Sasha began by explaining tune their work. the concept of framed prints being hung This year almost 50 indigenous artists were on the trees providing a juxtaposition of involved, with most of the artists being Stephanie Hawkins, ANKAAA Manager, geometric, indoor gallery shapes with the explained to artists the Copyright natural environment. “In this gallery the agreements between each artist, Yothu Yindi works are actually hung in the place that Foundation and Basil Hall Editions that the art comes from. You can see that the have been created in order to ensure that subject matter is mostly scenes from the each artist’s work is securely protected from bush. So the artists produce the works misuse. The artists posed for photographs from the natural environment; the screen- and each dictated stories about their work printers put the art through the processes for later publication. This documentation in the Buku print shop and then we bring it will be used, with the Artists’ permission, all back home in the Gapan Gallery.” for publicity, and will be included in the catalogue for the 2004 Garma Print Panel.

A similar exhibition called Galuku Gallery 2004 ANKAAA © (Palm Gallery) was subsequently shown ANKAAA Tiwi Executive members John The 2003 Garma Panel was exhibited at as part of the Festival of Darwin. The Martin Tipungwuti, BJ Timaepatua (Vice Gallery Phillip Neville in Darwin as part of the Yirrkala prints were hung on coconut Chairperson ANKAAA), Joseph Cooper Darwin Festival. A panel has been acquired and Kenny Brown with Northern Territory palms in the Darwin Botanic Gardens each by the National Gallery of Australia. Administrator Ted Egan at the Garmawuy evening for the duration of the Festival. Miny’ti Gallery, Garma 2004. Christine Colton, Garma Volunteer Volume 4 Issue 3 Page 3

TWINED TOGETHER: NEWS & REVIEWS Museum Victoria at Injalak Arts and Crafts Twined Together has been the working title Scholar Program hosted by ANU, CDU and July 13, 2004 Louise Hamby presented a of an exhibition and book that will make its MAGNT. lecture to the Visiting Scholars Program on debut in March 2005 at Museum Victoria the development of the exhibition with the in Melbourne. Louise Hamby has been In June, Jill Nganjmirra travelled to input of the artists and Jill Nganjmirra. working with the staff and ﬁ bre artists from Canberra and Melbourne to work with Injalak Arts and Crafts for the past two years Louise Hamby and staff at Museum Victoria to develop this project, which will highlight in the development of the exhibition. This the ﬁ bre art from Kunwinjku speakers from was funded by Museum Victoria and Gunbalanya and its outstations. ANKAAA through their professional training programs. As a result of this visit The major component of the travelling the exhibition and book now has a subtitle exhibition will be 125 contemporary works. in Kunwinjku, Kunmadj Njalehnjaleken. These will be accompanied by 25 historic works on loan from the Australian Museum, Through Jill’s dedicated work a new MAGNT and the South Australian Museum. exhibition brief was developed with Pandanus Basket Labidja Dirdi, 2003, Injalak A number of recent events have increased Kunwinjku names. This has now been Arts and Crafts. Image courtesy Louise the rate of development: a grant from the presented to the Museum’s Executive Hamby. © Injalak Arts & Crafts 2004. Gordon Darling Foundation towards the Committee. The development team at publication of the book, funds for curatorial Museum Victoria are well on their way in Dr Louise Hamby, ARC Fellow- Centre training for Jill Nganjmirra and the Visiting the design and co-ordination of the tour. On for Cross-Cultural Research – ANU ARTS NT INDIGENOUS ARTS UNIT

The Indigenous Arts Development Unit and festivals in the Territory. In 2000 she Mob and the new Arts Marketplace initiative was established in June 2004 and currently was named NAIDOC’s Indigenous Youth at the Araluen Centre. comprises a team of three people. of the Year. Tel: (08) 8999 5524 Email: [email protected] The Indigenous Arts Reference Group Bilawara Lee, Manager, is a Larrakia Members are Priscilla Collins (CAAMA), woman, the elder sister of the well- Akarriyuwu Hill (ATSIC), Djambawa known Lee/Cubillo family in Darwin. Marawili (Top End Visual Arts), Valerie She has extensive managerial, secretariat Martin (Central Desert Visual Arts), and mediation skills from 18 years work Shellie Morris (Contemporary Music) and experience in Canberra. Tel: (08) 8999 Graeme Smith (Literature and Publishing). 5532, Email: [email protected] Stephanie Hawkins (ANKAAA), John Oster (Desart) and Britta Decker (Music Bess Nungarrayi Price, Project Offi cer, NT) represent key organisations responsible Alice Springs, is a Warlpiri woman whose for delivering the strategy. home community is Yuendumu. Bess has The Indigenous Arts Development Unit worked in a number of management cross Members chose Valerie Napaljarri Martin cultural training and community liaison team Mia Christophersen, Bilawara Lee, Manager, and Bess Nungarrayi Price with as Chair and Shellie Morris as Deputy roles in the Alice Springs Region. Tel: (08) the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Chair, and a review of membership will be 8951 1145, Email: [email protected] Clare Martin. Image © Arts NT 2004. discussed at the next meeting which will be held in Darwin on Monday 15 and Tuesday Mia Christophersen, Project Offi cer, Indigenous Arts 16 November 2004. Darwin, is a Murran/Iwaidja woman who Reference Group grew up in Darwin. She was the Manager IARG Members may be contacted through of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander In 2004 the Indigenous Arts Reference Group Arts NT on Tel: (08) 8999 8981, Toll free: Performing Arts Program for the Northern (IARG) has met three times in Darwin and 1800 678 237, Fax: (08) 8999 8949, Email: Territory from 1998 to 2003 and has worked on Monday 6 September in Alice Springs, arts.offi [email protected] on a number of major Indigenous events which coincided with the launch of Desert

9th Festival of Pacific Arts and yidaki playing skills and techniques. His painting created over the duration of In July 2004, 33 Aboriginal and Torres ANKAAA Upcoming Events the festival was presented to Palau as a gift Strait Islander artists represented Australia of thanks at the closing ceremony. at the 9th Festival of Paciﬁ c Arts (FOPA) Indigenous Art Workers Conference: supported by the Australia Council 12, 13, 14 October, Darwin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Regional Meetings: Arts Board. Over 2000 people from 27 Paciﬁ c countries and territories converged Jilamara Arts & Crafts 26 October on Koror, Palau (located in Micronesia). Yarliyil Art Centre 28 & 29 October It was an invaluable experience for all Injalak Arts & Crafts 4 November artists involved including visual artists, Mimi Arts 9 & 10 November weaving, performing arts, literary arts, ANKAAA Annual General Meeting: natural science, carvers and culinary arts. Djambawa Marawili attended the festival Australian delegation at the opening 1, 2, 3, December - Darwin and demonstrated his traditional painting ceremony. © ANKAAA 2004. Page 4 Volume 4 Issue 3 FEATURE ARTIST SPIDER SNELL

Spider Snell accepting the Telstra Nyirlpirr Spider Snell was born at General Painting Award at the Telstra Yurramaral in the Great Sandy Desert National Aboriginal and Torres Strait near a pirnti (billabong water) and Islander Art Awards in August for his rockholes to the south eastern side of the work Kurtal Jila. Canning Stock Route. He came into the station country when he was already a Everybody do you know me young man. Nyirlpirr quickly developed Arts 2004 © Mangkaja Does everyone know me? strong skills in handling horses and Spider Snell with his wife Dolly at the opening Spider Snell, I talk Wangkajunga cattle. He had seen them along the of his exhibition at Raft Artspace Darwin 2002 I am Spider Snell. stock route and had watered them at Wangkajunga, proper Wangkajunga Lamboo Well. He was a stockman on Kurtal Jila I am a full Wangkajunga man. Christmas Creek Station for a long Bushman, Wangkajunga from desert country, time. Nyirlpirr is the respected elder My jila, that’s Kurtal, Kurtal my jila, proper I am a bushman from the desert. for the Kurtal ceremony. His language ngurrara This is the main waterhole in my country. Kurtal snake I bin born there langa jila, yeah group is Wangkajunga. I was born at Kurtal Jila. Ngurrara I call em, my ngurrara, language In language I call it my ngurrara, my country, Every every people and kartiya I bin all around Perth People have seen me in Perth, and what I call it, my country proper jila, bush, bush, proper desert country yeah desert I bin dancing all around Canberra and Noumea, and this country I am naming, is in the desert, America, America country too all a long way away. I have been dancing ceremony in Noumea and America too. everything, kutu kutu, jila for ceremony this one proper jila, proper jila, big one jila around everyway I bin show em, I bin show em this one In this painting there are rain clouds. This is a I have shown my dance in a lot of places. painting about Kurtal ceremony. This one dance, my culture, my culture Kurtal, long as little bit rainmaker, all bin, all bin everyone yes doembat, old old people, This ceremony is my culture. The rainmakers, the old people, did this My rain I fi x em up, I doembat Kurtal ceremony a long time ago. I make the headdresses, I dance Kurtal ceremony. my country, my ngurrara Yeah, alright, everypeople all learn like that This is my country, my ngurrara. mummy, mother and father every one he bin makembat every bush tucker, I learnt from my mothers and fathers. every mungil, kaltji, every tucker, Everypeople, everypeople all fathers, whole lot my Kurtal made all of the seeds, all of the bush brother and father Kurtal Jila, synthetic polymer paint on food in my country, All of the old people who taught me are gone now. canvas. © Nyirlpirr Spider Snell 2004 bush tucker this one jila, god, god he makembat Brother all mummy, everyone, In August 2004, Nyirlpirr received the all the bush tucker, Kurtal like god, he made it all. My brothers, my mothers, all of them. Telstra General Painting Award for his I bin born there Only one me, I’m alive belonga Kurtal yeah acrylic painting on canvas titled Kurtal I was born there. I am the only one belonging to Kurtal who is still alive. Jila. The painting is about the history of This one, my wife, she bin born there langa proper jila Jila proper jila, proper jila yes Kurtal and an ancient spirit that inhabits the important My wife was born right there at the waterhole too. Kurtal Jila is a powerful waterhole with a snake. jila (springwater) for which Spider is the all the dead dead bela all bin born there, where All the piyirn sit down here, and kartiya, he’ll custodian. Kurtal is an ancestral being who they bin passed away langa swallow you up traversed the desert, forming the landscape Many of the people who were born there have That Kurtal snake could swallow up all of you as he travelled, to eventually take residence passed away now. people here. as a snake in this sacred jila of the Great brother, brother this one Dolly my wife’s brother Greedy one that old man, Kurtal, greedy one Sandy Desert. all fi nished fi nished Kurtal is greedy, he is greedy. All of my wife’s brothers, they are all gone, Nyirlpirr now lives in Fitzroy Crossing which He gotta fi nish im 100 people 100 people and my brother, brother, my brother all fi nished is situated on the Great Northern Highway, He can swallow hundreds of people. and my brothers are all dead too. on the banks of the Fitzroy River. He is a Greedy one greedy one that old man, greedy one senior artist at Mangkaja Arts and his work one me alive, Kurtal yeah I can quietem is represented in national and international I’m the only one still alive. He is greedy but I can quieten him. collections including the Art Gallery of New this one jila I look after him Like this one Spider can quieten him South Wales, Kennesaw State University, I look after this waterhole. Me, Spider Snell can talk to him. Atlanta Georgia and the Museum and Art I worrying for this today langa this one poor bela, “don’t any, swallow em up you stop; don’t swallow Gallery of the Northern Territory. I’m worrying em good people” I am worrying about this waterhole, I am worrying. I can tell him not to swallow good people. Mangkaja Arts is located in Fitzroy I bin visit him two times the jila second time I can stop em don’t swallow em, that old man, greedy one Crossing. Contact PO BOX 117, Fitzroy second time I bin visit yeah Crossing WA 6765 Australia. I can stop him, I can tell him to stop. I have been there twice lately. Tel: 08 9191 5272 Fax: 08 9191 5279, Email He can fi nish em people yeah Karen Dayman [email protected] I have to visit him today, after, I gotta go bush yeah He can kill people. Ken Ford [email protected] m.au I will have to go there again now, I will have to Thank you thank you. www.mangkaja.com go bush after this. Volume 4 Issue 3 Page 5

FEATURE ART CENTRE JILAMARA ARTS & CRAFTS

there. The whole family went out looking Jilamara Arts & Crafts began in 1985 for him, he was just watching us, he was just as an adult education initiative. In behind the powerhouse, sitting on top of the 1989 Jilamara was incorporated as an hill. ‘I’m here’, and we went there and he Aboriginal Association. The Tiwi word looked, and he was making spear. He used Jilamara literally means design, and two big axes, and two small tomahawks, he used to walk up and cut it, and we used to generally translates to painting, design think he went missing, but whatever tree he and art. Jilamara Arts & Crafts ﬁ rst cut he sit down there and he just do all the became recognized for fabric production shape. He came back and we would see all with the adaptation of designs from body his spears, all them shapes. And sometimes painting, pole designs and bark paintings he soaked it and bent it while it was still wet, on to silk and screen-printed fabric. The behind our house. artists have since become renowned for Now and the future producing ﬁ ne art for the contemporary art market. I like what I’m doing and I feel comfortable

Jilamara Arts & Crafts 2004 Jilamara working here, because everywhere I go for a © Maintaining the traditions of Tiwi art is one Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri at his father’s walk I fi nd it bored. Every time I come here of the strong motivating forces behind the resting place Timrambu, Melville Island. I’ve always got something to do, instead of members of Jilamara. Tiwi art is linked to just sitting at home and walking around, you Tiwi creation stories and is characterised The Early years know? I don’t feel comfortable just walking by an abstract mixture of lines, dots and around and sitting down. form originating from the decorative body When I left college I was looking at my paint used by the Tiwi during ceremonies. father [Paddy Freddy Puruntatameri c1925- I wish I could have my own spear collection Artists now paint onto linen, paper and 2000] doing carving here and I thought and all that, like a solo show with all the bark using only the natural ochre pigments maybe that I’ll try and do something like my spears. I wish that could come up probably found on the island. father’s doing. So the fi rst bird I did when soon, and probably I guess all them small Leon [Puruntatameri] encouraged me to fi gures, a group of families. Yeah, I thought The origin of Tiwi carving is the Pukumani make one bird, it was small, a bit funny, that I’d make one little girl, two brothers maybe, pole. This long standing tradition of was my fi rst one. I was about 17, and we a mother and father. Just a whole collection carving led to the commercial production didn’t have any logs here doing carving only of all my carvings, I hope that would come of ironwood poles, sculpted fi gures and my father used to do his carving at home and up soon. I am looking forward to that, I birds. The artists from Jilamara pride Leon used to do his carving at home and probably will because I don’t think I’ve had themselves on using only ironwood for Pius used to do his carving at home. And I an exhibition like that, just a group of all my carvings and natural ochres for painting. used to give them a hand to bring all them carvings. So I just wish if that should come carving down. That’s when we didn’t have up soon, that’s all I’m looking forward to. I All of the artists at Jilamara have unique any sheds so they used to work at home. like to say I like it here at Jilamara, and I like and individual styles, some adhere very And then that’s when we only had about working here, I feel comfortable. closely to Tiwi traditions by employing a three carvers working but we didn’t do our Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri wooden comb to apply dots to their canvas carving here because we didn’t have any Jilamara Arts & Crafts or sculpture, others use coconut sticks and shed so I thought I’d probably joined those some use contemporary western brushes blokes, I’ll probably do carving with them. Patrick Freddy was to make their individual marks. born in 1972 on They used to do a lot of sewing here, sell Melville Island. His Art from Jilamara is represented in a lot of clothes, screen-printings, (adult country is Munupi, collections in major galleries and education time). And we used to get some Language is Tiwi, Skin Group Pandanus of them CDEP blokes to give us a hand to museums nationally and internationally. and Dance is Owl. For more information contact Marielle go and get logs for Leon, and my father and Patrick is highly Schwerin, Manager Jilamara Arts & Pius. So they used to go and get the log or regarded for his Crafts PMB 258, Milikapiti, Winnellie NT stringy bark tree and then we used to drop it classic, monumental 0822, Tel: (+61 8) 8978 3901, Fax: (+61 8) at their place. Pukumani pole & 8978 3903, Email: [email protected] fi gure carvings with www.jilamara.tiwiart.com My father used to sit down and do his fi ne painted design carving there, and I used to go there to detail, intricately watch him. And he used to make spears too carved ceremonial and he used to go during the day probably spears, paintings on Saturdays, he used to go and cut one or and prints. His work is represented in two trees, (stringybark). He used to go and national collections, we thought he got lost because he didn’t including Museum of come back, but we didn’t know he was there Victoria & National sitting down, he was watching us singing Gallery of Victoria, out, calling out for him, and we went there and National looking out for him and we thought he got Maritime Museum in Jilamara Arts & Crafts 2004 Jilamara

lost and then he came back around half past Sydney. © Jilamara Arts & Crafts 2004 Jilamara

© ﬁ ve, and he came back home with his two Patrick with Tjurukukuni (Owl) Pukumani Jilamara Arts & Crafts spears. He sat down and did all the shapes Pole, ironwood & ochres, carved 2004. Page 6 Volume 4 Issue 3

LEON BANDICHA ALI ART WORKER PROFILES MANINGRIDA ARTS & CULTURE

ROSLYN EATON DANNY HUME My name is Leon Bandicha Ali my skin is MANGKAJA ARTS WARINGARRI ARTS Gojok and my country is Yilan, Burnbuwa northeast of Maningrida. My tribe is I stretch canvases and order in materials I have been working at Waringarri arts for Garmal, my totem is Trevally (Nguykal) and paints at Mangkaja Arts. I work for the four years. I do the garden, pack freight and and my age is 28. My moiety Yirrchinga. artists, organise what canvases people need make paint. I help the young boys in the I speak different language like Burarra, for exhibitions. I would like to learn more workshop stretch and prepare canvases. It Djinang, Kuninjku, Gupapuyngu, English about stretching canvas and see what other is good working at Waringarri Arts. I am and little bit of Gorrgoni and Rembarrnga. materials people use that we can use here. not from this area but I like working here. My language is Burarra Martay. We will make our own stretchers in the new I speak a different language to the people studio at Mangkaja. We have done other here, but I can teach the young boys to do I have worked at the Art Centre on & off for workshops in glass, ceramics and video ﬁ lm the job and I can learn from the artists. about seven years and have worked under making. I also like working with the young four Arts Advisors. I left the Art Centre for people, to build their conﬁ dence. a while from 2001-2002 when Night Patrol started in the community and I went to work for them; then I came back to work at the Art Centre because I enjoyed the work more and am more interested in the Art Centre.

I am not an artist but I am a dancer – I dance Trevally, Sand Fly, Salt Water, Barramundi and Egret. I know how to dance Dhuwa and Yirrchinga. I also dance hip-hop & break dancing with my brother Marcus Pascoe in our group Brothers in Rhythm 12. In 2001, I travelled with a group of dancers to France

© ANKAAA 2004 ANKAAA © performed there. We also performed at the ALAN JOSHUA JUNIOR Darwin Festival in 2003 as part of the same LILY CARPENTER exchange. NGUKURR ARTS MUNUPI ARTS & CRAFTS There are many artists in my family – my I work at Ngukurr Arts as Assistant I am Lily (Leonie) Carpenter, I work at father George Ganyjibala is an artist, my Art Coordinator; I work with Christine Munupi Art Centre on Melville Island which mother Lorna Jin-gubarrangunyja won the Miezis the Manager. I take the artist is one of Tiwi Islands. I am the Assistant three-dimensional section of the NATSIA stories, images of the paintings; make up Manager at Munupi. I do the cataloguing, Award in 2003 for her Conical Fishtrap certifi cates and artists’ profi les. I went to packing and dispatching of the art work, and and also in my family is Terry Gandadila, Sydney to the Oceanic Art Fair at Circular banking. At Munupi Arts & Crafts we do an artist. Quay and talked to people about the art. I paintings on canvas, carvings and pottery. like to learn the old stories from Sambo and I enjoy fi shing and playing sport, mainly At the moment I am helping with the funding the other artists and meeting new artists. I soccer and basketball. I also do the sport applications for an event at the Djomi like to learn new things and fi nd out what and recreation program at Pularumpi. I like Museum in Maningrida. My everyday art centres are doing. working in the Art Centre because I get to work includes artwork documentations, meet heaps of different people and to see translating for artists, copyright requests different art styles from other communities. with artists, customer service, museum Also working at the Art Centre gives you tours and other jobs around the Art Centre. the chance to see more of your culture and to use your cultural knowledge. It is really

exciting when we have exhibitions.

2004

OCTOBER NOVEMBER

21st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Timothy Cook Solo A Range from Ramingining: featuring Namiyal Strait Islander Art Awards Jilamara Arts & Crafts Bopirri Features works by 44 ANKAAA Members Aboriginal & Paciﬁ c Art Gallery Bula’bula Arts Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory Sydney, NSW Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute Darwin, NT October 3 – November 4 Adelaide, SA 14 August - 7 November Maningrida Art 14 November – 28 January Melbourne Art Fair Maningrida Art and Culture Gulumbu Yunupingu Mangkaja Arts Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA Buku Larnggay Mulka Raft Artspace, 7 – 28 October Alcaston Gallery Jilamara Arts & Crafts Selected Works from Art Centres Melbourne, VIC Alcaston Gallery Helen Read viewing in Melbourne 5 – 27 November Exhibition Building, VIC 0418 137719 - by appointment Group Show with Tiny McCale 29 September – 3 October 27 October - 14 December Yarliyil Art Centre Broken Promises The New York Affordable Art Fair Artplace, Perth, WA Mangkaja Arts Bula’bula Arts 20 November – 19 December Jukuja Dolly Snell, Nyilpirr Spider Snell, Peter Represented by Suzun Bennet Tokwapi Murrukapuni – Everything Country Pijaju Skipper and Jukuna Mona Chuguna New York City, USA Munupi Arts and Crafts Annual Christmas Sale Short St Gallery, Broome, WA 28 - 31 October Exhibition 23 September – 14 October England Banggala Darwin Entertainment Centre Gallery Walking For Water Injalak Art & Craft Darwin, NT Solo – Wakartu Cory Surprise The Cross Art Project 26 – 28 November 2004 Mangkaja Arts 33 Roslyn St Larrakitj Funeral Poles Boutwell/Draper Gallery Kings Cross, NSW Nawurapu Wunungmurra Redfern, NSW October Buku Larnggay Mulka 22 September – 16 October Old School: works by the masters of single Grant Pirrie Gallery Crossing Country: The Alchemy of Western parallel line Sydney, NSW Arnhem Land Art Lofty Nadjamerrick, Jimmy Namarnyilk and Bob 30 November - 18 December Maningrida Arts & Culture Namundja ANKAAA EXHIBITION CALENDAR Art Gallery of New South Wales Injalak Art & Craft DECEMBER Sydney, NSW Indigenart Perth, WA A Body of Art Ends 12 December 29 October – 30 November Emerging artists from ANKAAA Art Centres No Ordinary Place: The Art of David Malangi Wolf Creek Crater Raft Artspace David Malangi Maggie Long, Stan Brumby, David Sturt & Darwin, NT Bula’bula Arts Barbara Sturt 2 - 20 December National Gallery of Australia Yarliyil Art Centre Art Sale Canberra, ACT University of Pennsylvania, USA Jilamara Arts & Crafts Ends 7 November 23 October – 30 November Darwin Entertainment Centre Living Tiwi: Tiwi Awuta Yimpanguwi Bula’bula Artists Mala Darwin, NT Jilamara Arts & Crafts Ramingining Artists show 6 - 11 December Museum fur Volkerkunde Hamburg, Germany Bula’bula Arts Samuel Namunjdja Solo Show October Bandigan Art, Woollahra, NSW Maningrida Arts & Culture Aboriginal Art at the Paris Art Moderne & 28 October – 24 November Niagara Galleries Contemporain Artists from Daly River Melbourne, VIC Gladys Womati, George Pascoe, Charlie Djurritjini Patricia Marfurra, Gracie Kumbi, Marita Sambono 7 – 20 December & Namiyal Bopirri Merrepen Arts Maningrida Christmas Show Bula’bula Arts Indigenart Maningrida Arts & Culture Darwin Store Paris Art Moderne & Contemporain Subiaco, WA 32 Mitchell Street, Darwin, NT Paris, France 29 October - 30 November 7 -20 December 22 – 25 October

Congratulations to Gary Lee who was Roque Lee has gained the position of Warlayirti Culture Centre welcomes new appointed Assistant Curator at the Museum Customer Service Offi cer at the MAGNT. Business Development Manager Matthew and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Roque has considerable knowledge of the Campbell and Community Development (MAGNT) in June this year. Gary has a MAGNT displays and will be able to assist Worker and Danielle Smith. signifi cant reputation as an artist and curator visitors by interpreting Indigenous art and nationally, with a number of exhibitions to natural history in his new role. Maningrida Arts and Culture has recently his credit. Most recently he co-curated an opened an outlet in Darwin on 32 Mitchell exhibition with Maurice O’Riordan at 24HR Stephen and Brenda Westley have returned to street. The shop aims at promoting and Art in Darwin titled, Nice Black Dolls. He is Elcho Island in the positions of Manager and selling affordable art produced in the the fi rst Indigenous curator to be appointed Assistant Manager of Elcho Island Arts and Maningrida region, including quality fi bre at the MAGNT in its 21 year history. The Crafts. They replace Jeanie Haynatz who art, small sculptures, bark paintings and reinstatement of the position, (which had resigned as Manager in June this year. limited edition prints. remained unfi lled for a number of years), will boost the capacity for Indigenous John Oster has moved on from his role at ANKAAA is currently recruiting for the representation and research at the MAGNT. Mowanjum Community in WA and taken on Katherine Region Industry Development the Manager’s position of Desart, located Offi cer. Applications close on the 8 October. Yvonne Odegarrd has been appointed the in Alice Springs. Rose Wallis has left the The recruitment package is available Larrakia Nation Art Centre Supervisor at position after several years in the role. from www.ankaaa.org.au or contact Karawa Park in Darwin. [email protected], Tel: 08 8981 6134 WHO’S WHO & WHAT’S NEW Page 8 Volume 4 Issue 3

LAND ~ CULTURE ~ COMMUNITY

In July 2004, Sylvia Kleinert from Charles seminars and workshops under the direction Darwin University convened Land ~ of Indigenous artists, rangers and curators GPO Box 2152 Culture ~ Community, a Visiting Scholars and leading scholars in the fi eld. Funding Darwin NT 0801 Program, with Howard Morphy and for the Visiting Scholars Program was Ursula Frederick (Australian National provided by ANU, CDU and MAGNT plus Frog Hollow Centre for the Arts University) and Margie West (Museum and ANKAAA whose generous support enabled 56 McMinn St Darwin 0800 Art Gallery of the Northern Territory). an Indigenous internee, Karen Mills, to Phone: 08 8981 6134 attend the VSP. Fax: 08 8981 6048 Highlights included a visit to Kunbarlanja Email: [email protected] with a tour of Injalak Hill led by Traditional Web: www.ankaaa.org.au Owner Wilfred Nawirridj and a fi bre workshop with senior women artists: www.aboriginalart.org Garnbaladji Nabegeyo, Roslyn Nayilibidj and Clara Nganjmirra. Following the Compiled by Angus Cameron, ANKAAA workshop one of the participants said, ‘I‘ll Industry Development Offi cer © 2004 never look at a basket the same way again!’ Visiting Scholars enjoy the view from Ubirr On our return to Darwin, artist, writer and ANKAAA is a non-profi t Incorporated Rock in Kakadu National Park. © CDU 2004 Curatorial Assistant at MAGNT, Gary Lee, Aboriginal Association and is proudly led a tour of Larrakia cultural heritage. sponsored by the following: The Visiting Scholars Programs, developed since 1998 by the ANU’s Centre for Cross- And at MAGNT we were fortunate indeed Cultural Research, provides an opportunity to have Kuninjku artist, Lofty Bardaayal for short-term research projects on a variety Nadjamerek with Murray Garde, George of topics. Land ~ Culture ~ Community was Chaloupka and Margie West discuss the unique: the fi rst collaborative VSP, the fi rst multimedia rock art documentation at the VSP held in Darwin and the fi rst ‘travelling’ site of Ankung Kunred Wild Honey Country. VSP structured around three venues: Jabiru Other Indigenous speakers featured in and Kunbarlanja in Arnhem Land, MAGNT the program included Carol Liyawanga and CDU. (Maningrida), Nina Puruntatameri (Munupi Arts), Bilawara Lee, Manager, Indigenous Land ~ Culture ~ Community explored Arts Unit, Arts NT and Franchesca Cubillo, relationships between the production and Director, Tandanya Cultural Centre, marketing of Indigenous art in the Top End, Adelaide. cultural heritage and regional expressions in Sylvia Kleinert cultural tourism. It brought together local Associate Professor of Australian and interstate scholars who participated in Indigenous Art, Charles Darwin University ANKAAA WEB SITES LAUNCH At the 2004 Garma Festival ANKAAA was proud to launch nine new art centre web sites. The new sites contain a wealth of information about local indigenous art and culture as well as news of upcoming events, artists and an extensive online gallery.

The web sites were made possible through the collaboration of ANKAAA, the individual art centres, Commercial Interactive Media and the Commonwealth Government through the Networking the Nation Project.

The new sites are: Bula’bula Arts - www.bulabula-arts.com Jilamara Arts and Craft - www.jilamara.tiwiart.com Marrawuddi Gallery - www.marrawuddi.com Mangkaja Arts - www.mangkaja.com Nambara Arts - www.nambara.com.au Waringarri Arts - www.waringarriarts.com.au Yarliyil Art Centre - www.yarliyilarts.com Yirrkala Prints - www.yirrkalaprints.com

Ngukurr Arts – www.ngukurrarts.com © ANKAAA 2004 ANKAAA © ANKAAA Executive Committee ANKAAA staff Djambawa Marawili - Chairman, BJ Stephanie Hawkins - Manager, Timaepatua - Vice Chairman, John Martin Angus Cameron - Industry Development Officer, Tipungwuti - Secretary, Melba Gunjarrwanga Stephen Hutchison - IT Development Officer, & Leon Bandicha Ali - Treasurer, Joseph Erica Luchich - Ofﬁ ce Manager. Tungatalum (Cooper), Isaiah Nagurrgurrba, Joan Nagomara, Freddie Timms, Patrick Mung Mung, Alice Snape, Hermy Munnich, Public Ofﬁ cer - Karen Mills. Rex Wilfred.