Tag Archives: Austrade Tour

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo (Wirrimanu), WA

The very last art centre we visited on the 2007 Austrade American tour was Warlayirti Artists in Balgo, WA. For me, there was an undeniable tinge of melancholy that this fact brought to what might otherwise have been among the most thrilling … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, WA

Fitzroy Crossing, home of Mangkaja Arts, was the third stop of the day on our blitz through the Kimberley. We came down out of the brilliant blue at three o’clock in the afternoon to be met at the airport by manager … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek, WA

The second stop on our tour of Kimberley art centres was in Turkey Creek, home of the Warmun Art Centre. We landed around noon, which meant that this was to be the shortest of stops on our tour, as we needed … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Waringarri Aboriginal Artists, Kununurra, WA

The final leg of our tour of Aboriginal art centres took us to the Kimberley in a whirlwind couple of days, even by the fast-paced standards of the trip overall. Among the complicating factors to touring this part of the … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, NT

Maningrida Arts and Culture is a powerhouse warehouse of Indigenous art. Of all the art centres we visited across the Territory and adjacent WA, Maningrida had the most impressive array of work on offer, certainly in terms of sheer quantity. The … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Bula’Bula Arts, Ramingining, NT

On the morning of our second day in Arnhem Land, we landed in Ramingining for a visit with the folks of Bula’bula Arts. Curator Belinda Scott and manager Geoff Willetts-Bryants met us at the airport and brought us quickly back to … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Across Australia Fair, IV

This will be my final set in a series of holiday photo posts, this time from Margo’s contributions (with a little help from a friend). As I was looking through the set of images that Margo had put together, I … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged | Leave a comment

Across Australia Fair, III

Today’s contributions to the Austrade photographic chronicles come from Khadija. I have to confess to having indulged in a big of Photoshop foolery this time around, merging two shots of a Janus-faced carving of the Tiwi ancestors Purukuparli and Bima. … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged | Leave a comment

Across Australia Fair, II

More photos as I look back over 2007. These are from Joel, and they chart the landscapes we saw: human and artistic, ancestral and geographical. The Dreaming, as it lives today, in whitefellas’ world, too. Warburton Warburton Nguiu Alice Yuendumu … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged | Leave a comment

Across Australia Fair

I recently received a couple of CD’s from my friends at Austrade containing photographs taken by other members of the mob I traveled with back in May and June. I’ve already published a number of Wolf’s photos back at the start of … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Communities, In Australia | Tagged | Leave a comment