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25 Indigenous Artists selected for publication
Jambama Artists of Casino Country Arts Support
Project Grant
Marvelous Museums
Museums Australia Chapter Meeting
Arts Northern Rivers News August 2008
25 INDIGENOUS ARTISTS SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION
Arts
Northern Rivers is pleased to congratulate the 25 Indigenous artists
who have been selected for inclusion in "A Special Kind of Vision".
This stunning survey of Contemporary Indigenous Art in the Northern Rivers region will be published as a coffee table book in the next couple of months, featuring a portrait of each artist, a short biography and artist’s statement, with shots of a selection of their recent work.
Congratulations to Albert Digby Moran, Garth Lena, Karla Dickens, Frances Belle Parker, Burri Jerome, Michael Philp, Penny Evans, Tim Ives, Oral Roberts, Bevan Skinner, Mark Deamon Noter Browning, Gilbert Laurie, Alison Williams, Jacqui Williams, Brenda Webb, Les Evans, Graeme Walker, Priscilla Sutor, Lexie Donovan, Noel (Charlie) Caldwell, Robert Appo, Peter Robinson, Lelarne O’Sullivan, Kim Healey and Joanna Lapic.
The book will also include an interpretive essay by leading Contemporary Indigenous Curator, Djon Mundine OAM.
The publication has come about as part of Arts Northern Rivers Indigenous Arts Marketing Project, Stepping Stones, in which 80 local Indigenous artists took part.
Image: Alison Williams, Echoes of Instinct
JAMBAMA ARTISTS OF CASINO COUNTRY ARTS SUPPORT PROJECT GRANT 2008
During July, as part of Arts Northern Rivers Country
Arts Support Grants, Jambama Artists of Casino began a series of one
day workshops in textile design as part of Arts Northern Rivers Country
Arts Support Grants (CASP). Experienced local textile designer Anne
Leon from Anne Leon Designs at Byron Bay worked with the artists teaching
the use and application of natural dyes, exploring various dyeing techniques
and how to develop creative product for a retail market. The second
workshop was conducted by Jan Levy, who is also known for her work
with the artists of the Cabbage Tree Island Art Shed and involved the
use of synthetic dyes and shibori techniques. In the remaining workshops
artists will screen print individual designs onto the dyed fabric.
Shed Coordinator Raylene Shang said “ The
workshops to date have been a great success and informative, all the
artists were able to learn new techniques.”
Image: Jambama Artists of Casino at Anne Leon in Byron Bay
Congratulations to Richmond River Historical Society who
received a High
Commendation in the Best Volunteer Run Museum category of ABC Radio
National’s Marvelous Regional Museums competition. The winner in
this category was Beachport Old Wool and Grain Store Museum (SA). For
the full list of ABC Radio National’s Marvelous Museums winners,
visit www.abc.net.au/rn/museums/.
Image: Geoff Foley, a volunteer at the Richmond River Historical Society. Photo by Cher Breeze.
MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA CHAPTER MEETING
Just a reminder that Iluka Historical Society will be hosting the Museums Australia Chapter Meeting on 6th September, 2008 at 9.30am. The meeting will include a workshop on designing an exhibition on a shoestring budget, run by Diana Lorentz from Powerhouse Museum’s design department. All museums volunteers are welcome to attend. Please book with Marea at Yamba on (02) 6646 1399 or Marie at Evans Head on (02) 6682 6410.
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