by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Culture, Exhibitions
PRESS RELEASE: Milingimbi Art and Culture Artists Residency at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia and Exhibition at Australian Embassy, Washington USA, September 3 2017 Milingimbi is a small island off the remote northern coast of...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | Culture, History
The Milingimbi Makarrata Resolution is an outcome of “Makarrata: Bringing the Past into the Future”, an historic event held at Milingimbi in Arnhem Land from August 12 to 14 2016. We acknowledge it is written in the spirit of makarrata, a ceremony that has, as its...
by admin | Aug 22, 2017 | Artist Q & A
Artist Margaret Rarru says that she was a young teenager when she first started to weave at Galawin’ku, on Elcho Island with her aunties. Rarru sat down with her numa (aunties) and the balanda (white) ladies from the mission at Galawin’ku learnt weaving from them....
by admin | Aug 19, 2017 | Artist Q & A, Culture
Raymond Bulambula is a Mandjikay, Wobulkarra man whose ancestral country includes Barringu and Langarra (Howard Island, south of Elcho Island). In this Gamanungku (painting / design) Bulambula depicts Gapu Murnuk in a style that belongs to Barringu. Bulambula can...
by admin | Aug 12, 2017 | Artist Q & A, Culture
George Dangi has painted the Djiliwirri Guku design (honey design) because he is a Gupapuyngu man of Yirritja moiety. This design is commonly painted onto the body during the Ngarra mens ceremony and Dhapi (making man) ceremony. During the ceremony the men lie on...
by admin | Jul 30, 2017 | Culture, Exhibitions
Remember to pop into Koskela to see the Walma – Moon Rise Exhibition. Walma is a Yolŋu word, translating as ‘to emerge’ or ‘rise’, particularly in relation to the sun and moon, thus embodying the confidence and optimism within the current generation of...
by admin | Jul 19, 2017 | Culture
Yolngu song men trace the epic dreamtime story of their great nomadic warrior, Wurray, across North East Arnhem Land in the top-end of Australia. Wurray is a creator, journeying through the country from the dawn through to sunsett. The songline stretches from...
by admin | Jun 23, 2017 | Culture, History
Dr Bently James article about the Milingimbi fishing and crabbing industry draws attention to the intersection between the fishing industry and prolific art production. Sustained economic growth during this period came through the coupling of cultural practice with...
by admin | Jun 22, 2017 | Exhibitions
Our favourite dry season event is coming up. Please come and meet us at the 11th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair on the 11-13th August at the Darwin Convention Centre. We will be exhibiting a selection of weavings, ochre works on canvas, archival paper and bark at this...
by admin | Jun 22, 2017 | Culture, Exhibitions
In late May Milingimbi Art and Culture had a big week with Master weavers, Mavis Ganambarr, Margaret Dhorrpuy, and Judy Manany Gurruwiwi from Elcho Island came to begin a collaboration on a large scale weaving project for Koskela Designs. Sasha Titchkosky and Harriet...
