Sep 4, 2021 | Collaborations, Exhibitions, History
The exhibition Dhomola Dhäwu / Makassan Sail Story crosses the centuries of contact between sea-farers and traders of the great Indonesian archipelago and saltwater people of northern Aboriginal nations. Dhomala is a Djambarpuyŋu word adapted from the Makassan word...
Jul 19, 2021 | Collaborations, Culture, Exhibitions
Over 8 months we worked together with staff from the Musée du quai Branly, Paris. We curated an exhibition of a selection of artworks from Milingimbi held within their collection and shared our knowledge that is tied to each work. The bark paintings and sculptures...
Jul 8, 2021 | Collaborations, Exhibitions, Workshops
In May 2021 we hosted the first traveling exhibition to come to Milingimbi. Long water; fibre stories celebrates the spiritual, ancestral, and physical connections to water through fibre practices of artists from Yuwaalaraay (North West NSW), Quandamooka...
Jul 5, 2021 | Collaborations, Culture, Exhibitions, History, Uncategorized
Joe Dhamanydji and fellow Yolŋu cultural leaders from Milingimbi, Ramingining and Yirrkala worked with University of Sydney museum staff from 2016 through 2021 to co-curate, Gululu dhuwala djalkiri: Welcome to the Yolŋu foundations, an exhibition of historical and...
Feb 19, 2021 | Collaborations, Uncategorized
Back to the Future – Historical collections and contemporary art production in MilingimbiRuth Nalmakarra and Rosita Holmes in conversation In 2019 Rebecca Conway, Curator Ethnography, Macleay Collections, invited Ruth Nalmakarra and Rosita Holmes to make a...
Apr 26, 2019 | Collaborations
The literal meaning of Yuttu Dugitj can be both ‘a seed growing’ or ‘a grey hair sprouting.’ Margaret Gamuti explains that Yuttu Dugitj is also a metaphor for the senior and young women coming together at their art centre to share skills and ideas, to work...
