Ochre pigments connect artwork to sacred places

Mar 26, 2018 | Culture

Ochre is a fine earth pigment, which includes yellow ochre, red ochre, purple ochre, sienna, and umber. Ochres are ground and mixed with a binding agent, they are painted on bark or the body for ceremony decoration. The major ingredient of all the ochres is iron known...

Special acquisition of Gapu Murnuk exhibition by the Australian Embassy Washington DC USA

Mar 26, 2018 | Culture, Exhibitions

We are excited to announce a special acquisition of artwork from the Gapu Murnuk Exhibition by the Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. USA. Congratulations to artists Alfred Walpay, Helen Ganalmiriwuy, Mandy Batjula, Helen Milminydjarrk and Raymond Bulambula whose...

Making the Marratjiri at the Kluge Ruhe – Marratjiri are made as gifts by one clan to give to another

Oct 13, 2017 | Culture

Home » Category: "Culture" (Page 2) During Raymond and Miss Gorryindi’s residency at the Kluge Ruhe, University of Viriginia, they have demonstrated how to make a Marratjiri. Marratjiri are made as gifts by one clan to give to another. For this...

Gapu Murnuk exhibition Q & A with Chris Durkin

Sep 9, 2017 | Culture, Exhibitions

Home » Category: "Culture" Why did you choose to bring this exhibit to fruition? Milingimbi Art and Culture has a long history of art making that saw it as Australia’s premier collecting and research location in the 1950’s and 60’s. A...

Artist Residency at Kluge–Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and Exhibition at Australian Embassy Washington USA

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...

Raymond Bulambula and the Gapu Murnuk story

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...