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 22, 2019 | Exhibitions, History
Reinvigorating the MECA Collection is a collaboration between Milingimbi Art and Culture, CDU Art Collection and Art Gallery, CDU’s Yolngu Studies and Bula’bula Arts. It brings together a stunning selection of 64 works from the Milingimbi Education and Cultural...
Feb 18, 2019 | Exhibitions, History
First published by Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material 18 December 2018Author – Carolyn McLennan, Freelance Conservator, supporting people caring for collections in regional and remote areas of the Northern Territory. The past two...
