Annie Moors – Artist in Residence
In May 2021 Yolŋu emerging artist Annie Moors, usually based in Darwin, undertook a two week residency at our Art and Culture centre in far North East Arnhem Land. During the two weeks Annie was mentored by her family members and esteemed artists; Helen Galanmirriwuy,...
Dhomola Dhäwu / Makassan Sail Story – Ipeh Nur & Margaret Rarru
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...
Gapu Gularri Yothu Yindi at Musée du quai Branly, Paris
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...
Long water; fibre stories traveling exhibition comes to Yurrwi
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...
Dhäwu Joe Dhamanydjiwuŋ: Makarraṯapuy dhäwu (Statement from Joe Dhamanydji: Makarraṯa and the exhibition)
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...
The passing of knowledge through generations
In late 2019 Milingimbi artists were invited by curator, Nici Cumpston, to create new works that explored the theme of sharing between generations. The below text was written for the accompanying exhibition catalogue. It is not surprising that, in these times, we...
Garrawurra are singing and waking up the young girl
Garrawurra are singing and waking up the young girl. They are standing on my mother’s country—singing from sunrise to sunset. This is women’s secret sacred ceremony. The deep story is not for here. —Susan Balbunga Susan Balbunga’s mother’s country of...
Historical collections and contemporary art production in Milingimbi
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...
Djalkiri Community Collection
At the end of 2019 we received the incredible news that the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation would support the development of our Djalkiri Community Collection. This funding has enabled our organisation to advance a project which is close to the hearts of all our art...
Fi Nginita, Durrmu Arts and Milingimbi Art and Culture weavers working together on homelands
The Homelands of artist's Regina Wilson (Durrmu Arts) and sisters Lily Roy and Bonnie Burangarra (Milingimbi Art and Culture) are 900km's apart. However, there is a connection between Peppminarti and Yilan - they share in a tradition of twining Milarr (jungle vine or...
Bäpurru – artist memorial
The Milingimbi Artist Memorial was conceived in 2018, following the sudden death of an important artist, director and art worker. The memorial was made by representative artists from each of the resident clans in Milingimbi. Each artist etched a copper plate that...
Reinvigorating the MECA collection
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...
