Ochre pigments connect artwork to sacred places
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...
Special acquisition of Gapu Murnuk exhibition by the Australian Embassy Washington DC USA
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...
Milingimbi: A Living Culture at the Berndt Museum
Presented by the Berndt Museum, Milingimbi: A Living Culture is a selection of works from the school of art from Milingimbi Island just off the north-east coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory that date from the 1940s until today...
Making the Marratjiri at the Kluge Ruhe – Marratjiri are made as gifts by one clan to give to another
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 one, Miss Gorryindi (Dhuwa) harvested bark...
Gapu Murnuk – Embassy of Australia Washington – Exhibition opening
Gapu Murnuk was received with great excitement by the Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. staff and patrons. Raymond Bulambula, Stanley Gurruwa and Chris Durkin represented Milingimbi at the opening. Raymond and Stanley honoured their guests with their singing of...
Gapu Murnuk exhibition Q & A with Chris Durkin
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 mission was founded here in 1923, and quickly...
Artist Residency at Kluge–Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and Exhibition at Australian Embassy Washington USA
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...
Meet Margaret Rarru – weaver and painter
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....
Raymond Bulambula and the Gapu Murnuk story
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...
George Dangi and the Djiliwirri Guku design
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...
Walma – Moon Rise Exhibition at Koskela
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...
Wurray is a creator spirit, journeying through the country
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...
