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Respect Our CultureYoung and Old People Working TogetherMardbalk Art &Craft Re-opensArtists from remote communitiesbuilding a strong Indigenous art industryRespect our culture. Young people and oldpeople working together.This project wassupported bythe Sidney Myer FundProject PartnersNAVA, Desart and ANKAAA acknowledgethe operational financial support of the Australia Council,the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage andthe Arts, the Northern Territory Government andthe Visual Arts and Craft StrategyArlpwe ArtsBuku LarrnggayBula’bula ArtsBulmanErnabe la ArtsInjalak Arts andCraftsIrrkerlantye ArtsJilkmingganJulalikari ArtsArtist: Miriam BaadjoArt Centre: Waralyirti ArtistsWorkshop: Waralyirti Artists, BalgoMedium: Acrylic on watercolour paperPhoto: Silversalt PhotographyParticipating Art Centres/CommunitiesKaltjiti CraftsKayili ArtistsKybrook FarmLayamanuManyalalukMerrepenMimi ArtsMimli Marku ArtsMunupi Arts andCrafts AssociationFor more information about this project contact the National Association for the Visual Arts E: nava@visualarts.net.au W: www.visualarts.net.au P: 02 9368 1900Project facilitator: Jill Gientzotis Poster design and print: ecoDesign ecoPrintNgurratjuta Ilta Ntjarra ArtCentreNinuku ArtistsPapunya TjupiTanami DownsTangentyere ArtistsTimber CreekTiwi Design AboriginalCorporationTjala ArtsIn 2007 and 2008 the NationalAssociation of the Visual Arts(NAVA), in partnership withANKAAA and Desart, delivered theproject ‘Our Art: Our Culture’ forArt Centres to develop educationalmaterial about the art industry.Twenty eight community Art Centresparticipated in workshops withconsultant Jill Gientzotis documentingideas and business relationships thatare important to them. At the end of theproject NAVA produced twelve posers tocelebrate the strength and complexity ofthe industry and the vision of the artistswho drive it.The participation of Walyarti Artistsfrom Balgo in WA reflects their ongoingcommitment to self governance andsound planning. Walayirti artists putTjanpi Aboriginal Women’sBaskets And CraftsTjarlirli ArtsWarakurna ArtistsWaringarri Aboriginal ArtsWarlayirti Artists AboriginalCorporationWarlukurlangu ArtistsWugalarr (Beswick)Yuendemuforward the vision for their Art Centre‘to work with older people teachingthe young ones, so the young onescan do the paintings. When the oldpeople die the culture goes too, theirknowledge and their stories. So weneed to teach the children and youngpeople now so they know’.*The workshop at Warlyarti involvedyoung people and old peopleworking together and teaching eachother. The artists voiced principlesimportant to making their Art Centrestrong:Kinti Kinti (side by side)Indigenous and non-Indigenousstaff, committee members andartists work together to keepWalyariti strong. This also meanspeople from different communitiescoming to Walyariti.Purrka Purrka (slowly slowly)So that things are achieved slowly andcarefully, one step at a time to ensureeveryone can participate, any riskscan be managed and sustainability isachieved.Marrka Wangka (strong talk)Transparency in process andcommunication and ensuring thatinformation is accessible to themanagement committee to makeinformed decisions to keep theorganisation on track and to achieveits goals.*The ‘Our Art Our Culture’ project wasfunded by the Sidney Myer Fund.* Text compilation from workshop, Jill Gientzotis.Above: Our Art. Our Art Industry poster. Paintingby Miriam Baadjo, Waralyirti Artists, Balgo,Acrylic on watercolour paper. Poster designed byecoDesign ecoPrint. Photo: NAVA.A re-opening celebration forMardbalk Arts and Crafts Centretook place on Saturday 21 st March.Located on South Goulbourn Island,Mardbalk Art and Craft supportsartists from the communities ofWarruwi (Goulbourn Island) andMinjilang (Croker Island).The celebration included: an officialribbon cutting; traditional singingand dancing; tours of the Art Centre;and a barbeque. Belinda Carlson isthe new Arts Coordinator and SelmaGolder is the Arts Assistant.The official ribbon cutting wasperformed by: traditional owner JohnnyNamayiwa, Councillor Ralph Blyth,senior artist Ralph Gumurdul, andsenior Warruwi resident Miriam Kris.Mardbalk has launched a newwebsite www.mardbalkarts.com.auand day tours to Mardbalk Art & Craftare available during the dry season(May-October).Below: Selma Golder with children and RalphGumurdul standing by his works. Photos: ANKAAA.16 Arts Backbone – News Volume 9: Issue 1 June/July 2009
Red Ochre Awardand One Year Celebration of Sea Rights VictoryWaringarri Artsat the Ord Valley MusterNorth East Arnhem Land Seniorstatesman and painter, GawirrinGumana AO, was presentedwith the prestigious Red Ochreaward in a ceremony at theSydney Opera house in June.The $50,000 Red Ochre awardrecognises Gumana’s distinguishedcontribution to Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander arts at homeand abroad.The Australia Council’s Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Arts BoardChair, Dr Mark Bin Baker, paid tributeto Dr Gumana’s impressive career forseamlessly combining artisticexcellence with his powerfulspiritual and political concerns:‘The Red Ochre Awardcelebrates the achievements ofthose who have fought to keepIndigenous culture strong. Therecan be no more worthy recipientthan Gawirrin, who has beencreating art in non-ceremonialcontexts for more than 60years - longer than any otherliving artist,’ he said. Gawirrinis the oldest surviving artistwho contributed to the YirrkalaChurch panels in 1962/3.Among his many outstandingachievements is leading hisclan back to their homelandat Gangan and working withBukularrnggay Mulka in bringingtogether the Saltwater Collection of BarkPaintings of Sea Country (now housedin the National Maritime Museum,Sydney) as an important part of therecently successful campaign to achievesea rights for Aboriginal people in theNT (Gumana Vs Northern Territory ofAustralia, 2007).Gawirrin Gumana is pictured here(above) at the one year celebration of theSea Rights victory at Baniyala (Yilpara)homeland at Blue Mud Bay in June.Below: the Sea Rights flag and Sea Rightscelebrations. Photos: ANKAAA.Warringarri Aboriginal Arts,located on Miriwoong countryin Kununurra WA has been aleading Art Centre since it wasestablished by senior aristsin the mid 1980’s. In recentyears Warringarri Arts has beenparticularly distinguished in itscommitment to build and supportstrong Indigenous staffing andmanagement.The Aboriginal owned and controlledcentre operates as an artists’ studioand gallery supporting over 100visual artists and throughout the yearhosts traditional dance events for thecommunity which ‘complement thevitality of Mirawoong cultural identityand enrich the artists’ painting practice’.Manager Cathy Cummins observes‘song and dance is an intrinsic aspectof Kimberley cultural life, not just aspart of ceremony, but as entertainmentfor family and community.’At Ord Valley Muster time each MayWaringarri Aboriginal Arts hold aCorroboree night at which visitors areinvited to share the entertainment ofthe dance, enjoy traditional groundcooked beef, goanna, barramundiand damper and view art onexhibition and sale at the gallery. Theevent has become very popular forboth community and visitors.Below: Bali Bali Balga. Photo: Waringarri Arts.Volume 9: Issue 1 June/July 2009 News – Arts Backbone 17
Page 2: Welcome from the ANKAAA Chairperson
Page 5 and 6: Forty Years of Bima WearBy Steven M
Page 7 and 8: By Will Stubbs, Coordinator Buku-La
Page 9 and 10: The Pandanus ProjectBy Fleur Parry,
Page 11 and 12: Mowanjum: 50 years of Community His
Page 13 and 14: Community Museums: Muluwurri Museum
Page 15: Artists get I.T!By Thisbie PurichWe
Page 19 and 20: Out and About!ANKAAA AGM December 2

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