‘Producing and Caring for Kimberley Materials’, the second Harvesting Traditional Knowledge workshop took place in September 2013 in Derby, Western Australia and was hosted by Mowanjum Art.
‘Producing and Caring for Kimberley Materials’, the second Harvesting Traditional Knowledge workshop took place in September 2013 in Derby, Western Australia and was hosted by Mowanjum Art.
‘Producing and Caring for Kimberley Materials’, the second Harvesting Traditional Knowledge workshop took place in September 2013 in Derby, Western Australia and was hosted by Mowanjum Art.
The first Harvesting Traditional Knowledge workshop brought together traditional Aboriginal artists and conservators from museums and art galleries around Australia. AWAYE! visited the conference out at Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land to witness locals teaching art preservation experts about a very precious material—bark.
The first workshop was hosted by Buku Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land in May 2013. It brought together 13 conservators from significant museums and galleries across Australia and over 30 Aboriginal artists from Art Centres in Arnhem Land.
In May 2013, the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists Aboriginal Corporation (ANKAAA), together with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre and the Centre for Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne, organised a 2.5-day workshop hosted at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre. The workshop brought together 15 conservators from big museums and galleries across Australia and over […]
The Harvesting Traditional Knowledge project informs us about Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches to the conservation of cultural materials.