Opening this Friday August 8, the 8th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair has prepared an exciting program of artistic demonstrations, interactive workshops and displays. Showcasing the contemporary fine art of over forty Indigenous art centres from across Australia including Babbarra Designs, Mangkaja Arts, Mimi Arts and Crafts and Injalak Arts and Crafts, the three-day event is held in Darwin, on Larrakia Lands, at the Darwin Convention Centre.
The Fair coincides with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, the Darwin Festival and the National Indigenous Music Awards; a time when the city of Darwin becomes the focal point of the nation for visitors with an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts.
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair showcases the work of emerging and established artists, and provides a space for visitors to meet the artists, and learn from the variety of different cultural groups across Australia. There is also the unique opportunity to purchase works from over forty Aboriginal owned community art centres. Experience the rich diversity of these beautiful, unique works that have been inspired by the country’s most remote desert and coastal regions, to rural and urban communities. There is a range of styles, mediums and products available including: paintings on canvas, bark paintings, works on paper including limited edition prints, sculpture, didgeridoos, fibre art and cultural regalia. The diversity of Indigenous art at the Fair is remarkable!
A program of guided tours, demonstrations, workshops and forums ensures a memorable experience for all.
Get hands on at the Fair by immersing yourself in workshops and demonstrations, where you’ll have the opportunity to learn weaving, lino printing, painting on ochre and much more. The workshops will be presented by the Art Centres and will be held daily at 10am and 2pm.
Be sure to catch the Dhalwungu Dancers from Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts when they perform at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. The renowned group have reformed to share true Yolngu spirit again. They are dancing in front of an audience for the first time together at the 8th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair on August 8th
The Darwin Indigenous art Hop On, Hop Off Bus is your free ticket to see Darwin’s premier Indigenous and Contemporary art exhibitions. The bus will leave from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory at 10am and will make 9 stops around the city, including stopping off at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.
2014 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
8 to 10 August, 2014
Northern Territory
