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KISSmyBLAKarts: An international focus for the arts

By Sam Cook, April 2, 2012
UN-painting

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* is ready to advocate for Indigenous arts at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues.

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A day at the museum

By tracker, March 19, 2012
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers at the opening of the Musee du Quai in 2006. (AAP IMAGE).

NATIONAL: Award-winning Wiradjuri author TARA JUNE WINCH* visits the famous Musée du quai Branly in Paris, which boasts a substantial collection of Indigenous art.

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Art can close the gap

By tracker, March 19, 2012
Getting in touch with culture and ceremony can help close the gap.

NATIONAL: Our connection to our culture through art can help better health outcomes, KATE MUNRO argues.

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The art of surviving

By tracker, February 13, 2012
Rosie Williams, Dulcie Gibbs & Muni Rita Simpson from Martumili Artists working on their painting, Minyipuru (Seven Sisters) (IMAGE: Tim Acker)

NATIONAL: KATE MUNRO* pays a visit to Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route and discovers a story of resiliance in the face of adversity.

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Tall Man on the big screen

By Amy McQuire, January 9, 2012
The Queensland Aboriginal community of Palm Island, off the coast of Townsville.

NATIONAL: On Palm Island, the Tall Man is legendary. He has feet as big as a giant’s. His eyes are red, he smells of stinking things, and when you are asleep, he will come down from the mountains and watch you.

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The black capital

By tracker, January 9, 2012
Photo from I Am Eora, starring Aboriginal artist Radical Son. (Credit: Lisa Tomasetti)

NEW SOUTH WALES: KATE MUNRO* speaks to Lily Shearer about the new line-up of Aboriginal events that will feature during the Sydney Festival 2012.

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Finding the Tall Man

By tracker, November 1, 2011
Scenes from Vernon Ah Kee’s exhibition profiling the death in custody on Palm Island in 2004 of Mulrunji Doomadgee. Pictured is a sketch of the leader of the uprising, Lex Wotton, and video footage from the moments before the uprising.

NATIONAL: KATE MUNRO* visits the new Vernon Ah Kee exhibition, that centres around the Palm Island uprising

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Art Diary

By Sam Cook, November 1, 2011

NATIONAL: Sam Cook’s monthly round-up of the Aboriginal arts circuit.

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Giving Hip Hop a bad rap

By Sam Cook, November 1, 2011
Torres Strait Islander Hip Hop artist Patrick Mau, or MauPower.

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* believes Hip Hop should be a celebrated part of modern Indigenous culture, not a ridiculed one.

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The ties behind Bloodland

By tracker, November 1, 2011
Scenes from Stephen Page and Wayne Blair's new play Bloodlands, set in Arnhem Land.

NATIONAL: KATE MUNRO* reviews the latest offering from the Sydney Theatre Company, Stephen Page and Wayne Blair’s Bloodlands.

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