Image | Cassandra Trevilyan Hayes of Mimi Aboriginal Art Craft at 2019 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, photo by Dylan Buckee
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation
The DAAF Foundation exists to provide vibrant and exciting platforms for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture with a reputation for innovation, diversity and cultural integrity.
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Ethical Purchasing
DAAFF takes no commission. 100% of sales go directly back to the artists and their communities.
Cultural Keepers Program
AUGUST 2021
Online
The Cultural Keepers: DAAFF Indigenous Curators Program and Symposium creates a national meeting place – an annual platform to connect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curators with remote community artists, Arts Workers, and their Art Centres.
Public Program
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The vibrant Public Program runs alongside the Fair, with artist talks, masterclasses, material demonstrations, children’s activities, dance and cultural performances, and more!
IFP collaborates with First Nations Australians working in textiles and fashion. Home of the National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) and Country to Couture showcase!
NIFA 2021
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The National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) provide a vibrant and exciting platform to recognise and celebrate the innovation, diversity and ethical practices of Australia’s First Nations peoples…
Country to Couture
FILM COMING SOON
First Nations textiles and fashion collide in a colourful showcase of wearable art at the Country to Couture runway event. A celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander textiles and fashion design…
DAAF News
A Wrap on DAAF 2021!
70 Art Centres 1730 artists 8,686 artworks 59,538 visitors $3.12 million in sales… The numbers say it all - another triumph for the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair! Words by Camilla Wagstaff. Up until June, it looked as if the 2021 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF)...
Practising Art – Ceramics, Fine Jewellery and Sculpture
Erritja (wedge-tailed eagle), Anita Ratara, Terracotta and Underglazes, 2020, 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, photo courtesy of Hermannsburg Potters. Practicing Art: A guide to DAAF 2021 ceramics, fine jewellery and sculpture As we come to the final part in our Practising Art...
2021 Around Town – and Online!
August is an amazing time to be in the Top End of the Northern Territory! Each year, Larrakia Country hosts world renowned Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander events and awards that run alongside the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair! Like the Fair, they too have shifted...
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