Contact
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation Ltd
T: 08 8981 0576
(9am and 5pm ACST)
GPO Box 2342
Darwin, NT, 0801
DAAF Foundation head office:
Level 2, 8 McMinn Street
Darwin City, NT 0800
Art Fair Location, 6-8 August 2021:
Darwin Convention Centre
Exhibition Halls 1-4, 10 Stokes Hill Road
Darwin, NT, 0800
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General Enquiry
Media Enquiries: Georgina Dawson at Bastion Amplify
M: 0412 758 248
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Media Enquiries: Pip Robinson at Bastion Amplify
M: 0428 648 524
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Executive Director:
Claire Summers
Artistic Director
Shilo McNamee
Events Coordinator
Katena Valastro
Marketing & Communications Manager
Ellie Meyer
Recent DAAF News
Practising Art – Weaving and Ghost Net Work
We’re talking weaving, an incredibly expansive category, encompassing myriad traditional techniques passed down for millennia. It also features an amazingly diverse array of materials sourced on Country, from the palm-like pandanus plants of the north, to the tjanpi (grasses) of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Lands in the central desert, to discarded fishing nets and other marine debris, transformed by communities in Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait. This one’s a truly great yarn – let’s dive in!
Practising Art – Carving, Bark and Woodwork
Today, we’re talking carving, bark and woodwork. Work in this field is simply stunning, and sees practitioners taking on traditional making techniques that have been around for millennia, translating them into incredible contemporary works of art. Let’s carve it out.
MEDIA RELEASE | DAAF TO “GO DIGITAL” DUE TO CURRENT NATIONAL COVID-19 CRISIS
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