by Maya Johnson | Jun 22, 2022 | Collective, Feature, Uncategorized
Celebrating First Nations arts and culture across Australia Every year, a collective of organisations work to celebrate and promote the amazing diversity of First Nations arts and cultural practice in Australia. Over the next few months, we’re taking you across this... 
by Maya Johnson | May 1, 2022 | DAAFF News, DAAFF Yarns, Uncategorized
DAAFF Yarns with Wilinu artist Ashley Fitzgerald. Words by Camilla Wagstaff For Wilinu artist Ashley Fitzgerald, art has always been there. “I have been painting since I was young and have done so on and off all my adult life,” says the artist. As a Wilinu Man,... 
by Maya Johnson | Apr 16, 2022 | DAAFF Yarns, Uncategorized
A yarn with Yolngu artist Shannon Ashley. We’re visting Bula’Bula Arts, located in the heart of the Ramingining community in Central Arnhem Land, 400 kilometres east of Darwin. It is a thriving art centre, supporting 150 artist members from Ramingining and its... 
by Maya Johnson | Mar 16, 2022 | DAAFF Yarns, Feature, Uncategorized
Artist Profile: Mornington Island-based painter Agnes Kohler You can’t help but be drawn in when looking at the vibrant, bold paintings of Mornington Island-based painter Agnes Kohler. Each work is a celebration of colour and Country, with repeating themes and... 
by Maya Johnson | Feb 8, 2022 | As seen in Art Collector, DAAFF Yarns, Uncategorized
We’re revisiting some articles from this year’s Art Collector DAAF 2021 Special Edition. Wally Wilfred’s dynamic paintings and sculptures hold traditional stories up to critical re-interpretation in a political present. Words by Claire G.Coleman...