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Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join artist Peter Adsett and Nici Cumpston, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Artistic Director, Tarnanthi, in conversation to discuss the significant new display Two Laws One Big Spirit. Image: left: Rusty Peters, Gija people, Western Australia, born Springvale Station, Western Australia, 1935, died Kununurra, Western Australia 2020, Different Languages for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal People from the series Two Laws One Big Spirit, 2000, Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, earth pigments on linen, 135.0 x 122.0 cm © the artist/Copyright Agency. right: Peter Adsett, born Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand 1959, Painting number 8, from the series Two Laws One Big Spirit, 2000, Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 135.0 x 122.0 cm © Peter Adsett. Gift of GRANTPIRRIE through the Art Gallery of South Australia Contemporary Collectors 2024. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nici Cumpston OAM, Artistic Director of Tarnanthi and Bernadette Klavins, Tarnanthi Project Manager, present their closing remarks on this year's Tarnanthi Festival exhibition at AGSA.
In Kaurna language, panpapanpalya means conference and describes a gathering to share and exchange knowledge and ideas. Join leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, curators, academics and writers as they come together to share their insights in three 45-minute sessions. Jessica Clark talks to Juluwarlu Art Group – John Woodley, Landon Punch, Wimiya Woodley and Gabby Howlett (art centre manager) and Iwantja Arts – Eric Barney, Betty Muffler, Maringka Burton, Priscilla Singer and Vicki Cullinan.
In Kaurna language, panpapanpalya means conference and describes a gathering to share and exchange knowledge and ideas. Join leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, curators, academics and writers as they come together to share their insights in three 45-minute sessions. Marika Davies talks to Saltbush Country artists Lauren Mustillo, Aunty Sandra Saunders and Juanella McKenzie.
In Kaurna language, panpapanpalya means conference and describes a gathering to share and exchange knowledge and ideas. Join leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, curators, academics and writers as they come together to share their insights in three 45-minute sessions. Sonia Rankine talks to Injalak artists Doreen Djorlam, Lorraine Narminyilk, Connie Nayinggul, Merrill Namundja and CEO Nina Haigh.
Tune into artist talks from Tarnanthi 2023 partner exhibitions across South Australia. Saltbush Country artists discuss their exhibition at Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery.
Tune into artist talks from Tarnanthi 2023 partner exhibitions across South Australia. Nici Cumpston talks to artist Colleen Raven Strangways and curator Marika Davies.
Tune into artist talks from Tarnanthi 2023 partner exhibitions across South Australia. Maningrida artists discuss their exhibition 'mane djang karirra: the place where the dreaming changed shape' at FUMA.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Artist talks from the Tarnanthi 2023 opening weekend at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Elizabeth Close, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara artist, discusses her new sculptural work SandWoman on display in Gallery 22 as part of Tarnanthi at AGSA . This work was developed through the Guildhouse Catapult + Tarnanthi 2023 mentorship. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au
Acclaimed as Australia's leading First Nations art festival, Tarnanthi this year comprises exhibitions at AGSA; a state-wide festival with exhibitions and accompanying events across 27 venues; and the Tarnanthi Art Fair, an in-person and online event in 2023.Tarnanthi presents the dynamism of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from across the country and provides an energised platform for artists to share important stories. Since its inception in 2015, Tarnanthi has presented the work of more than 6000 First Nations artists while more than 1.6 million people have attended Tarnanthi exhibitions and events. Exhibition dates: 19 October 2023 – 21 January 2024In this segment we hear from, Sam Yates, Tarnanthi's Producer and Lisa Slade, AGSA Assistant Director, Artistic Programs.
Tarnanthi Project Manager Bernadette Klavins shares insights on selected works from the Tarnanthi exhibition. Photo: Tangentyere and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Mpulungkinya 2023, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory woollen blankets, natural dye, synthetic polymer paint on canvas and linen, wool, cotton, feathers, terracotta Courtesy of Tangentyere and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join us as Nici Cumpston OAM, Artistic Director of Tarnanthi, introduces this year's Tarnanthi Festival exhibition at AGSA. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Saul Steed
Thank you for listening to this talk produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Educators are invited to hear about Tarnanthi, Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at AGSA from Nici Cumpston, Tarnanthi Artistic Director and Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, and Gloria Strzelecki, Associate Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: John Montesi
On today's show, we head to a tiny town fighting to save a bush bird, before inspecting an important statue. We'll learn about a dino discovery, and head to an awesome festival of First Nations art. Then it's time for the Wow of the Week. Quiz Questions What's the name of the bird the locals at Ongerup are trying to save? What was mistakenly added to Pearl Wallace's statue? Garumbatitan morellensis is a kind of sauropod. Can you name another? In which state is the Tarnanthi Art Fair being held? What's the word for when animals like wombats and echidnas glow under UV light? Bonus Tricky Question What makes the animals able to glow under UV light? Answers Malleefowl A beard South Australia We said brachiosaurus and diplodocus... but you might know another one! Brontosaurus, apatosaurus, gigantasaurus... the list goes on. Biofluorescence Bonus Tricky Answer Proteins in their skin or fur
Nici Cumpston OAM, Artistic Director of Tarnanthi, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art introduces the Ramsay Art Prize 2023. Image: Saul Steed.
Thank you for listening to this talk produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join us as Nici Cumpston, OAM, Artistic Director of Tarnanthi, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, on Dhambit Mununggurr in Bewilderness Gallery 9. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: installation view: Bewilderness: Recent acquisitions, 2022, featuring Dhambit Munuŋgurr, Djapu ceremony ground, Kumuntjai Napanangka Jack, Kuruyultu, Jan (Djan Nanundie) Billycan, All the Jila, and Naomi Hobson, Iwayi, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Saul Steed.
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join Nici Cumpston OAM, Artistic Director of Tarnanthi, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, and hear how art is a critical tool for keeping culture safe and strong. Nici will also discuss the ethical production and sale of works of art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists ahead of the Tarnanthi Art Fair online 14 – 17 October 2022. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Nat Rogers.
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Gallery of South Australia. Join us as Tarnanthi Artistic Director Nici Cumpston speaks about the work of artists from the Kimberley region in Western Australia who use natural pigments sourced from their traditional Country, including Angelina Karadada Boona and Tracey and Kathy Ramsay. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: installation view: Tarnanthi 2021, featuring Emerging Wandjina by Angelina Karadada Boona, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Saul Steed.
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join Nici Cumpston OAM, Artistic Director of Tarnanthi to learn more about the work of Barkindji artist Kent Morris. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: installation view: Tarnanthi 2021, featuring Barkindji Blue Sky-Ancestral Connections #10 by Kent Morris, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Saul Steed.
Assistant Director, Artistic Programs Dr Lisa Slade shares her insights on the prophetic power of art and artists in her lunchtime talk on Tarnanthi artist John Prince Siddon. Siddon's work is highlighted in the recent review of Tarnanthi in the SMH by John McDonald.
Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung artist Maree Clarke talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Clarke, who is celebrated for reviving Aboriginal art practices from south-eastern Australia, has a selection of large-scale and normal-size necklaces on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas
Wunambal artist Angelina Karadada Boona talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. A series of her paintings in ochre on paper, which contemporise the Kimberley tradition of Wandjina rock art painting, is on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Sia Duff
Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Her installation project Psychoscape positions her work in dialogue with Tasmanian colonial paintings and furniture from the Art Gallery of South Australia's collection. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Sia Duff
Tarnanthi's Artistic Director Nici Cumpston is a curator, artist and educator of Barkindji, Afghan, English and Irish descent. She explains the ethos of Tarnanthi and gives an overview of this year's festival in this interview with Raymond Zada. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Image: Nici Cumpston OAM in front of Tjala tjukurpa - Honey ant story by Yaritji Young, Tarnanthi 2021, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Saul Steed.
Torres Strait Islander artist Gail Mabo talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Her sculptural installation Tagai is on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Sia Duff
Ngarrindjeri artist Sandra Saunders talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Her seven-panel portrait painting is on display in the exhibition Drifting Sands at Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery in South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas
Gija artist Nathan Thomas talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. His work, among a display of boab nuts engraved to look like birds, is at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas
Ngarrindjeri /Ngadjuri/Narungga/Wirangu artist Sonya Rankine talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Her works woven from natural materials are included in the display Keepers of Culture at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Ben Searcy
Angkamuthi/Yadhaykana artist Teho Ropeyarn talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. His large-scale works on paper are on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Ben Searcy
Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Ann Wipana Foster talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Her painted work made from reclaimed car parts is in the display Mutaka (motorcar) at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Image: Ben Searcy
Balanggarra artist Karen Mills talks to Raymond Zada in one of a series of interviews with artists whose work features in Tarnanthi 2021. Her abstract paintings, which she has described as ‘lyrical landscapes of memory', are on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Sia Duff
Artists from Warlayirti Art Centre in Balgo, Western Australia, discuss their painting and culture in the new exhibition at the South Australian Museum, Balgo Beginnings. Audio production for this episode was by Jake Holmes, theme song by Peter Saunders and Kaurna Welcome by Uncle Michael O'Brien. Thanks to all the Balgo artists for their time. Balgo Beginnings is on display at the South Australian Museum until the 6th of February 2022. The exhibition is accompanied by the launch of a ground-breaking new publication in Aboriginal art, 'Balgo: Creating Country' by Professor John Carty. The book is available for purchase online through UWA Publishing and at the South Australian Museum shop. This exhibition is presented in partnership with Warlayirti Arts. Supporting partners are the Art Gallery of South Australia, Tarnanthi, BHP and the government of South Australia. The acquisition of these important Balgo works was made possible by the generous philanthropy of Dianne and Terry Finnegan.
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join us as Gloria Strzelecki, Associate Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, discusses the installation by Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough, on display as part of Tarnnathi. For more information please visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Julie Gough, Trawlwoolway people, Tasmania, born Melbourne 1965, The Promise, 2019, Hobart, found chair, vellum, LED light, dimensions variable © Julie Gough; photo: Simon Cuthbert.
Panpapanpalya means conference in the Kaurna language. In this three-session discussion forum, First Nations artists, curators, academics and writers share views and insights about art and the world that inspires them. In this session led by Renee Johnson, artists John Prince Siddon, Gail Mabo, Sonya Rankine and Margaret Beebe discuss the theme of making and materiality. Recorded before a live audience at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday 15 October 2021, during the opening weekend of Tarnanthi 2021. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Nat Rogers
Panpapanpalya means conference in the Kaurna language. In this three-session discussion forum, First Nations artists, curators, academics and writers share views and insights about art and the world that inspires them. In this session led by artist and academic Ali Baker, artists and curators Julie Gough, Sandra Saunders, Marika Davies, Carly Tarkari Dodd and Lakota Milera-Weetra discuss their experiences of making and exhibiting art. Recorded before a live audience at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday 15 October 2021, during the opening weekend of Tarnanthi 2021. Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Nat Rogers
Panpapanpalya means conference in the Kaurna language. In this three-session discussion forum, First Nations artists, curators, academics and writers share views and insights about art and the world that inspires them. In this session led by poet and writer Ali Cobby Eckermann, artists Angelina Karadada Boona, Timo Hogan, Karen Mills, Nora Abbott, her daughter Sadie Richardson and Rhonda Sharpe discuss the themes of memory, history and place in their work. Recorded before a live audience at the Art Gallery of South Australia on Friday 15 October 2021, during the opening weekend of Tarnanthi 2021. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Music: Ngana Nyunyi by Tilly Tjala Thomas Photo: Nat Rogers
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join Fiona Salmon, Director of Flinders University Museum of Art, to discuss Keepers of Culture as part of Tarnanthi in Gallery 1. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Saul Steed
Tuesday Talk - Gloria Strzelecki introduces artist Sonya Rankine's work in Tarnanthi by AGSA
In this episode, Steph catches up with Shane Kooka. Shane's interest in art started at an early age and became an important way for him to connect with culture. Today, Shane works at small and large scale, making his mark on bodies, garments, buildings, and more. In this interview we hear about the role of collaboration and variety in sustaining his practice, and some of his work in Tarnanthi. Show Notes Cherbourg Mission 'Missions, reserves and stations were reserves of land to which Aboriginal people were forcibly located' – aiatsis.gov.au Stolen Gen / Stolen Generation Who are the Stolen Generations? (healingfoundation.org.au) Jack Buckskin (Instagram) Uncle Stevie ABC memorial article (please note that this article contains images of people who have died) Jamie Goldsmith Honored with mural by Jimmy C and Elizabeth Close in the East End of Adelaide. Tarnanthi 2021 LT3 at Hahndorf Academy, 9 Oct – 28 Nov 2021, 10am-5pm daily, free LT3 artist talk | 12-1pm, 20 Nov 2021 at Hahndorf Academy Elizabeth Close (website) (Instagram) Thomas Readett (website) (Instagram) Mirdilyayanthi – to Shine Bright at Women's and Children's hospital (Blue Heart Gallery, Ground Floor). 15 Oct 2021 – 31 Jan 2022. 9am-5pm daily, free. Black Diamond Tattoo De Castella's Indigenous mission in New York Marathon (SMH article, 2019) The fight to ‘free' the Aboriginal flag – BBC article Adelaide Crows Football Club 2020 Indigenous Guernsey designed by Eddie Hocking working with Shane Kooka UFC Adelaide: Tai Tuivasa's entrance music honours his Aboriginal heritage (sportingnews article) Cold Krush Anthony Mundine wearing Shane's art @ShaneKooka_Art
Thank you for listening to this recording, produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. As part of Tarnanthi 2021, Sonya Rankine speaks of her work. For further information visit www.agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Ben Searcy
Tarnanthi 2021, the flagship program of the Art Gallery of South Australia is launching at the AGSA and in venues across South Australia on October 15. This year, the event also features an online component reaching a global audience.