First Nations

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What's on, what's in the headlines, and the latest program releases – to put you ahead of the game this…

First Nations fashion receives over half a million in funding
21 First Nations fashion trailblazers share more than $500,000 from Australia Council’s inaugural Flourish fund.

Protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts and crafts
A new report, currently in draft form, focuses on ways to address fake 'Indigenous-style' art and support Aboriginal and Torres…

First Nations artists on adapting traditions for a contemporary world
Five First Nations artists from Queensland discuss what it means to work on Country and how their practices strengthen Cultural…

Theatre review: From Campfire to Stage Light
A captivating Indigenous life story told through words and music.

Exhibition review: After Fairweather
Ian Fairweather’s legacy through the eyes of contemporary First Nations and diaspora artists.

Top End art fair goes bold for First Nations creativity
From Indigenous Fashion to workshops, emerging artists new to the scene alongside Australia’s most established Art Centres, the Darwin Aboriginal…

Creative things to do this NAIDOC Week
With the theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! we help you with a list of how to get involved…

Vale painter Ms D Yunupiŋu, mother of the Rirratjiŋu nation
The Yirrkala community lost a bold and individual talent with the passing of Ms D. Yunupiŋu.

A reckoning with Australia’s colonial past
The latest edition of Grififth Review 76: Acts of Reckoning has been curated by the journal’s first contributing editor, Teela…