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Djambawa Marawili |
"This is letting you know so you will learn from us. Learn from these words like we have learnt from you. Your knowledge, your education, your background, we are using it. Some of the law and some of the culture of yours. OK and in the same way you must learn..."
Djambawa Marawili, Senior Artist & Madarrpa clan leader
In this first on-line exhibition we are offering 71 bark paintings (just click on the links below) for sale from Yirrkala's acclaimed Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre. To purchase a painting simply note the artist and catalogue number and call the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre on 08-8987-1701. When you order please note the BLM Art Crew are very special people. They can get a painting to you anywhere in the world at premium freight prices. However, the person you talk to on the phone is likely to be an artist, curator, printmaker, community supporter who has taken BLM to its unique position today. So be patient and if you are lucky you may even hear a little of the stories and images that are part of your painting.
Patrick Dodson, one of Australia's foremost Indigenous leaders, and winner of the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize says this about the ISX: "I want to commend the ISX to Indigenous communities and corporate Australia." Click to hear and see Patrick Dodson on video webcast
The Indigenous Stock Exchange (ISX) website is a free market for listing Indigenous business ideas, products, investment opportunities and people. The website gets between 200,000 and 500,000 hits per month. It is a self-directed feast of Australian Indigenous creativity and development. We make no promises or assurances to those who use the site, nor to those who chose to invest in Indigenous businesses or buy Indigenous business products. What we do promise is an open, pre-eminent showcase of Australian Indigenous business, products and opportunities and a strong public stage for introducing ideas and opportunities to an Australian and international audience that includes investors, ethical investors and ordinary people willing to make contributions to support Indigenous initiatives. Follow these links to become involved: List an Investment Opportunity or Enterprise; Market Yourself and Your Services; List an Indigenous Product or Service; Post an Indigenous Job or Opportunity Link to Important Indigenous Resources & Organisations.
Our Online Art Market Place focuses on the works of up and coming Indigenous Painters and Artists. We advise all Indigenous artisans to work closely with aboriginal owned and operated galleries and to seek out professionals who really understand how the mainstream art market works. However Indigenous art is a life enhancing cultural activity and many 'occasional artisans' create artworks and derive an important casual income source from this activity. Many Indigenous 'occasional artisans' have a knowledge of land and sea that is unique. Moreover their paintings are wonderful acquisitions for family homes, corporate board rooms and public organisations. We at the ISX provide a digital image of paintings for sale for occasional artisans; we provide a contact point for enquiry and from that point it is up to the seller and the buyer to clinch a sale. Coinciding with this years GARMA Festival in August-September we will be uploading a large number of 'backroom' artworks from the multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Gallery at Yirrkala. Buying these works is a unique way of supporting up and coming Indigenous painters and artists as well as the people and communities that support them so we hope you will support this initiative. In Buku-Larrnggay Mulka you have an assured way of purchasing and receiving these artworks. Artworks for Sale
Download a Photographic Tribute to those who "came home" to Bomaderry on the 24th May, 2008.
Events
Desert Knowledge International Symposium 03 November 2008
The Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase will be held at the Alice Springs Convention Centre. Registrations are still available at the Conference Centre from 4–8 pm Monday 3 November and 8 am on Tuesday–Thursday. Day registrations are available.
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ABORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FORUM NOVEMBER "BUILDING FUTURES MOVING FORWARD 17 November 2008 - 19 November 2008
Comprehensive Building Industry Forum for Aboriginal participants in the Building Industry, sponsored by the Department of Employment & Workplace Relations (DEWR)and the NSW Department of State & Regional Development. [Read more]
Tharamali - its the coming of the Thunderstorm! 27 November 2008
Directed by emerging choreographer Tamara Pearson.
Works by Bangarra, Graeme Murphy, Graeme Watson and Jason Pitt.
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World Indigenous People's Conference on Education 07 December 2008 - 11 December 2008
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