Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation

5 days ago

DAAF is back! 🙌🏾 Join us on Larrakia Country and online this August 9-11!

Our Art Centre is once again joining the annual Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair at the Darwin Convention Centre for three action packed days, celebrating First Nations art, design and culture.

We’ll be joined by over 70 fellow Art Centres from right across the country, selling exclusive pieces that you won’t find anywhere else.

Drop by for a yarn, get involved in a workshop or material demonstration, enjoy a cultural dance performance, look through some incredible artworks - and pick yourself up something special!

DAAF is FREE to attend, with 100% of all sales going directly back to our artists and their communities. See you there!

📅 9-11 August, 2024
📍Darwin Convention Centre, NT
ℹ️ For more, head to: www.daaf.com.au and follow Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair for all the updates.

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Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation

1 week ago

🙌🏾 New carvings up for grabs! Check out the new drop on our website for these lovely pieces 😍
🔗 gapuwiyak.com.au/shop/carvings/

Domestic shipping is included!

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Image 1: Ganguri (long yam) and Djitama (wild potato, round yam) are popular choices of bushtucker that women traditionally harvested. Featuring works by Dulpurarrawuy Marrawungu.

Image 2: ‘Bird on a log’, by Peter Wunungmurra, is a beautiful piece that shows artistic innovation combining with traditional miny’tji (patterns, design) that belongs to the artist’s clan.

Image 3: These two Djirrmanga (echidna) carvings, by Peter (Justin) Guyula show two different takes on the same subject matter. One is a playful and more literal version; the other shows more influences from Yolŋu miny’tji with the use of cross-hatching as a means of representing the echidna’s quills.

Image 4: Galatjarr (heron), by Frank Mununggurr, is a Yirritja moiety bird. The Galatjarr is sung and danced by the Yirritja clans.

#woodcarving #yolngucarving #yolnguart #aboriginalart #ethicalaboriginalart #supportaboriginalartists #indigenousart #remoteartcentre #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #gapuwiyak #yolngucountry #traditionalknowledge #firstnations #northarnhemland #ntaustralia #alwayswasalwayswillbe ... See MoreSee Less

Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation

3 weeks ago

Missed out on recent art fairs? Fear not! New fibre work, paintings and more available on our website now, domestic shipping included! 🎁✨

Nyaŋura (long-necked turtle), also known as baṉḏa, is a favoured food source for Yolŋu, from ancient times to now. Here, it is represented with gunga (pandanus) as a sculpture by Audrey, who’s a skilled master weaver.

Harry has painted Nyaŋura travelling through Gurruwiliny (Arafura Swamp) in his Ganalbiŋu djaŋuny (storylines). Look closely, you’ll find Nyaŋura alongside the galiwurr (water lilies) and other creatures you can find in the swamp.

Yolŋu use bathi (dilly bags) to collect these bush-tucker — once only functional, now also works of art.

Marrandil (reef), as depicted in Helen’s painting, shows the richness of Yolŋu country in providing delicious seafood for Yolŋu families, protected through sustainable practices and traditional knowledge.

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These works are all available now on our website! 🔗 gapuwiyak.com.au/shop/

Support Aboriginal artists by purchasing ethical Aboriginal art, direct from Yolŋu country here in Gapuwiyak.

Featured works:
🌟Audrey Marrday, Nyangura (Long necked turtle), 102 × 78 cm | Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) and natural dyes
🌟Harry Malibirr, Gurruwiling – Arafura Swamp, 70×50 cm | Acrylic on Canvas
🌟Velma Guyula, Bulpu Bathi (Dilly bag), 21 × 18 cm | Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) and natural dyes
🌟Erica Dhamarrandji, Basket, 15×13 cm | Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) and natural dyes
🌟Julie Malibirr, Bulpu Bathi (Dilly bag), 15 × 8 cm | Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) and natural dyes
🌟Anna Ramatha, Twined Mat, 45.5 cm | Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) and natural dyes
🌟Audrey Marrday, Fish, 125 × 36 cm | Mixed Media
🌟Helen Wunungmurra, Marrandil (Reef), 70×50 cm | Acrylic on Canvas

#ethicalaboriginalart #supportaboriginalartists #naidocweek #yolnguart #indigenousart #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #fibreart #fibreartist #paintingoncanvas #traditionalstories #yolngu #yolngucountry ... See MoreSee Less

Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation is at Overseas Passenger Terminal.

4 weeks ago

Arts worker Leonie is at the weaving circle showing how to make earrings like these her sister Nicole is modelling! ✨Come on down to Warrane’s Overseas Passenger Terminal for the final day of National Indigenous Art Fair #NIAF2024!

#nationalindigenousartfair #yolnguart #fibreart #fibreartist #fibreartistsofinstagram #aboriginalart #ethicalaboriginalart #firstnationsart #blakmarket #buyblak #supportaboriginalartists #remoteartcentre #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #sydney #feelnewsydney #sydney_sider #gadigalcountry #artfair #overseaspassengerterminal #tourismnsw ... See MoreSee Less

Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation is at Overseas Passenger Terminal.

4 weeks ago

👋🏾 Hey Sydney, want something beautiful? We’ve made it easy for you to acquire new and original art from Arnhem Land! We are here at the Overseas Passanger Terminal, for one more day only, of the National Indigenous Art Fair #NIAF2024

📍Warrane’s Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks
🗓️ 29-30 June

#nationalindigenousartfair #yolnguart #fibreart #barkpaintings #woodcarvings #aboriginalart #ethicalaboriginalart #firstnationsart #blakmarket #buyblak #supportaboriginalartists #remoteartcentre #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #sydney #feelnewsydney #sydney_sider #gadigalcountry #artfair #overseaspassengerterminal #tourismnsw ... See MoreSee Less