September 2019
Vincent Lingiari Art Award 2019 Our Country -True Story
In 2016, the inaugural Vincent Lingiari Art Award commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historic Wave Hill Walk Off and 40 years since the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NT) 1976 was enacted by the Australian Parliament. This year, Desart in partnership with the Central Land Council and Tangentyere Artists, present the 2019 Vincent Lingiari Award, ‘Our Country – True Story’. The theme reflects the sentiments of the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart, calling for a First Nations Voice to…
Find out more »Desart Photography Prize
The 2019 Desart Photography Prize will open on Thursday 5th September at Midday in the Desart Artspace, 11/54 Reg Harris Lane, Alice Springs. Conceived in 2012 to encourage Aboriginal art workers to use digital cameras in their art centres, today the Desart photography Prize showcases extraordinary work by Aboriginal men, women, young, senior, established and emerging artists working within the Desart membership. This year the prize will be judged by esteemed visual artist, curator, writer and academic Brenda L. Croft. Desart…
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