GARMA ‘06

Note: Garma is a Yolngu Matha word for “two ways of learning.” The name refers to the fact that this is a festival where Aboriginal people meet and welcome members of the dominant culture in an exchange of ideas, traditions and culture.
Here’s an interesting read about this year’s Garma from Melbourne, Australia’s The Age:
 ”OPPOSITION LEADER Kim Beazley [...]

Kluge-Ruhe

Visited the Kluge-Ruhe Collection at the University of Virginia. The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia came into being in 1997 through a gift by American businessman, John W. Kluge. Influenced by the Dreamings exhibition in New York, Mr. Kluge began collecting Aboriginal art in 1988. Over the next decade he compiled [...]