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BANA YIRRIJI ART CENTRE
736 Douglas Street
WUJAL WUJAL QLD 4895
P: 07 4060 8333
E: art@wujal.qld.gov.au
W: banayirrijiart.com.au

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Come and visit us! Bana Yirriji Art Centre is loc

Come and visit us!

Bana Yirriji Art Centre is located in Wujal Wujal Community. Our studio and gallery opened in 2011 and is situated alongside the spectacular Bloomfield River, in two World Heritage listed areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics, FNQ.

Our artists draw their inspiration from culture and deep connection to Country.

This is a truly spectacular and special place. We hope you can visit us soon.

To learn more, check out our new website. Link in bio.

Image: Davina and Shanna fishing off a mangrove tree, Cowi Bay. Taken during the IACA Belonging project 2018.

Courtesy IACA. Photo Edwina Circuitt

#Belongingartsdevelopment
#iacabelongingproject
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Dulngku (Reef) 2018 by Joise Olbar 89cm x 90cm: Ac

Dulngku (Reef) 2018 by Joise Olbar
89cm x 90cm: Acrylic on Canvas

"I am from Jalanji Clan, which means seaside. The Dulngku (reef) is big and beautiful and very important to our people. We are worried about what is happening to the Dulngku and the coral bleaching that is killing it."

#iacabelongingartsdevelopment
#josieolbar
#savethegreatbarrierreef

The new National Visual Arts Action Plan 2021-2025

The new National Visual Arts Action Plan 2021-2025 was released today.

For more information:

Reposted from @paulfletcher_mp

We’re supporting Australia’s Indigenous Visual Arts.

Through extensive consultation with the sector, the Morrison Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Action Plan will do this by:

📡 Connecting up to 80 arts centres to the NBN
🎨 Providing business training for independent artists
📱A national rollout of digitally labelling artworks with QR codes to inform consumers

Read more about #IVAAP on my website.

📷 @banayirrijiart
Artist Anne Nunn painting her Kunjuri (shield), at an earth pigment workshop, 2021.
Image: Copyright Bana Yirriji Art Centre

We are so proud of senior artist Lila Creek. Her

We are so proud of senior artist Lila Creek. Her beautiful 'Baral' (tracks) paintings were recently included in the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair exhibition Where's Your Permit? at the Tanks Art Centre in Cairns.

"Baral", 2021, acrylic on linen, 76.2cm x 101.6cm. (i & ii)

"Our bubu (country) is like a storybook. Baral (tracks) tell you what animal is travelling around. Some of the tracks we see are from the kurriyala (snake), walkarr (lizard) and kadar (wallaby). We can track the animals we hunt by following their tracks. The waybala (whitefella) has bought new tracks into our country, shoes and mudaka (motorcar) and plenty of bulki (cattle). Im painting the bird and animal tracks you find on the beach. You can see them going this way and that way. Everywhere!

During COVID-19 Wujal Wujal had to go in lockdown like everywhere else in Australia. It was really lovely, not so many tourists. We had the beaches to ourselves." Lila Creek 2021

To see more works by Lila, as well as other artists who were part of Where's Your Permit?, go to: https://shop.ciaf.com.au

📸 Edwina Circuitt

#CIAF2021 | November 10-19 | 2021.ciaf.com.au | Shop.ciaf.com.au

"I am painting kunjuri (shield). Our ancestors use

"I am painting kunjuri (shield). Our ancestors used kunjuri and wakay (sword) for fighting to protect themselves from getting hurt. I started watching my grandfather paint when I was 12 years old. He taught me a lot about my culture, and this is why I am interested in kunjuri. My kunjuri are abstracted. When the Missionaries came here to Wujal Wujal; they tried to stop my people from speaking language and practising our traditions and because of this we lost some of the knowledge. However, the old people were very strong and even though it was very hard they carried our culture despite the Missionaries and kept it strong.”

Kunjuri 2018 by Anne Nunn. 76.2cm x 101.6cm: Acrylic on Canvas

Acquired NMA

#iacabelongingproject
#nationalmuseumaustralia
#annenunn

Jalunji artist Josie Olbar is a saltwater woman. T

Jalunji artist Josie Olbar is a saltwater woman. This painting was created during the IACA Belonging workshop and is about about caring for country.

"I recently went on a field trip to the reef with the Jabalbina Rangers. They help manage land and sea country around Wujal Wujal. We saw dolphins, turtles and lots of fish. We did some fishing too. We were checking the health of the reef. There is coral bleaching happening in some areas. We need to look after our country to ensure it’s here for our children, grandchildren and future generations. We have looked after our country for thousands of years. We know all the animals and plants.

Nganjin badurrji dungan dulngku 2018 by Josie Olbar. 76.2cm x 121.9cm: Acrylic on Canvas

Acquired NMA

#iacabelongingproject
#nationalmuseumofaustralia

We are thrilled to let you know Bana Yirriji Art C

We are thrilled to let you know Bana Yirriji Art Centre artist’s paintings produced during the IACA Belonging Arts Development workshops have been acquired and will be exhibited at the National Museum of Australia in 2022.

Our artists are looking forward to seeing the exhibition and sharing their stories with national and international audiences.

Artwork:
Kurmun 2018 by Shanna Olbar. 101.6cm x 121.9cm: Acrylic on Canvas

Acquired NMA

#nationalmuseumofaustralia
#iacabelongingproject
#shannaolbar

Carmel Haines Ngawiya, sea turtle Acrylic on canva

Carmel Haines
Ngawiya, sea turtle
Acrylic on canvas
51cm x 61cm
Available now.
Contact 07 4060 8333
For all enquiries.
#carmelhaines
#banayirriji
#ngawiya

Yunga (Green Ant) by Sonya Creek 50.8cm x 76.2cm

Yunga (Green Ant) by Sonya Creek

50.8cm x 76.2cm: Earth pigments on Linen

See our online shop. Link in bio

#earthpigmentexperimentation
#sonyacreek
#greenants
#banayirrijiart

Betty Sykes Dugong with young. Betty is a Jalanji

Betty Sykes
Dugong with young.
Betty is a Jalanji women and paints Jalun subjects. Ocean and the seaside.
#bettysykes
#banayirriji
#wujalwujal

Our very own Lila Creek's 'Kiju' (mud crab) painti

Our very own Lila Creek's 'Kiju' (mud crab) painting included in the CIAF 2021, The Australian advertisement!

Our beautiful earth pigment paintings will be featured in CIAF's Art Fair SACRED exhibition.

DETAILS
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
17-22 August 2021
ciaf.com.au

#ciaf2021
#lilacreek
#banayirrijiart
#earthpigments

Cedric Friday Kudi Ngadimunku Acrylic on canvas 91

Cedric Friday
Kudi Ngadimunku
Acrylic on canvas
91cm x 61cm
Available via our online shop
https://banayirrijiart.com.au
#cedricfriday
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#wujalwujal