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Innovation for sustainability

 

Conference dates: 6 - 9 March 2009

Day 1: Friday 6 March 2009 – Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia

Time Presentation
8:00 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 9:05 am Welcome to Ngunnawal Country
9:15 - 9:25 am Welcome to conference
9:25 - 10:10 am Keynote address: Alison Page
Designer and artist
The new inventors
10:10 - 10:40 am Morning tea
10:40 - 12:05 pm Mentoring between communities
Convenor: Louise Hamby
Post Doctoral, Research School of Humanities, The Australian National University
Recoiling the past for the future
Margie West, Curatorial consultant and Emeritus Curator of Aboriginal Art, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Menagerie
Brian Parkes, Associate Director, Object Gallery.
Nicole Foreshew, Assistant Curator, Object Gallery.
Professional Pathways The Canning Stock Route Project
Carly Davenport Acker, Project Manager for Canning Stock Route Project.
All that Glitters … : An exploration of Aboriginal women’s knowledge production in shell art practice on the South Coast of NSW
Daphne Nash, Phd Candidate, Research School of Humanities, The Australian National University.
11:45 - 12:05 pm Questions for all presenters
12:05 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:20 pm Sustainability and the use of materials
Convenor: Andy Greenslade
Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs, National Museum of Australia
A Koori garden: Tradition and innovation on the South Coast
Vincent Bicego, Honours student, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong.
At growing level
Nalda Searles, Artist, Western Australia.
How the knowledge within country informs Aboriginal arts practices and affirms and sustains identity.
Pamela Croft Warcon, Artist, Queensland.
Rainforest Weavers
Maureen Beeron, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation, Queensland
Daniel Beeron, Girringun Aboriginal Corporation, Queensland
1:50 - 2:20 pm Questions for all speakers
2:20 - 3:25 pm Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives
Convenor: Jo Victoria
Assistant Director, Northern Territory Service Delivery Team, Attorney-General's Department
Weaving as a base for social work
Rokahurihia Ngarimu-Cameron, Te Whanau Arohanui Trust
Holding it together: the integration of fibre arts and tourism in northern Australia
Nicholas Hall, Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities, The Australian National University.
Diane Djawundil, Artist, Northern Territory
Meg Switzer, Stepwise Heritage and Tourism Pty Ltd.
The place to weave: the story of Arnhem Land weavers
Roslyn Malngumba, Elder
Linda Marathuwarr, Artist
John Greatorex, School of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Charles Darwin University.
3:10 - 3:25 pm Questions for all speakers
3:25 - 3:55 pm Afternoon tea
3:55 - 5:00 pm Innovation: artists' perspectives
Convenor: Sylvia Kleinert
Associate Professor of Australian Indigenous Art, Charles Darwin University
Fibres from a cultural context
Christina Hurihia Wirihana, Deputy Chairperson, Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, National Weaving Committee, New Zealand
Gaawaa Miyay Design: Developing a contemporary design practice
Lucy Simpson , Designer and textile artist, New South Wales
Jilda Simpson, Deputy Director, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, University of New South Wales
Fibre art practice on the South Coast of NSW
Cheryl Davison, Artist, Gerringong, New South Wales
4:45 - 5:00 pm Questions for all speakers
5:00 pm Delegate Drinks

Day 2: Sat. 7 March 2009 – Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia

Time Presentation
8:45 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 9:05 am Welcome
9:05 - 10:30 am Museums as drivers for innovative practice
Convenor: Lindy Allen
Senior Curator, Indigenous Cultures Department, Museum Victoria
More than Money
Trish Barnard, Senior Curator, Indigenous Studies, Queensland Museum.
Weave and Mend: an Aurukun weaving project
Guy Allain, Coordinator, Wik and Kugu Art and Craft Centre, Aurukun, Cape York
Mavis Ngallametta, Artist, Queensland
Dawn Koondumbin, Artist, Queensland
Coiled! An exhibition of fibre work from south eastern Australia
Lorraine Coutts, Roving Curator, Indigenous Cultures Department, Museum Victoria
Tayenebye: Tasmanian Aboriginal women's fibre work workshops and touring exhibition
Lola Greeno, Program Officer, Aboriginal Arts, Arts Tasmania.
Dr. Julie Gough, Curator, Tasmanian Museum and Gallery.
10:10 - 10:30 am Questions for all speakers
10:30 - 11:00 am Morning tea
11:00 - 12:00 pm Policies for sustainability
Facilitator: Catrina Vignando
General Manager, Craft Australia, Canberra
A panel discussion with Dr. Kevin Murray, Writer and Curator and Tamara Winikoff, Executive Director, NAVA talking about ethics, protocols and legal engagement with Indigenous artists.
11:40 - 12:00 pm Questions to panel
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:05 pm Perspectives on practice
Convenor: Margie West
Curator and Writer
Contemporary Traditional
Rigel Sorzano, Writer and Curator, New Zealand
Clothing the postcolonial body: art, artefacts and appropriation
Dr Sylvia Kleinert, Associate Professor of Australian Indigenous Art, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory.
Fibre Sculptures: an innovation within Australian Indigenous Fibre practice
Dr. Christiane Keller, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia and Collection Manager, John Curtin Gallery.
1:45 - 2:05 pm Questions to all speakers
2:05 - 2:45 pm Afternoon tea
2:45 - 4:05 pm Art Centre stories: engagement with industry
Convenor: Valerie Kirk
Head of Textiles, ANU School of Art, The Australian National University.
Needlefelting: a textile technique for the surface
Gay Epstein, Fibre artist, Director of Ashford Australia Spinning and Weaving.
Together Dreaming: Inspiring 21st Century Aboriginal communities
Kelli Ryan, Phyllis Stewart and Steven Russell, Boolarng Nangamia Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio, Gerringong, New South Wales.
Silk: Innovation for Social and Cultural Sustainability
Kommaly Chanthavong, Lao master weaver and Director of Lao Sericulture Company Mulberries label
Boby Vosinthavong, Manager of Lao Silk and Craft, Melbourne.
Indigenous Textile Art Project: corporate collaborations with Babbarra Designs
Bobbie Ruben, Printmaker, Department of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University.
3:45 - 4:05 pm Questions to all speakers
4:05 - 4:15 pm Questions and summing up
Convenor: Catrina Vignando
General Manager, Craft Australia, Canberra
7:00 pm Conference dinner
University House
Balmain Crescent, Acton
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Day 3: Sunday 8 March 2009 – Workshops, demonstrations and market day

Time Presentation
  Workshop program
In addition to the conference program a series of workshops and demonstrations will be presented for the delegates and the general public. These programs are complimented by an Indigenous craft and design Mart that will be held on the lawns of the Museum and is open to the general public with all proceeds going to the artists.
See: Workshops   Demonstrations

Day 4: Monday 9 March 2009 – Seminars

Time Presentation
  Seminar program
In addition to the conference and workshop programs a series of post-conference seminars will be presented for the delegates. The seminars will explore ethical consumerism and the development of principals for the collaboration between designer, craftsperson, communities and industry. They will also look at specific areas of professional development for practitioners.
See:   Seminars

Exhibition - ReCoil, Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art

Time Presentation
  Exhibition
The conference will be held in association with the exhibition ReCoil, Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art, curated by Margie West. The innovations occurring in Indigenous fibre practice, is nothing short of revolutionary. ReCoil: Change and Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art explores the influences underpinning some of the most recent and often dramatic changes to contemporary Indigenous fibre art happening in many parts of Australia.
See:   Selection of images
The Australian National University, Craft Australia, National Museum of Australia