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What's New at Nomad Art: Darwin November - December 2011
Backyard Wild
Opening Friday 18 November 2011
Until 10 December
Prints, photographs and sculpture by: Talitha Kennedy, Siying Zhou, Anna Reynolds, Winsome Jobling, Merran Sierakowski, Basil Hall.
Darwin suburbs are a unique environment where the indoor and out-door blend together. Houses, backyards and parks host a continuing cycle of growth, decay and fusion, a place where wildlife thrives as a continuum of nature. Plant roots, creepers, seedpods, birds, reptiles, insects, organisms and people collaborate and compete for backyard equilibrium.
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 Winsome Jobling, Gamba Grass and Candle Bush, handmade watermarked paper. white abaca, pigmented cotton and Gamba grass with cut work, hand drawn pulp painted ‘vine’ edging. |
 Talitha Kennedy, Palm Sprouts, leather, thread and lead, 2011. |
 Siying Zhou, Look for Clove Oil, Cotton stitches on photographic paper, digital print, 2011, 290x390mm |
 Merran Sierakowski, Bush chooks - Extreme Gardening, fly wire, galvanised wire and electrical wire, 2011 |
 Backyard Wild exhibiting at Nomad Art Darwin |
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Download a PDF (512Kb) of the exhibition showing a selection of artwork from the exhibition >>
Recent prints from Warmun Arts
Warmun artists are renowned for images in natural ochres, which are integral to the contemporary expression of land, culture and identity of the Gija people. These etchings draw upon traditional Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories and contemporary life and include new work by Charlene Carrington, Churchill Cann, Nancy Nodea and Shirley Purdie. Editioned at Basil Hall Editions in Darwin.
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 Nancy Nodea |
Recent Prints by Dion Beasley
Dion Beasley’s prints depict the social structures and relationships between people and animals, the interaction they maintain with each other and the world around them. Dion’s humorous nature is captured in his artwork by a clever and intuitive use of space as well as his ability to give a sense of character and movement to the animals, people and places he draws.
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Linocut prints by Joel Sam, Billy Missi and Brian Robinson August 2011
Djumbunji Press, Printmaking Centre in Cairns nurtures the extraordinary talents of printmakers in the region and has published many beautiful and high-quality fine art prints by emerging and established artists from across Far North Queensland. Artists including Billy Missi, Brian Robinson and Joel Sam.
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 Billy Missi working on his print |
 Joel Sam working on his print at Djumbunji Press in Cairns |
Barrupu and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Barrupu and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu are senior artists and sisters who work closely together to produce bark paintings, screenprints, linocut and etchings. They live together at Birritjimi (Wallaby Beach) near Yirrkala. Their father, Mungurrawuy Yunupingu was a senior artist and a cultural leader.
Barrupu and Nyapanyapa started at the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka art centre Yirrkala as print artists in 1996. They share a lifelong connection as artists with an energetic and daring aesthetic and experimental approach to composition, form and imagery.
Through their paintings, the sisters enter an internal world, tapping into intimate structures of their life and shared culture. This involves oscillating between levels of understanding and away from immediate surroundings. In this regard Barrupu and Nyapanyapa transform their cultural heritage, knowledge and experience into a contemporary aesthetic principle.
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Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Untitled, linocut, 2011
Barrupu Yunupingu, Gurtha, linocut, 2011Download the catalogue (PDF file) >>
View artwork on the online gallery by Nyapanyapa Yunupingu >>
View artwork on the online gallery by Barrupu Yunupingu >>
New Prints from Papunya Tjupi Arts: July 2011
Papunya Tjupi Arts is an Aboriginal owned, community-based enterprise, located at Papunya 237 kms northwest from Alice Springs. Papunya is said to be the birthplace of the Western Desert Art movement in the 1970’s though Papunya Tjupi Arts only recently commenced its operation in November of 2007. Since then the centre has gone from strength to strength allowing the artists to continue expressing their cultural law through arts practice.
These new prints depicting designs associated with traditional lands and bush foods are the result of artist workshops in Papunya (2010) with Basil Hall Editions, Darwin and Cicada Press located in the College of Fine Arts, Sydney.
Isobel Gorey Nampintjinpa, Wantupunyu, screenprint, 2011 |
Isobel Major Nampitjinpa, Yumari, etching, 2011 |
Bardayal Bim
A folio of ten limited edition prints by renowned artist Bardayal Nadjamerrek AO (Deceased)
3 June - 2 July 2011
From the heart of Ankung Kunred (sugarbag), country of the Arnhem Land plateau, Bardayal brought the sacred stories of ancestral beings and fauna and flora to life. Bardayal Bim is the ‘big story’, the embodiment of his dreaming place. ‘My ancestors gave me this place and I myself have a longing for this country.’ Bardayal Nadjamerrek AO.
A boxed folio of ten limited edition etchings, edition size 30. Collaborative printmaker Andrew Sinclair.
 Korlobbarr Djang, etching, 2009 |
 Yawk Yawk, etching, 2009 |
Download the PDF catalogue (3.5MB) >>
Previous Exhibitions 2011
Many Stories to Tell
6 May – 28 May 2011
Many Stories to Tell is a selection of new prints from Yarrenyty-Arltere in Alice Springs. The exhibition features powerful images of the artists’ Arrernte homelands west of Alice Springs and are the result of a two-week workshop with Tasmanian print maker Maddie Goodwolf.
Yarrenyty-Arltere Learning Centre is a family resource and learning centre, which aims to improve the social, health, environmental and economic well being of the community in a way that strengthens and respects culture.
 Marlene Rubuntja, Desert Twigs, two plate etching, 2011 |
 Alison Walbungara, Yarrenyty, etching 2011 |
Young Ones
6 May – 28 May 2011
Young Ones is a series of self-portraits by young artists from Yirrkala Community in Eastern Arnhem Land. The portraits combine photographic images and hand printing to reveal inner feelings, interests and associations.
The images are the result of a series of art workshops held at Buku Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in 2010. The mixed media workshops were offered to young people who were not engaged with mainstream schooling and were a huge success in terms of promoting self-esteem and community engagement.
Photo: Young artists at Buku Larrnggay Mulka print workshop. © Buku Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala
 Gunariny Wanambi, Ngarra (Me), photograph and linocut. © Buku Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala |
 Rebecca Munuyngu Marika, Ngarra (Me), photograph and linocut. © Buku Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala |
View more images from the Young Ones exhibition>>
Read more about the artwork >>
I am Tiwi
A boxed folio of ten prints by Jean Baptiste Apuatimi
7 – 30 April 2011
Launching 15 April in Darwin, Canberra and Melbourne
An important folio of ten limited edition prints by renowned Tiwi artist Jean Baptiste Apuatimi. This body of work embodies the iconic imagery produced by this important Australian artist for whom painting is an act of engagement in a culture and tradition linking the past with the present and nurturing the future.
Etchings produced at Australian Print Workshop and lithographs produced at Tiwi Design, Bathurst Island in collaboration with APW Printers Martin King and Simon White. All works editioned at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne.
Download a PDF Catalogue of the exhibition (2MB) >>
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| Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Ponga Pwanga, lithograph, 2010 | Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Yirrikapayi, etching, 2010 |
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| Jean Baptiste Apuatimi at Tiwi Design on Bathhurst Island working on her prints | Martin King and Jean Baptiste Apuatimi at Australian Print Workshop in Melbourne. |
Fiona Hall
Burning Bright Folio
Folio of six etchings by this renowned Australian artist. Read more>>
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Burning Bright folio of six etchings.
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| Fiona Hall in the bush at Blue Mud Bay | Fiona Hall, John Wolseley, Jörg Schmeisser and Mats Unden at BHE Studio in Darwin |
View Fiona Hall's prints for this folio on the online gallery >>
Desert Mob 20th Anniversary Print Folio
10 March – 2 April 2011
A boxed folio of forty original woodcuts by Indigenous artists from DesArt Art Centres (Central Australia), priced at $6,600. Editioned at Basil Hall Editions to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Desert Mob in 2010.
Each community selected an artist to represent their Art Centre. The prints are by well-known and emerging artists including Judy Napangardi Watson, Patrick Tjungarrayi, Peggy Jones, Roy Underwood and David Miller. View complete list of artists >>
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| Peggy Napangardi Jones (Tennant Ck) woodblock printed a la poupee in relief from two blocks | Ernest Bennett (Warakurna) woodblock printed intaglio from two blocks |
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| Judy Napangardi Watson (Yuendumu) woodblock printed intaglio from two blocks | Patrick Tjungarrayi, Papunya Tula, woodblock printed intaglio with stencil from two blocks |
The box folios are decorated with individually commissioned coil designs by Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
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| The forty blocks are also available as five large panels, seen here exhibited at the Araluen Arts Centre as part of Desert Mob 2010. Price $6,600. Also available individually. Please contact Nomart Art. |
Tjukurrpa palurukutu, kutjupawana palyantjanya
Same Stories, A New Way
10 March – 2 April 2011 Darwin and Canberra
First limited edition etchings by artists from Kintore and Kiwirrkura, produced in 2010 by Papunya Tula Artists in collaboration with Dian Darmansjah, Firebox Print Studio, Queensland.
These prints depict imagery associated with traditional body and sand painting designs from the Central and Western Desert of Australia.
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Ta Teut Amarasi Awakening: Contemporary textiles and prints based on the traditions of Amarasi, West Timor
12 February – 5 March 2011
Ta Teut Amarasi Awakening is a visual arts exhibition of traditional Indonesian hand woven textiles and contemporary prints on hand-made paper. The exhibition is the outcome of an artistic collaboration between Darwin artists and Sanggar Uim Nima, an Indonesian weaving collective.
In 2007, Darwin artists, Winsome Jobling and Leon Stainer, travelled to Baun, Amarasi, in West Timor to introduce fine art print and paper-making techniques to Sanggar Uim Nima. Local plant crops including grasses and banana trees were utilised for papermaking, while the community learnt printmaking techniques including linocut and copper engraving.
Image: Leon Stainer and Yohannes Yulianna during the workshop in Baun, West Timor.
From the workshops a series of limited edition prints has been produced. These prints, which employ motifs and imagery used in Sanggar Uim Nima’s textile work, will be exhibited as part of Ta Teut Amarasi - Awakening along with a range of the community’s traditional textiles.
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Zarid Baksun,i Kaun Tup Hitu (Sleeping Snake) rice chin colle’ on hahnamulle 17X17cm 2008 |
Robert Koroh, Simbol Raja Kerajaan Amarasi Rasi Koroh (Seal of the Raja of the Amarasi Kingdom) rice Chin colle’ on hahnamulle 17X17cm 2008 |
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Dina Nahak, Kaun Tup Hitu (Sleeping Snake) tais mutin (Man’s cloth wrap) cotton and natural dyes detail 2008 |
Read the essay by Angus Cameron 2008>> Ta Teut Amarasi – Awakening: Contemporary textiles and prints based on the traditions of Amarasi, West Timor.
View the Ta Teut Amarasi collection on the Online Gallery >>
Tiwi Islands – Ochre on paper
Paintings by Tiwi artists from three art centres on Bathurst and Melville Island featuring:
Conrad Tipungwuti, Linus Warlapinni and Timothy Cook from Jilamara Arts & Crafts
Nina Puruntatameri, Pauletta Kerinauia and Lydia Burak from Munupi Arts & Crafts and
Alfonso Puautjimi, Estelle Mukanome and Lorna Kantilla from Ngaruwanajirri.
Image: Timothy Cook, Kulama 2010 ochre on paper
Winsome Jobling, Mesozoic – the age of the cycads: 12 February - 5 March 2011
In this exhibition Winsome Jobling depicts cycads in various stages of growth and in different seasons; other images evoke primordial origins of the plants through ghostly layers, or by emanating a strange glow. Read more >>
Nomad Art News Archive 2010
Napurrung Djama (Our Work): Nov 25 – Dec 31 2010
This is a collection of limited edition multi-plate etchings by Elcho Island Arts in collaboration with printmakers from Basil Hall Editions. Read more >>
Tiwi Shima: 16 October – 14 November (Canberra)
Tiwi Shima celebrates the combined creative printmaking talents of artists across the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory. Read more >>
Djalkiri: We are standing on their names – Blue Mud Bay; 31 July – 4 September 2010:
Djalkiri is an exhibition by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists created during a printmaking workshop at Yilpara, Blue Mud Bay, Arnhem Land in 2009. Read more >>
First Prints: Western Desert Mob: 7 August-18 September 2010
A selection of exquisite new prints from Kayili Artists, Warakurna Artists, Tjarlirli Art and Papulankutja Artists produced during a Basil Hall workshop conducted in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in 2010. The images depict strong associations with culture and country.
New Prints from Buku Larrnggay Mulka: 7 August - 18 September 2010
The Buku Larrnggay Mulka print workshop at Yirrkala Community in Arnhem Land have become renowned for spectacular exhibitions mounted on stringy bark trees at the annual Garma Festival, (Gapan Gallery) and at the Darwin Festival, (Galuku Gallery).
The Canning Stock Route - Works on Paper: 29 July - 25 August 2010
The Canning Stock Route runs between Halls Creek, in the north of Western Australia and Wiluna in the south. This exhibition features limited editions and works on paper from Mangkaja Arts (Fitzroy Crossing), Yulparija Artists (Bidyadanga), Tjukurba Gallery (Wiluna), Warlayirti Artists (Balgo), Martumili Artists (Jigalong, Punmu, Parngurr, Kunawarritji), Papunya Tula (Kiwirrikurra) and Kayili Artists (Patjarr) celebrating the diversity and breadth of artistic styles.
Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Mayilimiriw Nuwayak ga Djorra: Bark and Paper: 3 July – 1 August 2010
This is the third solo exhibition of bark paintings and limited edition prints at Nomad Art by Yolgnu artist Nyapanyapa Yunupingu. Nyapanyapa has now been painting on bark since 2007. The barks are personal and playful depictions of plants, animals, landscapes and events.
Prints & Pandanus: Bula'bula Arts and Durrmu Arts Until 29 June 2010
This exhibition features prints and weavings from two Top End art centres. Durrmu artists at Peppimenarti and Bula’bula artists at Ramingining. Read more >>
Ochres on paper from Ngaruwanajirri Art Centre on Tiwi Islands: 4 - 27 June 2010
Featuring new works on arches paper by Lorna Kantilla, Estelle Munkanome and Alfonso Puautjimi. Ngaruwanajirri is located at Nguiu on Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia, (known as the Tiwi Islands). Read more >>
New Prints from Yarrenyty-Arltere 8 - 22 April 2010
Yarrenyty-Arltere Learning Centre (YALC) is a family resource and learning centre located at Yarrenyty-Arltere (Larapinta) town camp in Alice Springs. Read more >>
Gapu Series III 12 March – 6 April 2010
Eleven new etchings make up the third series of the 'Gapu' edition, developed with Darwin print maker Basil Hall (basil Hall Editions). The artists are from Mialli (West Arnhem) and Wagilak (North East Arnhem) language groups. Read more >>
Anna Reynolds, Awesome Atrocity 12 March – 6 April 2010
Anna Reynolds has lived on the Darwin waterfront and in rural areas for the past 16 years. In this series of digital inkjet prints she reflects on the changing face of Darwin as new developments replace the old. Read more >>
Darwin Editions 5 February - 6 March 2010
Recent etchings by Darwin artists Don Whyte and Rob Brown. These prints cleverly marry an old world sensibility with a sharp, humorous contemporary edge. Read More >>
Nomad Art News Archive 2009
Threads of Life New glass works by Meng Hoeschle 6 – 28 November
Meng Hoeschle has lived and worked as an artist and arts manager in the Top End of the Northern Territory since 1974. Read more >>
Azimuth: New paper works by Winsome Jobling: 2 - 31 October 2009
Winsome Jobling new work is the result of a study trip to the USA, in which the artist has been exploring the use of pigments, pulp spraying and commercially produced fibres such as abaca and hemp. Read more >>
Tali Tjintiri-Tjintiri Munu Kapi Tjukula (Red Sands and Rockholes)
This is a boxed folio of ten screenprints produced at Tjungu Palya Art Centre with Basil Hall. Read more >>
Elcho Elements: July 11 – August 1 2009
This series of reduction wood block prints comes from Elcho Island Arts, located approximately 550kms north east of Darwin. Read more >>
New Prints from Buku Larrnggay Mulka: Sat 11 July – Sat 1 August 2009
Artists at Buku Larrnggay Mulka print workshop is located at the Art Centre and produces limited edition lino prints, wood cuts, screen prints and etchings. Read more >>
Nyapanyapa Yunupingu: 6 June - 4 July 2009
Nyapanyapa is a ceremonial womanfrom Yirrkala whose prints, especially her whacky and boldly coloured screen prints have been a hit for 10 years. Her art work has been in many exhibitions around the world. Read more >>
Recent prints from Mangkaja Arts: 13 June – 4 July 2009
Four Mangkaja artists Ngarralja Tommy May, Dorothy May, Nyuju Stumpy Brown and Hitler Pamba took part in the Garma collaborative panel workshop, an etching project conducted by Basil Hall Editions at the Garma Festival. Read more >>
Yati: Mono Prints from Tiwi Design: 9 May - 10 June 2009
Yati (One) is an exhibition of mono print etchings by artists at Tiwi Design. Read more >>
Mono Prints and etchings from Ninuku Arts : May 2 - May 30 2009
Pirinyi, (to scratch in Pitjantjatara), showcases a selection of limited edition mono prints and etchings from a recent workshop at Ninuku Arts in Kalka SA. Read more >>
Basil Hall Editions (BHE) Collectors' Folio series IV: April 2009
The BHE Collectors' Folio is a compilation of etchings and a screen print featuring six prominent Indigenous artists. This is the latest in the highly sought after BHE Collectors series, which are packaged in a unique A4 sized presentation folio. Read more >>
New etchings by Darwin Artist Don Whyte and Yirrkala artist, Wukun Wanambi.
View Don Whyte etchings on the Online Gallery >>
View Wukun Wanambi etchings on the Online Gallery >>
Kimberley Focus: Recent etchings from Waringarri Artists, Kununurra and Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills April 2009
This exhibition features Kimberley Ink, the Waringarri Suite and selected recent works produced at Northern Editions print studio in Darwin. Read more >>
Gapu: Water (Billabong Series II). Exhibiting at Nomad Art: 6-28 March 2009
These new etchings make up the second series of the 'Gapu' edition developed with Darwin print maker Basil Hall. The artists are from Mialli (West Arnhem) and Rittharngu/Wagilak (North East Arnhem) language groups. Each artist has depicted scenes around 'gapu' (water), central to their daily lives and to the extensive cultural knowledge system of remote Arnhem Land. (Image: Simon Ashley etching copyright Ghunmarn Culture Centre 2008 ) View the Online Gallery >>
Nomad Art News Archive 2006-2008
In this section we have archived the news items that featured on this page. Please scroll through the list that begins with the most recent items and click on the link 'Read more>>' to see the original information.
Custodians: Country and Culture Exhibition 11 August - 30 September 2008
This set of 10 limited edition prints by ten Indigenous Australian artists reflecting upon the nature of their custodial role whether as a custodian of a particular image, story, area of country or in a wider ceremonial context.
Ta Teut Amarasi – Awakening: Contemporary textiles and prints Amarasi, West Timor. Darwin Festival 15–31 August 2008
Ta Teut Amarasi - Awakening is an exhibition of traditional Indonesian hand woven textiles and contemporary prints on hand-made paper and is part of the at Darwin Festival 2008.
Galuku 2008 Darwin Festival 15–31 August 2008
In Galuku 2008, artists from the renowned Buku Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala present a new body of etchings that pay homage to their ancestors and the historic visit to Yirrkala by anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt in 1947.
Jean Baptiste Apuatimi and Maria Josette Orsto new prints and paintings (Aug 08)
This exhibition features Jean Baptiste Apuatimi's etchings of her jikapayinga (fresh water crocodile design) and lithographs by Maria Josette Orsto of jilamara body painting designs using the traditional ironwood comb. On exhibition at Nomad Art from 7 July - 8 August 2008
Nyapanyapa Yunupingu - prints, carvings & barks: Nomad Art from 1-30 June 2008
Nyapanyapa’s prints, especially her whacky and boldly coloured screen prints have been a hit for 10 years. Many of her editions have been in many exhibitions around the world. She started to paint on bark in 2007.
Recent prints from Warmun Arts (Exhibiting 5-30 May 2008)
Twenty new etchings reflect the vibrant ochres of the artists of Warmun, Western Australia. In all, 12 Warmun artists collaborated with Monique Auricchio at Basil Hall Editions. Warmun prints are on show at Nomad Art from 5-30 May
Recent prints from Warlukurlangu Artists (April 2008)
Paddy Japaljarri Sims from Yuendumu in collaboration with Basil Hall has completed a folio of 4 etchings to mark the artists 90th year. The prints show the traditional practices associated with burning off areas of spinifex country.
Basil Hall Editions (BHE) Collectors' Folio series III (March 2008)
This folio is a compilation of etchings and a linocut featuring six prominent Indigenous artists and is the latest in the highly sought after BHE Collectors series, which are packaged in a unique A4 sized presentation folio.
Tales of the Avians (August 2007)
The collection includes etchings and screenprints created by a group of artists linked by a common interest in birds and a unique creative vision from northern and central Australia. The exhibition is part of the Festival of Darwin August 2007
Basil Hall Editions (BHE) Central Australian Collection
The collection of etchings features six prominent Indigenous artists from central Australia including Kathleen Petyarre, Abie Loy, Paddy Sims, Paddy Stewart, Betsy Lewis and Lorna Fencer (deceased). The BHE Collectors folio is packaged in a unique A4 sized presentation folio and is ideal for gifts and travelers.
Replant: A new generation of botanical art
Replant is an exciting folio of limited edition etchings exploring the unique characteristics of species that survive and prosper through the climatic extremes of monsoonal rains, dry weather and wild fires of Northern Australia.
Injalak Hill Suite - Kunwarrde Bim
Kunwarrde Bim (Stone Country Painting) is a collection of etchings by nine artists from Injalak Arts and Crafts in Western Arnhem Land. The etchings are presented in a series of unique ceramic boxes.
Banduk Marika: Yalangbara Suite
Distinguished Arnhem Land artist Banduk Marika has completed a colour version of her celebrated Yalangbara Suite of six colour reduction linocuts. The prints explore the theme of Guyurr (the journey) of Djan’kawu to the shores of northeast Arnhem Land.
Christine Christophersen: The balance between men and women
Christine, born in 1959 in Darwin Australia is of the Iwatja language group. She is an artist, journalist, researcher, administrator, teacher, writer and activist. Read more >>
Touring Exhibitions
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Replant Touring ExhibitionReplant: A new generation of botanical art is next showing at: Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Queensland4 Feb to 2 March 2011 |
Dion Beasley A Dog's LifeAdelaide Fringe Festival 11 Feb 2011 - 3 April 2011 |
