FAMILIES TOUR, NGA CANBERRA
Tour for families and babes in arms at the NGA Canberra Australian
Curator Crispin Howarth gives a family friendly talk and tour of the exhibition Bilong Papua New Guinea at the National Art Gallery, Canberra
This talk is for children and families and especially for those visitors with babes in arms, part of a regular monthly series to welcome families into the museum.
This is a free drop-in event. Bookings are not required, but capacity is limited. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
https://nga.gov.au/events/bilong-papua-new-guinea-with-crispin-howarth/
CURATORS TALK, NGA CANBERRA
Wear and Tear, Behind the Mask - Curators talk at the NGA Canberra Australia
This March, we unpick the theme of Wear and Tear, revealing the stories, inspiration and cultural significance of the items that adorn us, uncovering how time, use and the body leave their mark.
Travel to Papua New Guinea and explore the cultural contexts underlying some of the extraordinary pieces featured in Bilong Papua New Guinea: 50 Years of Independence.
Join Curator, Pacific Arts, Crispin Howarth as he offers insight into works constructed as the embodiment of spirits, alongside those built to be carried and worn as expressions of status and prestige. Discover how many works within Pacific Arts Collection serve both functions, blurring boundaries and visually broadcasting their meaning to the onlooker.
This is a free drop-in event. Bookings are not required, but capacity is limited. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Last Day ! NGA Canberra
Last chance to see Bilong Papua New Guinea at the National Art Gallery, Canberra in Australia
Last Day ! AGNSW High Colour
Last chance to see High Colour at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/high-colour/
Tour and Talk, Neprajzi Museum
Curator Gallery Tour and Talk, Neprajzi Museum, Budapest
Oceanic curator Anna Biro leads a tour through the Oceanic galleries focussing on the PNG objects and the Hungrian explorers and collectors that brought them to Budapest.
Talk will be in Hungarian.
Full details and timing nearer the date.
Last Day ! de Young: Kauage
Last chance to see the exhibition Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California USA
https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/papua-new-guinea-mathias-kauage
Last day ! Missiemuseum , The Collection Resists
Last chance to see The Collection Resists at the Missiemuseum, Steyl in the Netherlands
https://www.missiemuseum.nl/en/activities-calendar/the-collection-resists
SCIENCE HUB - FIELD MUSEUM
Field Museum, Chicago, USA
On Wednesday February 18, come meet Field Museum collections staff Chris Philipp and Julia Kennedy as they discuss rarely-displayed masks from the A.B. Lewis collection, new contemporary items, and various media from the Field's PNG collection.
Artists and Curator Talk - Missiemuseum, STEYL
Artists talk with Dicky Takndare, Timoteus Anggawan Kusno and curator Paul Voogt.
During this lecture afternoon, we will explore the intersections between research, heritage, and contemporary art by reflecting on the exhibition The Collection Resists. Talk will be in english.
Link for more details
Tickets EUR 8.50 (includes museum entry)
Missiemuseum, Steyl, Netherlands
Opening WanBel GRASSI Leipzig Germany
WanBel Exhibition opening at the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde.
A Rapid Response as part of the WanBel project - with current voices, art and perspectives from PNG and the diaspora.
The PNG artist Gazellah Bruder invites you to the opening with a digital live painting performance. With this painting, she explores the history, identity, and independence of her homeland, Papua New Guinea, and offers insights into her work and artistic process.
Oceanic Art Society - Tours
Oceanic Art Society XIII Forum – Papua New Guinea Art: Past, Present & Future
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Day 2, Gallery and Museum Tours
Join a tour of 1975 at the National Library of Australia with curator Guy Hansen at 10.00 am..
Explore highlights of the Bilong Papua New Guinea exhibition with former Pacific Arts Curator Danielle Toua focusing on the works on paper by women artists.
Hear Pacific Arts Curator Crispin Howarth present highlights of the Bilong Papua New Guinea exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia.
Drop into the National Archives of Australia to see some exhibits celebrating 50 years of Papua New Guinea’s independence.
Please contact the OAS for more information
https://www.oceanicartsociety.org.au/event/xiiith-oas-forum-in-canberra/
Last Day ! Stories Through Time
Last chance to see Stories Through Time at the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum in Australia.
https://anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/exhibitions/stories-through-time-living-cultures-enduring-connections
Oceanic Art Society
Oceanic Art Society XIII Forum – Papua New Guinea Art: Past, Present & Future
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country – Jim Elmslie, President Oceanic Art Society
Michael Mel – Papua New Guinea Art: Past, Present, Future
Anna Edmondson – Setting the scene – 50 years since Independence
Book Launch – Living Art: Papua New Guinea by Susan Cochrane – by Michael Mel
Eric Kjellgren – Country of A Thousand Faces: The Human Form in the Arts of Papua New Guinea
Chris Boylan & Caroline Sherman – The Bigger Picture: Local adaptations to global influences in contemporary PNG arts
Panel discussion – Evolution of PNG contemporary art – Deveni Temu at Independence / Lesley Wengembo today
Lani Auvita Scott – The Living Thread: Cultural Continuity for the Next Generation
Concluding remarks – Jim Elmslie, President Oceanic Art Society
Attendence is free but booking is requiured,
https://events.humanitix.com/oceanic-art-society-xiii-forum
Please contact the OAS for more information
https://www.oceanicartsociety.org.au/event/xiiith-oas-forum-in-canberra/
NGA Canberra - Talk
Dan Toua on the Papua New Guinean Bilum
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Join Dan Toua,for a closer look at the importance of bilum in PNG, as part of the exhibition Bilong Papua New Guinea, which he co-curated with Crispin Howarth.
This is a free drop-in event.Bookings are not required, but capacity is limited. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
See the NGA webiste for more information
https://nga.gov.au/events/dan-toua-on-the-papua-new-guinean-bilum/
Teen ArtLab with Yuriyal at NGA Canberra
Art Lab with Yuriyal Bridgeman, School Holiday Program
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Ages: 13 – 18 Free, bookings essential. Sessions on either Sat 11 or Sun 12.
Join multidisciplinary artist and designer Yuriyal Bridgeman for a workshop creating shield paintings as a form of self-portrait.
Further details and booking on the NGA website
performance - Budapest
Néprajzi Múzeum, Museum of Ethnography in Budapest, Hungary
As part of its participation in WanBel the museum will host an improvisational theatre performance in honour of the contemporary communities of Papua New Guinea, "What Our Ancestors Would Have Enjoyed".
October 11 marks one year since the museum opened in the new building and will be a day of celbrations and activities
Note these events will be in Hungarian.
Teen Artlab with Yuriyal at NGA Canberra
Art Lab with Yuriyal Bridgeman, School Holiday Program
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Ages: 13 – 18 Free, bookings essential. Sessions on either Sat 11 or Sun 12.
Join multidisciplinary artist and designer Yuriyal Bridgeman for a workshop creating shield paintings as a form of self-portrait.
Further details and booking on the NGA website
Yuriyal, Artists Talk at NGA Canberra
Join PNG artist Yuriyal Bridgeman for a talk about his work in the exhibition Bilong Papua New Guinea.
National Gallery of At, Canberra
This is a free drop-in event.Bookings are not required, but capacity is limited. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
See the NGA website for more details
https://nga.gov.au/events/artist-talk-with-yuriyal-bridgeman/
Talk - MARKK Hamburg
MARKK Hamburg, Germany
Talk on the PNG collection and reflections on 50 years of PNG independence.
Featuring museum curators, Nakni Nelly from the Siassi Islands and PNG artist Gazellah Bruder.
Nakni Nelly is from the Siassi Islands in PNG and has been invited by the museum to Germany to assist with provenance research on the sailboat collected from Siassi in 1910 by the museum and on display in the main gallery.
ART AFTER HOURS - AGNSW SYDNEY
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Art After Hours: High Colour
Celebrating 50 years of Papua New Guinea's independence
6pm DJ set: DJ Black President
6.30pm Spoken word: Lungol Wekina
7pm Drop in workshop: Weaving
7.20pm Panel discussion:
Lungol Wekina, Lisa Hilli, Tetei Bakic and Alana Hicks
8.20pm DJ set: DJ Black President
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/high-colour/
SCIENCE HUB - FIELD MUSEUM
Field Museum, Chicago, USA
On September 17, Come meet Field Museum Collections staff Chris Philipp and Julia Kennedy as they discuss rarely-displayed masks, contemporary items, and media from the Field's Papua New Guinea collection.
Part of the regular series Meet a Scientist at the Science Hub
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/activity/celebration-of-papua-new-guineas-independence
Community Day - NGA Canberra
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Bilong Papua New Guinea marks the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s independence, displaying part of the largest collection of Papua New Guinea urban art outside the country, held by the National Gallery.
Join us for a performance by the PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra to celebrate this anniversary and the opening of the exhibition Bilong Papua New Guinea.
The PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra will inaugurate the exhibition with Peroveta and traditional song and dance. Formed in 1999 by ACT diaspora community members, they specialize in Peroveta songs, prophet songs introduced by Polynesian missionaries in the late 1880s, as well as traditional Papua New Guinean folk songs and dances.
50 years of Independence Community Day is a collaboration with the National Archives of Australia for the Papua New Guinean community of the ACT and surrounding NSW and is open to all visitors.
Visit the National Archives of Australia from 9:30am to 12pm for curatorial talks, a performance, archival demonstrations and morning tea.
Visit the National Library of Australia to view the exhibition 1975: Living in the Seventies, which showcases Papua New Guinea's path to independence.
https://nga.gov.au/events/50-years-of-independence-community-day/