ART & BOOK REVIEWS
Congratulations to Julianne Ross Allcorn The Papua New Guinea Association of Australia congratulates Julianne Ross Allcorn for being awarded the Trustees’ Watercolour Prize in the Wynne Prize 2020, held at the Art Gallery NSW....
Category: Arts
Birds of Paradise – Ellis Rowan in New Guinea
This exhibition is on at the National Library of Australia in Canberra until 8 March 2021. Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) is one of Australia’s most celebrated artists, best known for her striking wildflower paintings but...
The Shadows in my Eyes
This wistful essay for what Papua New Guinea has become won the PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum Award for Essays and Journalism in this year’s Crocodile Prize. Busa Jeremiah Wenogo, 30, born in...
The History of the ABC in PNG by Graham Taylor & Janis Kleinig
This article is based on the talk given by Graham Taylor at the Adelaide 18th Annual PNGAA Luncheon on Sunday, 28 April 2019, on ‘Aunty ABC’s Role in Papua New Guinea’, and its contribution...
The History of the ABC in PNG by Graham Taylor & Janis Kleinig
This article is based on the talk given by Graham Taylor at the Adelaide 18th Annual PNGAA Luncheon on Sunday, 28 April 2019, on ‘Aunty ABC’s Role in Papua New Guinea’, and its contribution...
Bob Gotts’ Butterfly Collection – 25 November 2019, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra
The colourful butterflies of PNG add to this extraordinary country’s beauty and colour. This is a rare opportunity to see Bob Gotts’ amazing collection! Bob Gotts went to PNG to teach and spent 60...
Art and Books
Nora Heysen, Official War Artist in PNG A recent exhibition was held of the works of Hans and Nora Heysen at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) at Federation Square in Melbourne. Nora Heysen...
Trailer for DANGER CLOSE: The Battle of Long Tan
Explosive first trailer for DANGER CLOSE: The Battle of Long Tan released Ahead of the national release in cinemas on August 8, 2019, Transmission Films unveils the trailer for the upcoming epic feature film...
Caroline Tiriman—a runaway who became Tok Pisin voice of Pacific
For a Tolai girl growing up in Papua New Guinea between 1960 and 1970, career options were very limited. Forty years ago, that was part of the story for now veteran broadcaster, Caroline Tiriman,...
John Quinn Exhibition
John Quinn Exhibition: “Liklik Samting Long Taim Bifor” (Trans: Small things from times past), a collection of artefacts and photographs from Papua New Guinea at Gallery 127. 13-15 York Ave, Avoca. Friday to Monday:...
Oceanic Art Society Forum
Aboriginal and Pacific art: collections and artists, then and now Coinciding with new displays of Oceanic and Indigenous Australian art at the Art Gallery of NSW and at the Australian Musuem, this two-day forum...
Butterfly Bows Quilt – a Silent Auction item at the Sydney Christmas Lunch 2 December 2018
YES! Early bids accepted! If you would like to bid in the lead up to the Christmas luncheon, please Email: events@pngaa.net PNGAA is delighted, and very appreciative, that the Canberra “Broomsticks & Bobbins’ Quilters’...
South Australian Museum Expedition to New Guinea Mainly New Ireland, 1918 by Jim Ridges
The Director of the South Australian Museum (SAM) Edgar Ravenswood Waite, in 1918 led an expedition, grandly named the North-West Pacific Expedition, departing Sydney 31st May on SS Marsina, returning Sydney 1st September on...
‘Headhunt Revisited with Brush, Canvas & Camera’ documentary screening 27 July 2018 NFSA
Australian Premiere Screening Where: Arc Cinema, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, ACT When: 27 July 2018 at 6pm Tickets: $10 Book at: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/events/headhunt-revisited-brush-canvas-and-camera The documentary film, Headhunt Revisited: With Brush, Canvas and Camera...
Connecting Papua New Guinea and Australia through the Arts – Lowy Institute 13 June 2018
The arts have unique potential to connect people and inspire new interest in a place and its traditions. There are thousands of years of indigenous history and culture in Australia and Papua New Guinea....
