Monthly archive June, 2014
Yawkyawk and Lilies

Yawkyawk and Lilies

Tali Gallery has curated an exhibition of textiles at Kings Cross Library for the City of Sydney’s NAIDOC Week program.  The exhibition will enliven the Library space for a period of two months and includes stretched screenprinted fabrics, bunting and lino printed fabric squares as well as  storyboards explaining the themes and accompanying information about...
"Threads from Meriam Mir" at Customs House Library - July/August for NAIDOC Week

“Threads from Meriam Mir” at Customs House Library – July/August for NAIDOC Week

Tali Gallery has curated an exhibition of bright and beautiful textiles from Erub Ewer Meta Artists working from the Art Centre on Darnley Island in the Torres Straits, who revitalise their Meriam Mir culture through their arts and crafts. The fabrics on display are available for sale from Tali Gallery on behalf of the art...
Beanie Festival at Tali Gallery

Beanie Festival at Tali Gallery

On Friday  18th July, we’ll be exhibiting beanies created by local children together with a selection from the Beanie Museum in Alice Springs. We are encouraging schools to hold a beanie day as a NAIDOC Week event to fundraise for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation to help make a difference. The theme is ‘Out of this...
NAIDOC Week Textile Exhibitions Curated By Tali Gallery for the City of Sydney Libraries

NAIDOC Week Textile Exhibitions Curated By Tali Gallery for the City of Sydney Libraries

Tali Gallery is curating two textile exhibitions for the City of Sydney for their Libraries at Customs House, Circular Quay; and at Kings Cross.  These are NAIDOC Week events and will be shown from July 1 until the end of August.   The textiles will be available for sale through Tali Gallery where we will...
Guringai Festival Event : Bush Food and Medicines

Guringai Festival Event : Bush Food and Medicines

Tali Gallery was proud to be invited to create a salon with curated art, crafts and merchandise relating to the Guringai 2014 Festival theme of ‘Health and Wellbeing for Everyone’.  This was a one day event with curator talks, photography and bush food tasting to showcase the beauty and wonder of Aboriginal and TSI Art...
Feature Artist : Dianne Robinson

Feature Artist : Dianne Robinson

Dianne Robinson paints at Iwantja Arts at Indulkana in the APY Lands.  Students from the International Grammar School in Sydney will be visiting this  art centre soon.   Dianne paints the wildflowers of her country and is highly regarded as a premier artist from this community.   Her work is finely detailed, exquisitely and intricately...
Focus on Fine Art Prints : Torres Strait Islands

Focus on Fine Art Prints : Torres Strait Islands

Tali Gallery will soon be hanging contemporary textiles with traditionally themed designs from Erub Arts in the Torres Strait Islands in the City of Sydney’s Customs House Library in July and August as part of their NAIDOC Week Evetns.  We are pleased to also present ghost net bags and jewellery and other creations, also from...
Exquisite Fibre from Milingimbi - and more....

Exquisite Fibre from Milingimbi – and more….

We are pleased to be working with Milingimbi Art and Culture Centre, adding to our stunning range of artefacts and crafts from Arnhem Land communities.  Here are some examples of the beautiful artworks currently in stock, along with yawk yawks, stingrays and other wonders made from pandanus, mimih spirits and other items of cultural heritage....
International Grammar School Indigenous Scholarship Fundraiser

International Grammar School Indigenous Scholarship Fundraiser

  Our exhibition at the International Grammar School in Ultimo which was opened by our NSW Governor, Professor, now Dame Marie Bashir, with Richard Glover from the ABC as MC, was a great success.  Curated by Di and hung by Yhanni and crew from Tali Gallery it was held over three days and raised funds...
Tali Gallery Indigenous Art, Craft and Gift Exhibit at the 2014 Rotary International Conference in Sydney

Tali Gallery Indigenous Art, Craft and Gift Exhibit at the 2014 Rotary International Conference in Sydney

Tali Gallery was proud to design and present an exhibit of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Artwork and Crafts as well as merchandise which produces an income stream for Australian Aboriginal artists, at the 2014 Rotary International Convention held at Olympic Park in Sydney.   This was commissioned by Rotary Strathfield as a fundraiser...
Three Very Different Exhibitions in the Gallery during June

Three Very Different Exhibitions in the Gallery during June

We are featuring three Exhibitions of mini works in the Gallery during the month of June: CONWAY GINGER “COWBOYS”  :    A charming collection of coloured ink drawings of ‘cowboys’ by Conway Ginger.   And in the ochre gallery – MILINGIMBI OCHRES  :   Small paintings in ochre from the Milingimbi Art and Culture Centre...
Morning Star Poles - Trees of Knowledge

Morning Star Poles – Trees of Knowledge

We proudly present a collection of special wooden artefacts from Elcho Island adorned with bush string and feathers by John Mangu and Richard Djarrimili.   The Tree of Knowledge is a ceremonial pole that represents the sacred fig tree that grows at Dhudupu near First Creek on Elcho Island.  It signifies the story of the...