The Arafura Craft Exchange introduces audiences to remarkable examples of contemporary craft from Indonesia and Australia.  Mr Sudjud Dartanto, Lecturer, Craft Art Department at the esteemed Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, is Guest Curator for Arafura Craft Exchange Ceramics 2008, the second in a series of triennial exhibitions.  In 2007 Mr Sudjud Dartanto undertook studio visits with a select number of Australian and Indonesian
ceramicists, including Jenny Orchard, Asmudojo Jono Irianto, Dona Prawita Aristuta, Titarubi and local artist Harvey Ottley, with a view for inclusion in the exhibition.  The result is an
exhibition of stunning contemporary ceramic practice featuring wild colours, emotive forms, elaborate concepts and sometimes comical themes.

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A Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory exhibition

Dona P Aristuta, Nuk Renggunuk, 2005  Mother ceramic elephant, 70 x 40 cm; child elephant 23 x 30 cm

This year the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

The Award is open to all adult Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander artists and aims to showcase the very best Australian Indigenous art from around the country.  Entries for Preselection closed on Friday 28 March 2008.

The 2008 exhibition features 117 artworks in a wide range of themes, styles and media including painting on bark, canvas and paper, prints, sculpture, fibre art, ceramics, glass, photography, digital media and installations.

During the exhibition Indigenous Art Talks will be presented in the gallery by museum staff, and Fibre Art Demonstrations will be held in the museum grounds.

A Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory exhibition

A virtual exhibition is available to view on the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award website.

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(Detail) OLSH Archives, Mother Concepta, Sisters Annunciata, Eucharia Antonius travelling to open the Garden Point Mission, June 25th, 1941

Windows on Australian Art offers rotating selections from the MAGNT Visual Arts collection. Artists are inspired by people, landscape, nature, human endeavour, religion, science and inanimate forms. In 2007 the Windows on Australian Art exhibition features works by Australian artists including John Glover, Marie Tuck, Norman Lindsay, Janet Cumbrae Stewart, William Dobell, Bessie Davidson, Charles Blackman, Joy Hester, Fred Williams, Sandra Leveson, Edwin Tanner and Margaret Woodward.

A Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Exhibition.

(Detail) Asher Bilu, Graphite light, c.1970, synthetic polymer paint and synthetic resins on board, 182 x 183 cm, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Collection

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Exit Art showcases artwork produced by Year 12 visual art, craft and design students in the Northern Territory. The most outstanding works are selected for their excellence, innovation and creativity in a range of modes including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, printmaking and digital presentations. Come along and vote for your favourite artwork to win the People’s Choice Award.

A Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Department of Employment, Education & Training exhibition

(Detail) Ruby Kelly (Darwin High School), 2005 The Nancy Neiland Pro Model / Faux Model Series, 3 skateboard decks mounted on a wooden pallet, 97 x 130 cm, courtesy of the artist

The coveted 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is the premier national Indigenous event on the arts calendar, and offers one of the highest prizes for any art award in Australia. The Award is important for both established and emerging artists and attracts a broad range of artistic talent. Works are selected from almost 500 entries from all parts of Australia. Winners are announced and prizes presented at a free public opening event on Friday 10 August 2007. The evening provides entertainment from Indigenous traditional and contemporary performers in the tropical MAGNT grounds.

A Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Exhibition.

*(Detail) Ngoia Napaltjarri Pollard, Swamps west of Nyirripi, Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen, 150 x 210 cm, Winner Telstra Award, 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2006

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Australia under Attack 1942-1943 illustrates the nature of life in wartime Australia as the nation came together for the war effort. On display are many rare and fascinating objects, posters, photography, art, documents and ephemera that
paint the picture of a time in Australia’s history when our nation was under attack and many believed we were facing the threat of invasion.

An Australian War Memorial Travelling Exhibition

This Australian War Memorial Travelling Exhibition is funded by Saluting Their Service, the Federal Government’s commemorations program, honouring the contribution of Australia’s servicemen and women.

Drawn from the magnificent collections of Australia’s National, State and Territory libraries, National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries contains a diverse range of iconic objects that tell the story of this nation’s history, folklore and identity. Manuscripts, maps, drawings, paintings and objects from the everyday to the exotic are certain to inspire, fascinate and educate visitors about the people, places and events that have shaped Australia.

A Free Travelling Exhibition from Australia’s National, State and Territory Libraries

Exit Art showcases artwork produced by Year 12 visual art, craft and design students in the Northern Territory.  The most outstanding works are selected for their excellence, innovation and creativity in a range of modes including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, printmaking and digital presentations. Come along and vote for your favourite artwork to win the People’s Choice Award.

A Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Department of Employment, Education & Training Exhibition

(Detail) Jedidah Dupe, Rust Never Sleeps, Darwin High School, 2005, Digital Photographs, 48 x 32cm, Winner, Minister’s Choice Award

Interactive exhibits bring to life a journey through four layers in Earth Quest: Outer Space to Inner Earth. Topics include archaeology, astronomy, genetics, meteorology and seismology. Children will learn about the solar system, volcanoes, air pressure and much more.

Earth Quest: Outer Space to Inner Earth, Developed by Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra

This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government Program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of cultural material across Australia.

Vibrant colours and combinations of techniques make this display of contemporary and historic fibre objects from western Arnhem Land a visual feast. Old and new works together tell stories of ceremonial and everyday life of the Kunwinjku people from Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) and its outstations, located in the sandstone escarpment known as the ‘stone country’.

Twined Together: Kunmadj Njalehnjaleken is a Museum Victoria travelling exhibition. The exhibition was developed in partnership with Injalak Arts and Crafts Association.

This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government Program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of cultural material across Australia.

Stories come to life in The Waterhole, where original artworks and friezes tell the story of a diminishing waterhole and how this affects the animals on which it depends. Based on the latest book by award-winning children’s author Graeme Base, published by Penguin Books, The Waterhole will appeal to the young and the young at heart.

An Ozlink Entertainment Travelling Exhibition presented in partnership with the Melbourne Museum.

In Australia’s Northern Territory the weight of the earth is balanced by the impact of the sky. Whether in the Wet or the Dry the sky, like the land, imposes its presence and resonates in the art of artists who have been captured by it. Among them are Judy Cassab, Frank Hodgkinson, John Olsen, Judy Holding, Annie Franklin and Jacki Fleet. This exhibition presents images from MAGNT’s own collection.

A MAGNT Exhibition

*Annie Franklin Fire I: gestation 2003 Acrylic and oil on paper on wood 90.5 x 70.5 cm Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Collection.

The coveted 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is the premier national Indigenous event on the arts calendar.The Award offers $56,000 in prize money, making it one of the highest prizes offered for any art award in Australia.

The Award is an important showcase for both established and emerging artists and attracts a broad range of artistic talent. Works are selected from almost 500 entries from all parts of Australia. This survey exhibition showcases up-to-date developments in contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art.

A diversity of themes, styles and media are represented, including paintings on bark, canvas and paper, sculpture, fibre, ceramics, glass, prints, photography and textiles.

Winners are announced and prizes presented at a free public opening event on Friday 11 August 2006. The evening provides entertainment from Indigenous traditional and contemporary performers in a classic tropical sunset beachside setting in the MAGNT grounds.

A MAGNT Exhibition

Detail: Ngoia Napaltjarri Pollard Swamps west of Nyirripi Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen 150 x 210 cm Winner Telstra Award 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2006

See masterpieces of Australian art gathered together for the first time, to tell the story of the Northern Territory through Western artists’ eyes.

The Sound of the Sky presents the work of leading Australian artists who visited or settled in the Territory over the past 200 years. Developed by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the exhibition focuses on the Territory as a central force in the honing of Australian spirituality and identity.

Darwin becomes a key destination in 2006, with the first and only showing in Australia of Thomas Baines’ Baines and Humphrey killing an alligator: on the Horseshoe Flats. On loan from the Royal Geographical Society London, this work forms the centrepiece of the 19th century display.

Iconic works include Sidney Nolan’s Ayers Rock, Russell Drysdale’s Pukamani, Melville Island and John Olsen’s Fogg Dam. Also featured are works by Ian Fairweather, John Wolseley, Judy Cassab, Frank Hodgkinson, Wendy Stavrianos, John Firth-Smith, Judy Holding, Annie Franklin, Wayne Eager and Jacki Fleet.

A MAGNT Exhibition
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Now in its 12th year, Exit Art showcases artwork produced by Year 12 visual art, craft and design students. The most outstanding works produced are selected for their excellence, innovation and creativity. The broad range of media includes painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, printmaking and multimedia.

A MAGNT Exhibition.

The Policeman's Eye: Paul Foelsche's Photography is an exhibition that will present the first comprehensive study of Paul Foelsche's photography. The exhibition will present Foelsche's visual record of the Northern Territory's capital, Darwin, as it took shape from the 1870's. In this exhibition, Inspector Paul Foelsche's remarkable series of Aboriginal portraits document the Larrakia and Woolna communities of colonial Darwin and serve as 'witness' to Foelsche's townscapes and landscape images which he produced to promote the Northern Territory's colonial potential.

A South Australian Museum Touring Exhibition

*Biliamuk Gapal a key broker between his Larrakia people and the South Australian colonists photographed in 1890 aged 34 (South Australian Museum)

A Touch of Science is a colourful, hands-on exhibition exploring scientific principles in a way that is enjoyable, fascinating and educational for everyone. Fifteen modules explore a variety of topics including genetics, inertia, magnetism, sound, light and physics. Try making a tune from the bottled music, see for yourself the effects of polaroids on light and use your logic on the corn, chicken and fox puzzle. Fun for all the family.

A MAGNT Exhibition

The 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is the premier national Indigenous event on the arts calendar. Initiated by the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in 1984, today the Award provides $56,000 worth of prize money, making it one of the highest prizes offered for any art award in Australia. The Award attracts a broad range of artistic talent with upwards of 150 works selected for the exhibition out of approximately 500 entries from all parts of the country. This survey exhibition showcases up-to-date-developments in contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, with its diversity of themes, styles and media, including paintings, sculpture, fibre, ceramics, glass, prints, photography and textiles.

A MAGNT Exhibition

The Arafura Craft Exchange is an exciting new triennial exhibition of Indonesian and Australian contemporary craft practice. Arafura Craft Exchange: Fibre 2005 is first of the series of triennial exhibitions and features craftspeople whose practice stems from traditional craft methods to visual artists who utilise weaving in their work. Invited exhibitors are Anusapati, Caroline Rika Winata, Dani Marti, Fiona Gavino, Vicky Shukuroglou and Yvonne Koolmatrie. Their works are astonishingly diverse, from austere objects that resonate with traditional forms through to bold chunky painting's of woven urban plastic materials.

A MAGNT Exhibition

Textile artist Greg Leong will produce a site-specific sculptural installation along the foreshore of the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. In the history of Chinese settlement in Australia, Darwin holds a very special position. Leong's installation of three large-scale sculptural works, rising from the foreshore, is evocative of Chinese travellers and possesses a strong and specific reference to the ceremonial banners and canopies of the Darwin Chinese Temple.

The Sojourners Flyer (pdf 1Mb)

A MAGNT Exhibition

This year marks the 11th year of the eagerly anticipated Exit Art exhibition, a showcase of artwork produced by Northern Territory Year 12 students. Exit Art is a small sample of the diversity and talent that our schools produce each year. The quality and diversity of the artwork displayed in the exhibition breaks new ground demonstrating the dedication to excellence of our students, our teachers and our schools. The exhibition presents the most outstanding artwork produced by Year 12 visual art students and are selected by Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA) Art moderators for their excellence, innovation and creativity. Featured are a broad scope of art forms including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, printmaking and multimedia.

A MAGNT Exhibition

A pilot in Turkey, a soldier in Germany, a nurse in Indonesia, a sailor in Japan: more than 34,000 Australians have endured captivity in wartime. Captivity was a time when lives were interrupted, hopes put away and relationships strained. For all of them, these were stolen years. This exhibition offers an opportunity to explore the stories told through objects from the Australian War Memorial collections. Stolen Years: Australian prisoners of war offers an evocative and realistic insight into the Australian prisoner-of-war experience: harsh, brutal, sometimes tragic, but also moving and inspiring.

An Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition

From Arthur Streeton to Fred Williams, Thomas Baines to John Olsen, Australian artists have found internal resonances in forest or desert, escarpment or plains, rivers or oceans. This exhibition looks at how the landscape in its many forms has inspired leading Australian artists over a century. It is another in the series Windows on Australian Art, which showcases selections from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory collection of Visual Art and Craft.

A MAGNT Exhibition

The 21st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is the premier national Indigenous event on the arts calendar. Initiated by the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in 1984, today the 21st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award provides $56,000 worth of prize money, making it one of the highest prizes offered for any art award in Australia. The Award attracts a broad range of artistic talent.

Up to 150 works are selected for the exhibition out of approximately 500 entries received from all parts of the country. This survey exhibition showcases up-to-date-developments in contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, with its diversity of themes, styles and media, including paintings, sculpture, fibre, ceramics, glass, prints, photography and textiles.

3, 2, 1 we have lift off! Grab your space suits and get ready to be propelled into the most exciting and action packed exhibition the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory has brought to Territory audiences in recent years. Space will take you and your family away from the world as we know it, and through its outstanding interactive displays will have you firing thrusters on a manoeuvering unit to rescue the disabled Hubble telescope, landing the space shuttle, remote controlling a replica Mars Rover and much, much more. You won't want to come down to earth after experiencing space.

A Scitech Discovery Centre Exhibition