Artist Opportunities
Telstra NATISAA 2020 Winners
We congratulate Wangkatjunga/Walmajarri elder Ngarralja Tommy May for being awarded the major $50,000 Telstra Art Award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) for his piece Wirrkanja 2020 (2020).
The 2020 iteration of the Award saw 65 artists share their stories and histories and represent their individual nations through a range of artistic practices as part of NATSIAA – Australia’s longest-running Indigenous art awards. In a first for NATSIAA, the exhibition of finalists’ works will be displayed online, through a virtual gallery. Mr May, who resides at Mindi Rardi Community in Fitzroy Crossing, was born in Yarrkurnja, in the Great Sandy Desert and was raised and taught traditionally. Depicting a clay pan and waterhole during heavy rains on his Country, Wirrkanja 2020 is an intricately crafted tin etching. The other awardees include: Walpiri artist Adrian Jangala Robertson (general painting award), Yolŋu Matha artist Marrnyula Mununggurr (bark painting award), Larrakia artist Jenna Lee (Wandjuk Marika 3D award), Amata-based Pitjantjatjara painter, Iluwanti Ken (works on paper award), Cecilia Umbagai (emerging artist), and Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs (multimedia award). natsiaa.com.au
Blacktown Arts Residency Program Announced
Our congratulations go out to James Eastwood, Casey Sessions, Imran Khalighi, Kelcie Bryant-Duguid, Kristone Capistrano, Luke Ciregna and Seth Ciregna, and Narjis Mirza, the recipients of the 2020 Blacktown Arts residencies. The artists-in-residence will develop their artistic practice, experiment with new forms and produce a range of new work, under the mentorship of the Blacktown Arts team.
As part of the program, Eastwood will work on his project and develop a series telling the stories
