The Honourable Tutafanuariki Edward Nipake Natapei, Prime Minister of Vanuatu, visited the Australian Museum to officially open New Traditions: Contemporary Art of Vanuatu on Monday 4 February. To coincide with the opening, Mr Natapei witnessed the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian Museum and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre. The exhibition included traditional artifacts made by village artisans as well as the work of 'modern' artists and earlier pieces from the Australian Museum's anthropological collections.
Throughout February, the Australian Museum hosted the very popular Time to Play workshops for Under 5s. The fun and educational activities were based on themes of Animal Treasure Hunts, Animals and Indigenous Art, City Critters and Indigenous music and dance. The workshops will continue to be run during the year, in the first week after each school holiday. For more details, see our website: www.amonline.net.au.
Jack Burrows brought his mum and grandfather to the Time to Play Indigenous activities.
The opening of Aadenn Rowan's exhibition Stolen Generation: past - present - future was hosted at the Australian Museum on 9 February. The evening featured speakers from the Museum, the Australia Council for the Arts and a Darug Elder, as well as music and of course the paintings themselves. The twenty acrylic works explore the past, the present and the future, as part of a personal journey toward a deeper understanding of the 'Stolen Generation'. The exhibition is open until 12 May in Indigenous Australians.
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