Selling Yarns: Abstracts of papers to be presented

Together Dreaming, Inspiring 21st century Aboriginal communities: Steven Russell; Chairperson, Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Corporation; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Silk: Innovation for Social and Cultural Sustainability: Kommaly Chanthavong; Director, Lao Sericulture Company; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Indigenous Textile Art Project: corporate collaborations with Babbarra Designs: Bobbie Ruben; Printmaker, Department of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Together Dreaming, Inspiring 21st Century Aboriginal communities: Phyllis Stewart; Senior female weaving artist, Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Corporation; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Needle-felting: a textile technique for the surface: Gay Epstein; Director, Ashford Australia Spinning and Weaving; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Together Dreaming, Inspiring 21st Century Aboriginal communities: Kelli Ryan; Founder, Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Silk: Innovation for social and cultural sustainability: Boby Vosinthavong; Manager, Lao Silk and Craft; Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Fibre Sculptures: an innovation within Australian Indigenous Fibre practice: Christiane Keller; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia; Session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm
Contemporary Traditional: Rigel Sorzano; Writer and Curator,; Session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm
Clothing the postcolonial body: art, artefacts and appropriation: Sylvia Kleinert; Associate professor of Australian indigenous Art, Charles Darwin University; Session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm
Is Fair Enough?: Tamara Winikoff; Executive Director, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA); Session: Policies for sustainability Saturday 7 March 2009 11:20 - 12:40 pm
Craft for the other 10%: Ethical steps towards a sustainable world craft: Kevin Murray; Writer and Curator,; Session: Policies for sustainability Saturday 7 March 2009 11:20 - 12:40 pm
Weave and Mend: an Aurukun weaving project: Guy Allain; Art Centre Manager, WiK and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre; Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
The place to weave: the story of Arnhem Land weavers: Roslyn Malngumba; Elder,; Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Tayenebye: Tasmanian Aboriginal women's fibre work workshops and touring exhibition: Lola Greeno; Program Officer, Aboriginal Arts, Arts Tasmania; Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Coiled! An exhibition of fibre work from south eastern Australia: Lorraine Coutts; Roving Curator, Indigenous Cultures Department, Museum Victoria; Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Tayenebye: Tasmanian Aboriginal women's fibre work workshops and touring exhibition: Julie Gough; Curator, Tasmanian Museum and Gallery; Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
More than Money: Trish Barnard; Senior Curator, Indigenous Studies, Queensland Museum; Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Fibres from a cultural context: Christina Hurihia Wirihana; Deputy Chairperson, Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, National Weaving Committee; Session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
Gaawaa Miyay Design: Developing a contemporary design practice: Lucy Simpson; Designer and textile artist,; Session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
Fibre art practice on the South Coast of NSW: Cheryl Davison; Artist,; Session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
A Koori garden: Tradition and innovation on the South Coast: Vincent Bicego; Honours student, University of Wollongong; Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
How the Knowledge within Country informs Aboriginal arts practices and affirms and sustains Identity: Pamela Croft Warcon; Artist,; Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
Rainforest Weavers: Maureen Beeron; Weaver , Girringun Aboriginal Corporation; Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
At growing level: Nalda Searles; Artist,; Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
How the Knowledge within Country informs Aboriginal arts practices and affirms and sustains Identity: Bronwyn Fredericks; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Monash University; Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
Weaving as a base for social work and weaving as a social base for work: Te Whanau Arohanui, Waitati, Aotearoa/New-Zealand: Roka Ngarimu Cameron; Founder, Te Whanau Arohanui Trust; Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Holding it together: The integration of fibre arts and tourism in northern Australia: Meg Switzer; Senior Facilitator, Stepwise Heritage and Tourism Pty Ltd; Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
The place to weave: the story of Arnhem Land weavers: John Greatorex; Coordinator,Yolngu Studies, School of Indigineous Knowledge Systems, Charles Darwin University; Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Holding it together: The integration of fibre arts and tourism in northern Australia: Nicholas Hall; Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities, ANU; Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Menagerie: Brian Parkes; Associate Director, Object Gallery; Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Recoiling the past for the future: Margie West; Emeritus Curator of Aboriginal Art, Museum and Art Gallery of the Norther Territory; Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Professional Pathways - The Canning Stock Route Project: Carly Davenport Acker; Cultural Program Manager and Project Manager, FORM; Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Menagerie: Nicole Foreshew; Assistant Curator, Object Gallery; Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
All that glitters … : an exploration of Aboriginal women's knowledge production in shell-art practise on the South Coast of NSW: Daphne Nash; PhD Candidate, Research School of Humanities, ANU; Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Art beyond the canvas - storytelling and design: Alison Page; Designer and artist,; Keynote address

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Innovation for sustainability

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