Selling Yarns 2

Innovation for sustainability

 

Speakers

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Allain, Guy
Yolngu Languages and Culture, Charles Darwin University
Paper: Weave and Mend: an Aurukun weaving project
Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Barnard, Trish
Senior Curator, Indigenous Studies, Queensland Museum
Paper: More than Money
Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Bicego, Vincent
Honours student, University of Wollongong
Paper: A Koori garden: Tradition and innovation on the South Coast
Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
Chanthavong, Kommaly
Director, Lao Sericulture Company
Paper: Silk: Innovation for Social and Cultural Sustainability
Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Coutts, Lorraine
Roving Curator, Indigenous Cultures Department, Museum Victoria
Paper: Coiled! An exhibition of fibre work from south eastern Australia
Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Davenport Acker, Carly
Cultural Program Manager and Project Manager, FORM
Paper: Professional Pathways - The Canning Stock Route Project
Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Davidson, Cheryl
Artist,
Paper: Fibre art practice on the South Coast of NSW
Session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
Foreshew, Nicole
Assistant Curator, Object Gallery
Paper: Menagerie
Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Gough, Julie
Curator, Tasmanian Museum and Gallery
Paper: Tayenebye: Tasmanian Aboriginal women's fibre work workshops and touring exhibition
Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Greatorex, John
Coordinator,Yolngu Studies, School of Indigineous Knowledge Systems, Charles Darwin University
Paper: The place to weave: the story of Arnhem Land weavers
Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Greeno, Lola
Program Officer, Aboriginal Arts, Arts Tasmania
Paper: Tayenebye: Tasmanian Aboriginal women's fibre work workshops and touring exhibition
Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Hall, Nicholas
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities, ANU
Paper: Holding it together: The integration of fibre arts and tourism in northern Australia
Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Hughes, Merran
Artistic Director, Alice Springs Beanie Festival
Paper: Needle-felting: a textile technique for the surface
Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Hurihia Wirihana, Christina
Deputy Chairperson, Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, National Weaving Committee
Paper: Fibres from a cultural context
Session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
Keller, Christiane
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Paper: Fibre Sculptures: an innovation within Australian Indigenous Fibre practice
Session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm
Kleinert, Sylvia
Associate professor of Australian indigenous Art, Charles Darwin University
Paper: Clothing the postcolonial body: art, artefacts and appropriation
Session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm
Koenig, Jennifer
Coordinator, Babbarra Women's Centre
Paper: Indigenous Textile Art Project: corporate collaborations with Babbarra Designs
Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Maljumba, Roslyn
Elder,
Paper: The place to weave: the story of Arnhem Land weavers
Session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Nash, Daphne
PhD Candidate, Research School of Humanities, ANU
Paper: All that glitters … : an exploration of Aboriginal women's knowledge production in shell-art practise on the South Coast of NSW
Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Ngarimu Cameron, Roka
Founder, Te Whanau Arohanui Trust
Paper: Weaving as a base for social work and weaving as a social base for work: Te Whanau Arohanui, Waitati, Aotearoa/New-Zealand
Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Parkes, Brian
Associate Director, Object Gallery
Paper: Menagerie
Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Ruben, Bobbie
Printmaker, Department of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University
Paper: Indigenous Textile Art Project: corporate collaborations with Babbarra Designs
Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
Searles, Nalda
Artist,
Paper: At growing level
Session: Sustainability and the use of materials Friday 6 March 2009 1:00 - 2:10pm
Simpson, Lucy
Designer and textile artist,
Paper: Gaawaa Miyay Design: Developing a contemporary design practice
Session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
Sorzano, Rigel
Writer and Curator,
Paper: Contemporary Traditional
Session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm
Switzer, Meg
Senior Facilitator, Stepwise Heritage and Tourism Pty Ltd
Paper: Holding it together: The integration of fibre arts and tourism in northern Australia
Session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
Vosinthavong, Boby
Manager, Lao Silk and Craft
Paper: Silk: Innovation for social and cultural sustainability
Session: Art Centre stories: engagement with industry Saturday 7 March 2009 3:00 - 4:25pm
West, Margie
Emeritus Curator of Aboriginal Art, Museum and Art Gallery of the Norther Territory
Paper: Recoiling the past for the future
Session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm

Session convenors

Allen, Lindy
Senior Curator, Indigenous Cultures Department, Museum Victoria
Convening session: Museums as drivers for innovative practice Saturday 7 March 2009 9:05 - 10:30am
Hamby, Louise
Research Fellow, Research School of Humanities, The Australian National University
Convening session: Mentoring between communities Friday 6 March 2009 10:40 – 12:05pm
Kleinert, Sylvia
Associate Professor of Australian Indigenous Art, Charles Darwin University
Convening session: Innovation: artists' perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 3:55 - 5:05pm
Victoria, Jo
Senior Consultant, Cooperative Change
Convening session: Innovation: Indigenous business perspectives Friday 6 March 2009 2:10 – 3:30 pm
West, Margie
Curator and Writer,
Convening session: Perspectives on practice Saturday 7 March 2009 1:10 - 2:20pm