Art Centre ID:
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8 |
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Art Centre |
Bulabula Arts |
Community Name:
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Ramingining
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Google Map Path
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Longtitude:
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134.931678771973
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Latitude:
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-12.3309461251056
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Address:
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Bula'bula Arts PMB 161 WINNELLIE NT 0822; 08 8979 7911
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Established:
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1970s
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Brief History: |
Ramingining is located in Central Arnhem Land about 800 kms driving east from Darwin. Ramingining community has had an art centre since the settlement was first established in 1977. In 1977 the new Ramingining Arts and Crafts organisation was set up as a distinct entity from that at Millingimbi. Ramingining was established partly as a result of overpopulation on Millingimbi and many Ramingining artists originally worked with Millingimbi Arts and Crafts. Painters from the region initially sold their works through the Milingimbi Mission. Ramingining is built on Djadawitjibi country, whose principal creator being is Garrtjambal. Some important Australian and international Indigenous collections initially sourced works from this area from the 1930s-1970s. Significant collectors including Donald Thomson, Charles Mountford, Karel Kupka, Louis Allen, Ed Ruhe, Jim Davidson, Helen Groger-Wurm and Dorothy Bennett visited northern Arnhem land. In particular the Ramingining Collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art when, in 1985, they acquired all exhibited artefacts form the exhibition "Objects and Representations from Ramingining" in 1984. During the 1980s a number of significant artists Boomali Aboriginal Artists Cooperative visited Ramingining, including Lawrence Leslie, Fiona Foley, Avril Quaill, Joe Hurst and Robert Campbell Jnr. The Bula'bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation (translates as kangaroo voice") was incorporated in 1990. |
Common Languages: |
Buyuyukulmirr, Liya-gawumirr, Murrungun, Ganalbingu, Djambarrpuyngu and English |
Art Centre's URL
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http://www.bulabula-arts.com/
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Approximate Turnover |
1987-88 turnover that year of $189,000.
2005 - $360,000
2006 - $400,000
2007 - $360,000 |
Festivals |
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Significant Early Exhibitions |
1979 - Third Biennale of Sydney: A European Dialogue included three artists from Ramingining and with artists from Yuendumu.
1981 - The Land, the Sea and Our Culture was a large collection of paintings, utensils, weavings and sculptures from Milingimbi and Raminging (Bula'bula) at the Anthropology Museum of the University of Queensland.
1984 - Objects and Representations from Ramingining in 1984 at the MCA, which became part of their permanent collection in 1985.
1988 - The Memorial - 200 log coffins prepared for the bicentenary year (1 log for each year of occupation), originally exhibited in the 1988 Bienale of Sydney and later purchased by the NGA. |
Entry last updated on |
06/06/2008 10:15:57 |
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