THURS 11 August 2014, Bar 303, High Street, Northcote (Melbourne) SAT 13 August 2014, B1 Ballarat Art Space SUN 14 August 2014, Lot 19, Castlemaine Relentless ukuleles for West Papua! featuring the Black Orchid Stringband (West Papua), Joe Geia, the Melbourne…
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Children of the Revolution : Peter Woods Exhibition, Nov 2014
You are warmly invited to my exhibition Children of the Revolution between 22 November and 7 December 2014 . The paintings and prints mainly from my June visit to West Papua this year. I wanted to celebrate the fire of…
First birthday of WP Office in Docklands : Sun 3 May 2015
West Papua Open Day : Sunday 3 May 2015, 2pm (1pm for delicious Papuan lunch) Friends of the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) will gather at the DFAIT Office in Docklands on Sunday 3 May to celebrate twelve months…
SAMPARI: 2015 West Papua Art Exhibition & Sale
The Women’s Office of the Federal Republic of West Papua invites Visual, Media, Sculpture, and Craft Artists to apply to have their work exhibited at the Australian Catholic University Gallery in Fitzroy (Victoria) from 4th- 13th December 2015. The exhibition…
Welsh artist enters wire-portraits of West Papuan political prisoners in Sampari Art Exhibition
A WELSH ARTIST, BRONWEN BENDER, has entered four spectacular wire-portraits of West Papuan political prisoners in the Sampari Art Exhibition for West Papua, which opens in the Australian Catholic University Gallery in Fitzroy (Melbourne) on 4 December 2015. Bender illuminates…
OPENING: 2015 Sampari Art Exhibition & Sale for West Papua
A rich array of art and artforms, opening at the ACU ART GALLERY, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy (Melbourne) at 6pm on Friday 4 December 2015 BABUAN MIRINO, Convener, FRWP Womens Office DR PENELOPE TROTTER, ACU lecturer, Fine Arts feature writer,…
Author Bruce Pascoe: on West Papua and his Ruby-eyed Coucal
Talking with Bruce Pascoe and his political thriller ‘Rube-Eyed Coucal’ ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy (Melbourne) Saturday 5 December 2015 : 2-4pm During the Sampari Art Exhibition for West…
The social and environmental impacts on Nemangkawi, 2015
Louise Byrne
Posted in Australian Politics, Documentaries, Events, Human Rights, Sampari Art Exhibition
“Why did Amungme elders put border markers all the way around the Ertzberg mountain of ore in 1967 during the exploration phase? Because that was a sacred area. Indonesian law considers the deep jungle to be empty, to have no…
Melbourne poets for West Papua in ACU Art Gallery, Dec 2015
On 6 December 2015, during the Sampari Art Festival, a host of celebrated Melbourne poets assembled in the ACU Art Gallery for a night of ‘the spoken word’ about the occupied territory. The poets included Di Cousens, Randall Stephens, Lana…
Hand-hewn bass, heart and soul of Black Orchid String Band, 2017
A hand-hewn old-wood ‘sten bass’ features on several recordings on a new CD released in Melbourne on 1 July 2017 by West Papua’s Black Orchid String Band. The bass was brought to Melbourne in 2003 by Black Paradise, another West…
Professor Paul James, George Mason University, 2010
George Mason University, 9 November 2010 Democracy and Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: The Washington Solution convened by Professor Lester Kurtz, and Herman Wainggai from the West Papua National Authority. Professor Paul James (video, 35min) http://youtu.be/OqXVvM8So4c Summary Paul…
Chilean artist intrigues West Papuans with cardboard art
I first noticed RAIMUNDO MACKENNA sitting on the floor of the National Gallery in Federation Square. He was sketching in his notepad. He was focussed, his scribbling was deliberate; maybe professional I thought. So I asked him if he would…
West Papua: 2017 Sampari Art Exhibition
The 2017 Sampari Art Exhibition and Sale for West Papua opens at 6pm on Friday 8 December, and closes at 5pm on Sunday 17 December<. The rich and complex exhibition features inspiring art about West Papua created for the exhibition,…
Chicken & Corn soup in coconut bowls, Timorese coffee & Papua cupcakes, plus book launch
Bonded through Tragedy, United in Hope Hilton Deakin with Jim and Therese D’Orsa May 2017, Garratt Publishing, Victoria (Australia) BOOK LAUNCH Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert St, East Melbourne, Thursday 1 June 2017 : 6pm Special Guest: Bishop of Parramatta,…
What Sampari artists in 2017 need to know about West Papua
The West Papua Women’s Office in Docklands is asking Visual, Sculpture, Jewellery and Craft Artists to consider entering work in the 2017 SAMPARI ART EXHIBITION FOR WEST PAPUA, including the special category of Melanesian Art. The exhibition is showing in…
Emma Thurlow wins West Papua’s 2016 Sampari Art Award
EMMA THURLOW: My highland warrior is seen through the telescopic sights of a rifle, his head surrounded by the leaves of his homeland, which also reference organisations that ignore the atrocities committed against these owners of the land PNG born…
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