The 2016 Sampari Art Exhibition and sale for West Papua in the Australian Catholic University’s Art Gallery in Fitzroy in December 2016, hosted by the Federal Republic of West Papua’s office in Docklands, included a special Wall of Melanesian prints. The…
Saluting Melanesia was an exciting ceremonial occasion, beginning with a solemn kava ceremony, which invited Oceanic communities to celebrate their origins and living cultures, including young Melanesians born or living in the diaspora talking about their cultural experiences, dancers performing…
West Papua: exhibition of cartoons published in the Australian media in 2006 ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy (2-11 December 2016) This is an exhibition of twenty-nine works by Australia’s most gifted and beloved cartoonists published in 2006, after…
SAMPARI 2016 ART EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy OPENS Friday 2 December 2016 : 6pm CLOSES Sunday 11 December 2016 : 5pm GALLERY HOURS Monday-Wednesday 11-6pm Thursday-Friday 11-8pm Saturday-Sunday 10-4pm Sampari, the name of…
In recognition of the Melanesian nations success in winning a bitterly contested battle over West Papua’s inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Sampari 2016 has created a special Melanesian Wall of Art for artists who live in the Solomon Islands,…
PETER WOODS won the People’s Choice Award at the 2015 Sampari Art Exhibition for West Papua, with his Papuana Nymphaea. The work brings to light the suffering of the West Papuans in the setting of Monet’s famous Nymphaeas series of…
Lance comes from the bush, and has a deep love for the environment and a lot of respect for humanity. He has a deeply ingrained sense of what’s right and wrong, of what’s moral and ethical, and what should be…
