Artist Jukuja Dolly Snell from Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert won the prestigious Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award at a ceremony held by the Arafura Sea in Darwin on Friday.
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3:12 PM The 32nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award ceremony will commence on Friday at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory by the Arafura Sea in Darwin. The awards offers $70,000 in prize money for the winning Indigenous artists who come from across Australia 
Indigenous Western Australian artist Daniel Walbidi poses for a photograph at the 2014 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Walbidi won the general painting award at the 31st National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (AAP)
Sixty-five artworks from the 2015 finalists will feature at the awards ceremony and will be displayed until 1 November at the art gallery. The ceremony will take place on the lawns outside the gallery and guests will be entertained by musicians Christine Anu, Warren H Williams & Dani Young, and the Kenbi Dancers. The public are invited to participate in a range of events organised by the awards committee throughout the duration of the exhibition. Artist talksMeet the 2015 winners of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award to hear the stories behind their work.
When: Saturday 8 August 2015, 11.00am Where: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Cost: Free WorkshopThe Erub Erwer Meta artists in the Torres Strait are giving their time to teach kids between 12 and 18 years of age how to weave 'ghost-net' creations. The workshop is organised by the Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre on Darnley Island, north of Cape York in Queensland. When: Friday 7 August 2015, 10.00am Where: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Cost: Free |
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