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Tuesday 16 February, 2010 STRANDS OF COUNTRY- Exhibition of Aboriginal Contemporary Textiles From the southern ocean to the northern seas and across the desert, contemporary textile art is practiced by Aboriginal artists. This exhibition showcases the work of three centres of contemporary textile practice. Babbarra Designs is based at Maningrida in central Arnhem Land, NT. The artists depict the landscape, dreaming stories, spirit beings, bush foods and bush crafts from their country though screen printing and lino cut printing on silk and cotton for interiors and clothing. Ernabella Arts Inc based in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in North West of SA has been practicing the art of hand drawn batik on silk and cotton for over 40 years. Kuju Aboriginal Arts & Crafts from Port Lincoln on the West Coast of South Australia. The artists make baskets from local grasses, reeds and seaweed with shells and other found objects that represent the environment and their strong cultural links to the sea. *STRANDS OF COUNTRY is a part of the 2010 Adelaide Fringe Festival WHERE: Fabric of Life AT: 141 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006. Exhibition dates: 19th February to 13th March Hours:10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday

Saturday 23 January, 2010 Change in Coordinator Amanda Franklin has taken over from Cathy Veldhuyzen as full time Coordinator. Cathy left in December 2009, both due to family reasons and as an aim for the centre to be a fully Indigenous run centre. "After almost 8 years at the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community, I felt sad to leave but confident in Amanda's ability to run the centre well, with her skills as administrator, her talent as an artist and her ever increasing knowledge of Indigenous art"

Saturday 23 January, 2010 Port Lincoln Art Prize Several artist's works were selected for the Port Lincoln Art Prize, which is on exhibition in the Nautilus Galleries until February 12th. 'Congratulations to Amanda Franklin who received a highly commended award which against the quality and number of entries from across the state is a wonderful achievement' (Cathy V)

Monday 13 July, 2009 NAIDOC week & Our Mob '09 NAIDOC week for 2009 with the theme being 'Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth' saw Kuju present another exhibition at the Rotary Gallery with some new work by our local Aboriginal artists. This will be on display until 31st August. Other artwork will be sent to Adelaide for Our Mob '09 at the Festival Centre in Adelaide during Aug & Sept to be officially opened on August 11th. Artwork from Aboriginal artists from across the state have been selected.

Monday 13 July, 2009 Kuju's funding Kuju's funding to DEWHA was successful but on a reduced amount. Amanda will continue as full-time while Cathy has cut her hours back to 2 days a week. There may be an opportunity for other programs to utilise Kuju ie Youth, Womens, Health and Educational specific projects which will inject much needed funds into Kuju. Several projects are coming up 'Mana Wellbeing expo' and TAFE's 'TRIC' expo in which Kuju will have displays. Workshops with the Elders will recommence in 3rd term and some of the school workshops run by Amanda. Our opening hours are remaining the same - 10am to 4pm.

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