Oceanic Art Society
Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.
Contemporary PNG Art 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/TKgfv_VQPXc . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art …
Thinking differently about historical objects (part lecture) 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/ejWFpOXy6iU . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, …
Tarisi Vunidilo - OAS Forum 2024 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney - Working with Pacific Collections across the Globe
A former colleague recently shared her five communications tips - question the news value; know the audience; highlight the lead; feature people, not objects; and create visual elements - which led me to thinking about this Journal.
by Margaret Cassidy Last edition we heard from Timothy Pietsch, Manager, Wantok Place, North Adelaide (Museum of Papua New Guinea Artefacts) that when having their collection assessed the museum staff had …
One of the reasons the Oceanic Art Society was established was to encourage Sydney's Australian Museum to put more of its Oceanic Art collection, the largest in the world, on display. Your review of the comprehensive and empathetic book by Maia Nuku: Oceania the Shape of Time, in the latest OAS Journal, highlights stark differences in the contemporary approach to Oceanic museology and curatorship here and in the United States.
Bill Evans had an extraordinary life as a father and grandfather; as a Tribal Art and antique rug expert, dealer and collector, and as a friend to a vast and eclectic group of people spread across the globe.
Bottle Creek Gallery, Pātaka art + Museum, Porirua, Aotearoa New Zealand, 7 October - 11 November 2023. Catalogue published by Te Rabakau Press, 2023.
Chief Paul Yapmunggwiyo Kongi, clan brother, chief of Mariwai Village and a master artist of the Kwoma people from the Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea has died in the same village where he spent his life serving his community as a teacher, magistrate, and storyteller.
When I mentioned in passing that I had attended the Pacific Art Association Europe annual meeting in Chartres, France, mid December 2023, the editor of this Journal immediately asked what were the highlights
