Rover – From Warmun to Venice
2023, 57 pages, JD Mittman, Burrinja Review by Margaret Cassidy Warmun in the East Kimberleys is indeed a long way from Venice but both are places of great beauty and …
More Than You Might Think: Exploring Micronesian Sculpture
by Eric Kjellgren In contrast to the rich diversity of sculptural traditions in other areas of Oceania, surveys of Oceanic Art (including Kjellgren 2007 and 2014) often describe Micronesia as …
Salote Tawale – OAS Forum 2024
Collaborations 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/vX4o7BWeu-c . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member …
Steven Gagau – OAS Forum 2024
Collaborations: Working with Collections 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/9UBjL89O36I . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic …
Michael Mel, Susan Cochrane & Deveni Temu – OAS Forum 2024
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 …
Jude Philp – OAS Forum 2024
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
Tarisi Vunidilo - OAS Forum 2024 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney - Working with Pacific Collections across the Globe
Who tells what Oceanic art stories?
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.
What is the Mystery Object?
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 …
Letter to the editor
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.