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August 2018
In Cooks Wake : Tapa Treasures from the Pacific
National Library of Australia, Canberra IN COOK'S WAKE TAPA TREASURES FROM THE PACIFIC When 23 August 2018 to 3 February 2019,10.00am-5.00pm Where National Library of Australia, Canberra Treasures Gallery, Ground floor free No booking required Before the world knew cloth there was tapa, or barkcloth, which worked its way into the heart of human interactions throughout the Pacific. Made from the inner bark of trees, it was used for clothing and furnishings, to wrap babies and the deceased, as wicks in oil…
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Oceania at The Royal Academy of Arts
Oceania : South Pacific Art at The Royal Academy of Arts, London Highlights of the 2018 Oceania exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) have emerged, which will be an amalgamation of 250 objects from the vast region that stretches from New Guinea to Easter Island, and Hawaii to New Zealand. UK’s first comprehensive show, themed around Oceanic art, will feature historic objects from the South Pacific, a few of which will have not been documented or displayed for…
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OAS End of Year Function | AGM and Lecture Meeting
To all OAS Members and Friends You are invited to attend the Oceanic Art Society 2018 End of Year Function. Saturday 10 November 2018 AGM and Lecture Meeting plus Lunch are to be held at: The Middle Harbour Skiffs Yacht Club 237 Spit Road, Mosman, NSW (Located off the Spit Bridge) See: www.middleharbourskiffs.com.au 10.00am | Registration and AGM | Download AGM Papers 11:00 am | Lecture by Crispin Howarth | Curator Pacific Arts at the National Gallery of Australia Ta Moko is Not Tattoo In…
Find out more »Oceania Pacifica Festival at Casula Powerhouse
CASULA POWERHOUSE : OCEANIA PACIFICA FESTIVAL : "AO (DAY) PO (NIGHT)" Saturday 10 Nov 2018 | 3.00pm - 8.00pm Celebrate the best of Oceania performers working across traditional and contemporary art forms. Pacifica market stalls, Pacific food and entertainment. The day and night program will showcase the new communities and their work, existing communities and their work across traditional and contemporary expressions across multiple art forms. Entertainment, celebration, connection and maintenance of culture will be celebrated throughout the program EVENT…
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12th ESfO Conference in Cambridge, UK
European Society for Oceanists 2018 Conference 12th ESfO Conference Cambridge, 07 December 2018 - 10 December 2018 Conference Organizers Nicholas Thomas Rupert Stasch Anthony Pickles Joel Robbins Ali Clark Erna Lilje Katharina Haslwanter Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Department of Social Anthropology University of Cambridge If you have any enquiries please email: [email protected] Download Call for Panels here: JPG ‘Dealing with Inequality: Pacific perspectives, Pacific futures’ The theme of the 12th conference of the European Society for Oceanists encourages participants to discuss these…
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Oceanic Art Society Forum | 2019
Collections and Artists, Then and Now. - Coinciding with new displays of Oceanic and Indigenous Australian art, this two-day forum will focus on how collections of art from the region have been formed and re-defined.
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Find out more »San Francisco Tribal and Textile Art Show 2019
SAN FRANCISCO TRIBAL & TEXTILE ART SHOW 2019 The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show enters its 33rd year in 2019. We are proud that it is the premiere show of its kind in the United States. We welcome over 70 dealers and feature exciting exhibits presented by top galleries each year. Works range from the finest textiles and rugs from North Africa, Asia, North America, and India through remarkable stone and wood carvings from Indonesia, Africa, and Oceania. Works also…
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PAA XIII
PAA XIII International Symposium MARCH 25-28, 2019, Brisbane, Australia Save the date : PAA XIII International Symposium, March 25-28, 2019, Brisbane, Australia The Pacific Art Association is happy to announce the Queensland Museum in Brisbane will be the next host of PAA's XIII International Symposium, 2019. The dates of the conference are confirmed for Monday-Thursday 25-28 March, 2019. We hope to follow the conference with a weekend of events on the cultural precinct taking advantage of the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial at…
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Bridge and Barrier
Bridge and Barrier: Torres Strait and curious artefact distributions between Queensland and New Guinea By Ian McNiven (Monash University) In this talk, Ian McNiven will outline what he calls the "Coral Sea Cultural Interaction Sphere" as a framework to help shed light on why some ethnographic artefact types are shared between northern Queensland and southern New Guinea but other artefact types fail to extend across Torres Strait. Different distributions of artefact types provide new insights into the complex role of…
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Tribal Art Fair Sydney +Lecture
Genuine ethnographic rarities and collectables from Papua New Guinea, the Pacific, Australia, South East Asia. Masks, carvings, weapons, artefacts, jewellery, textiles, books, prints. Great pieces at great prices. The Oceanic Art Society will be holding the Tribal Art Fair 2019 at the Cell Block Hall inside the grounds of the National Art School situated on the corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst. Art Fair Admission: $3 per person. Children under 15 are free. Andrew Baker Lecture: General Admission: $10.00 | Book online…
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