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Margaret Cassidy | Indigenous material culture from my travels

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Presented by Margaret Cassidy

Margaret Cassidy, OAS Journal Editor presents some personal favourites of Australian Aboriginal items collected across Australia.

The inaugural โ€˜Webinarโ€™ event will be presented via Zoom at:
4pm AEST Wednesday 15th September 2021.

Registration for this event is required and is free to existing OAS members.

To register please go to: LINK

A full recording of this live event will be available for current members of the OAS for retrospective viewing.

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Oceanic Art Society is attending an event with Burrinja at Burrinja.
6 hours ago

Oceanic Art Society Forum Raffle

Buy tickets in our Forum Raffle to help fund the costs of providing speakers and amenities at the OAS Forum highlighting Torres Strait Islands Arts and Culture.

First Prize - A Ramu River Mask, Personal Spirit Name Rikirmung Rempagian, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, ancient patina with bite stick showing multiple signs of use, old collection number CH256 and spirit names written in pencils on reverse. 50 x 17 cm Ex Richard Aldridge, collected Nimnim Village, November, 2004.

Second prize - $2000 Gift voucher for Mark Blackburn Art.

Third Prize - War Art and Ritual: Shields From the Pacific. Two beautiful volumes, by William Nathaniel Evans.

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Oceanic Art Society is with Western Sydney University and University of Rochester.
7 hours ago

Oceanic Art Speaks - Robert J Foster
Live Talk | 15 September (East Coast USA) / 16 September 2026 (East Coast Australia)
Online

Register to hear Robert J Foster, Professor at the University of Rochester and Western Sydney University present his latest research on Reimagining Provenance Research:Following "Primitive Art" from New Guinea to US Department Stores. This fascinating presentation responds to recent calls in art history and museum studies to broaden the concept of provenance (e.g., Higonett2012; Jones and Forbes 2025) and outlines three phases of provenance research, the last of which moves in the direction of anthropological accounts of "the social life of things" (Appadurai 1986). The case study focuses on the social life of one carving that travelled from the Sepik region to its current resting place at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

This presentation will not be recorded so donโ€™t miss the live talk.

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Oceanic Art Society is attending an event with Burrinja at Burrinja.
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Art and Material Culture of the Torres Strait Islands
Oceanic Art Society Forum XIV
Forum | Saturday 14 November 2026
Burrinja, Victoria, Australia

Art and Material Culture of the Torres Strait Islands will be held at the Burrinja Cultural Centre (www.burrinja.org.au) on the outskirts of Melbourne on Saturday 14 November in conjunction with the opening of Billy Missiโ€™n Wakain Thamai (northsite.org.au/exhibitions/billy-missi-wakain-thamai). Hear from world leading scholars, curators and artists present on many aspects of the artistic practices past and present of the people in Zenadth Kes Torres Strait. All the details are available on our website (www.oceanicartsociety.org.au/event/oas-forum-xiv).

Book your ticket for the Forum directly from the Burrinja Cultural Centre website (www.burrinja.org.au/whats-on/14th-oceanic-art-society-forum-2026).

Oceanic Art Society Forum Dinner
Saturday 14 November 2026
7:00 - 10:00 pm, Holiday Inn Bistro, Dandenong, Victoria.
Come along after the Forum and enjoy convivial conversation and share stories from the day over a two course meal (entree and main) after a free drink and nibbles on arrival. The dinner will also feature an auction of Oceanic Art objects.

Book your dinner ticket directly from the Oceanic Art Society (events.humanitix.com/oceanic-art-society-forum-dinner).

Oceanic Art Society Forum Accommodation Discount Links

Holiday Inn Dandenong accommodation - use the booking link - 20%Partner Rate (www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/find-hotels/select-roomrate?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&am...)

Quest Dandenong Central promo code QDCNOV15BB - To book, go to www.questapartments.com.au/properties/vic/dandenong/quest-dandenong-central
Click on โ€œHave a promo or corporate code? Enter QDCNOV15BB
Select dates (up the top) which work from 11/11 โ€“ 17/11. (If someone wants to stay longer (or arrive earlier) email Aaron Rooke at [email protected] and he will extend the discount.)
Select the room you want. It should default to โ€œAarons Group NOVโ€.
Anyone booking on this promo will have breakfast included. (Note: Breakfast served in restaurant next door on ground floor.)
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Oceanic Art Society is with Cairns Art Gallery.
2 weeks ago

Spirits in the Ink
Exhibition | 6 June - 12 September 2026
Mulgrave Building, Cairns Art Gallery

This exhibition showcases the extensive archive of Djumbunji Press Kick Arts Fine Art Printmaking, a hub for printmaking by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Far North Queensland, that was active from 2009 to 2014. Shown alongside selected works from the Cairns Art Gallery Collection and selected loans, the works in this exhibition showcase the rich and diverse cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists in the region, expressing their strong and vast cultural connection to Country.

Spirits in the Ink was first exhibited at Caboolture Regional Art Gallery in 2024, and then at Redcliffe Art Gallery in 2025 and tells the compelling story of First Nations printmaking in Far North Queensland.

From emerging artists through to leading practitioners, the artists represented in this exhibition explore traditional and contemporary visual elements in a variety of techniques and styles, expressing their unique stories through the medium of print.
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Oceanic Art Society is attending an event with Burrinja at Burrinja.
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OAS Calling for Donations
A special message from our President

The 2026 OAS Forum at Burrinja Cultural Centre on 14 November is one of the major events held by the OAS this year. It is an important event, not only to celebrate Torres Strait Islander art and culture, but also to raise funds to allow the OAS to continue to operate and publish our wonderful Journal in print.

A key way of raising money is through our raffle and art auction held at the Forum Dinner. Please consider donating an item for the raffle or auction.

We are pleased to acknowledge your generosity on the night, if you wish, and any artefacts or suitable objects will be gratefully accepted. Please send images and details of your proposed donation to [email protected].

Thanking you in advance!

Jim Elmslie
President Oceanic Art Society
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