Milingimbi Art Centre

Milingimbi Art Centre Information:
Website: http://www.milingimbiart.com
Contact: Christopher Durkin
Email: info@milingimbiart.com
Phone: +61 8 8987 9888
Address: Milingimbi Milingimbi 0822 NT

Membership / Affiliations: ANKAAA

Milingimbi is an island community literally just off the coast of Arnhem Land in the far north of Australia, approximately 400 km east of Darwin, Northern Territory. A number of different clan groups exist among the population of around 1,000 that call Milingimbi home, including surrounding outstations (or homelands).

There is a long tradition of creative and cultural works - bark paintings, carvings and weavings to name the most traditional. Many of Milingimbi's artists both past and present are represented in collections locally and internationally.

Bark painting alone is said to have a tradition stretching back thousands of years, long before the arrival of Europeans. They have been officially recorded by balanda (non-Yolngu) as having been commissioned as early as 1912, and were collected during the 1920's from the time the first Methodist missionaries arrived.

Some missionaries encouraged the artists to use their creative skills in the art and craft field as a commercial activity, but it was'nt until the 1960's that it would become a major source of rupia (income) for them. Of course many items made by the locals are still used for practical and, most importantly, ceremonial purposes.

 

Vendor name	Category	Location	Art Region	Art Medium
Milingimbi Art Centre	Aboriginal art centre	Australia Milingimbi	Arnhem Land	Acrylic on Belgian Linen Acrylic on Board Acrylic on Canvas Acrylic on Canvas Panel Acrylic on Linen Acrylic on Paper Bark Paintings Baskets Carvings Dilly Bags Ochre Ochre on Bark Ochre on Canvas Ochre on Paper

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