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Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre is the Indigenous community controlled art centre of Northeast Arnhem Land located in Yirrkala, a small Aboriginal community, approximately 700km east of Darwin.

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Not-For-Profit Indigenous Art Centre
📍Yirrkala, North East Arnhemland, NT
Yolŋu Country, Australia funded by Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support

Very proud that QUT are celebrating this filmmaker Very proud that QUT are celebrating this filmmaker. She spent her (covid) gap year honing her skills as one of the @mulkaproject team.  Get @reshare_app • @qutcreativeindustries From Yirrkala to Sydney Film Festival via QUT!
 
While studying at QUT, Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs (@sienastubbs_) shared a powerful vision for her future, to return home and tell the stories of her people, and help others tell theirs.
 
Now, that vision is becoming a reality. Her short film Maŋutji (Catching Eyes), written and directed by Siena, is premiering at @Sydfilmfest this June. Set in her home community of Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, the film explores a tender story of two teenagers navigating their feelings while honouring cultural boundaries and kinship.
 
Already making its mark, Catching Eyes has been named a finalist for both the Dendy Award for Best Live Action Australian Short and the First Nations Award.
 
From a student with a dream to a rising First Nations filmmaker on the national stage, Siena is a powerful new voice in Australian cinema.
 
Good luck at the festival, Siena!

Image credit: Sydney Film Festival Instagram

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A visitor this morning, Wurrkadi the larvae of a c A visitor this morning, Wurrkadi the larvae of a cossid moth, met Marrnyula Munungurr whose print celebrates this songline from her maternal grandmother's clan, the Galpu. After apparently 'dying' and being buried the larvae transforms into the winged moth, which flies free after emerging from the earth.
For Galpu this is a metaphor for the liberation of the departed one's spirit. So many amazing things happen in our courtyard.
Celebrating ALL of the finalists to this year's Na Celebrating ALL of the finalists to this year's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. From Yirrkala and homelands we congratulate Napuwarri Marawili, Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Ishmael Marika, Gunybi Ganambarr, Guruwuy Murrinyina, Wanapati Yunupiŋu, Barayuwa Munuŋgurr, Wulu Marawili, Yalmakany Marawili and our Chair, Binygurr Wirrpanda. We can't wait to meet everyone at our annual gathering of the tribes that is Darwin in August. 🙏
A big thank you to our long term partner Gabriella A big thank you to our long term partner Gabriella Roy for a beautiful hang and to our friend Frances for capturing it so nicely. 
The saintly Dr.G is singing of a creature that lives within these designs who encounters Wuyal on Marrakulu country. Butjikat (Pussycat) or Marwurrumburr the Northern Quoll.
Get @reshare_app • @francescacavazziniart In ‘Yarrpany - Sweet Bush Honey’ at @aboriginalpacificart , four Yirrkala artists each bring their unique style and designs to interpret the different stages and elements of songs about Wuyal, the Marrakulu ancestral sugar bag man, on his quest to fell the Wänambi tree. This act caused a river of honey that became the Gurka’wuy River. 

Adorned in a feathered head dress and armbands and carrying dilly bags, a spear and woomera, he traveled the land naming places, plants and animals, creating features in the land along the way. He founded the Marrakulu homeland. 

The sense of the spiritual and ancestral power of these stories and the protagonists that feature within them is conveyed through the use of incredibly fine, cross hatching, dotting and repeated lines that give the undulating surfaces of the barks a shimmering effect. In Yalanba Wanambi’s work this effect is mainly achieved through the use of glittering black sand adhered to the surface, which is found only in one location, after which the artist is named. 

Featured artists: Yilpirr Wanambi (dec), Wolpa Wanambi, Burŋanydji  Gaykamaŋu, Yalanba Wanambi 

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With deep respect and admiration, we warmly congra With deep respect and admiration, we warmly congratulate Gaypalani Waṉambi on being awarded the 2026 Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Gaypalani made the following statement when she received the news this morning.

‘My father was a great artist and I learnt by his side. He made bark paintings, video and metal. He passed away too young and we miss him. We are descended from the Honey spirit Wuyal. He cut the tree at Gurka’wuy and the honey flowed to the sea.‘

This recognition honours Gaypalani’s enduring commitment to sharing her family’s stories and artistic legacy. We are humbled to see this achievement celebrated on such a significant stage and extend our heartfelt congratulations to Gaypalani, her family, and community. Thank you and congratulations to all the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman finalists and winners @artgalleryofnsw 

We would also like to thanks the team @michaelreidsydney for their representation and dedication to supporting Gaypalani and her family. 

Image: Gaypalani Waṉambi with her daughter Gemiah Marawili
Beautiful day yesterday opening ‘Guwarguwarmirri - Beautiful day yesterday opening ‘Guwarguwarmirri - Colours of the Rainbow’ at Tolarno Galleries, celebrating the work of sisters Djurrayun and Guruwuy Murrinyina. 

The sisters wore scarves on the day, honouring the pioneering designs of their mother, Malaluba Gumana, whose presence was felt in spirit on the day.

Thanks to Tolarno for having us. The exhibition is now open until 16 May. 

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