The second TARNANTHI – Festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art – is on in Adelaide, South Australia. As a new Australian, I know that few people outside this vast country know much about indigenous Australian art, except for what we might see in curio shops and the…
Michelle Driver – Designer, Tapestry Artist, Weaver
As an art student, Michelle knew that she wanted to create but she wasn’t sure which medium to use. None of the traditional art mediums stirred any passion in her. Then one day while working at the public library she came upon books by Kaffe Fassett. “It opened a new world to…
Alice Springs soft sculptures
The first time I saw the work of Dulcie Sharp and the other artists of the Yarrenyty Arltere Art Centre, based in Alice Springs, was at the inaugural Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in Adelaide, South Australia, in October last year. Their soft sculptures with…