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Partnerships
Our partnerships with other galleries and educational institutions were established in 2010. They include regular annual exhibitions in partnership with Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff, Victoria and fundraising exhibitions for First Nations literacy, health and education with Xavier College, Melbourne: DMCPR Media, Sydney; Red Hill Consolidated School and Woodleigh School , Mornington Peninsula.
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THE INDIGENOUS JEWELLERY PROJECT
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The Indigenous Jewellery Project (IJP) is the first nation-wide Indigenous Australian contemporary jewellery project, working with Indigenous jewellers at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned art centres across Australia, comprising research, workshops, photography, films, and exhibitions.
IJP was created by curator Emily McCulloch Childs who has partnered with artists and contemporary jewellers Kate Rohde (Pieces of Eight) and Melinda Young (Pieces of Eight, UNSW). IJP has initiated projects comprising of workshops and exhibitions with Aboriginal owned art centres Erub Erwer Meta (Torres Strait Islands), Ernabella Arts (APY Lands), Ikuntji Artists (Haasts Bluff, NT), Buku-Larrnggay Mulka (Yirrkala, NT), Gab Titui (Torres Strait Islands), Kemarre Arts (ACT) and Aboriginal community groups including Dhariwaa Elders Group (Walgett, NSW) and Jaanymili Bawrrungga Inc. (Bowraville, NSW).
Projects have been exhibited nationally including at the JamFactory (TARNANTHI), NGV Design Store, National Contemporary Jewellery Award (Griffith Regional Gallery & Sturt Centre for Design), Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, Australian Design Centre, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, artisan, Stanley Street Galleries, City of Perth, Artitja Fine Art, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory), Radiant Pavilion Melbourne Jewellery & Object Biennial, Parcours Bijoux (Paris), Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award & Exhibition (Toowoomba Regional Gallery), Peninsula Hot Springs, Flinders University City Gallery store, and Everywhen Artspace.
IJP has partnered with Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre & ANU School of Art & Design Object & Metal Studio to deliver several professional contemporary jewellery workshops and create the first artist-in-residence for an Indigenous contemporary jeweller at an Australian university.
Works from IJP projects have been collected by major public galleries including the Maritime Museum, Toowoomba Regional Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia, and the project has been documented in Garland, the magazine of the World Crafts Council and featured on ABC TV, Canberra, and in Crucible, for Current Obsession magazine for Munich Jewellery Week.
To date IJP has worked with around 150 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander jewellers from all across Australia.
IJP has been supported by the Australia Council, Australian Government Indigenous Languages & Arts Program, Santos, Creative Partnerships Australia, Craft ACT: Craft & Design Centre, Australian Design Centre and Create NSW.
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The Bulay(i) Project: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka & The Indigenous Jewellery Project workshop, exhibited at the Australian Design Centre
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Emily Beckley: Frangal ('Of my grandfather') necklace, 2018, Copper, silver, silk. The Indigenous Jewellery Project with Craft ACT, ANU workshop 2018. Image David Campbell
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Djuwakan #2 Marika: Dhirimbi/ The Ring, 2017, Gold plated phosphorous bronze, 30 x 36 x 21 mm. Bulay(i): Buku-Larrnggay Mulka & The Indigenous Jewellery Project. Exhibited Telstra NATSIAA (Museum & Art Gallery of the NT), Collection Maritime Museum. Image Melinda Young
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Marrnyula Mununggurr : wearing her first 'Djapu' clan bark necklace, Bulay(i) Project: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka, Indigenous Jewellery Project, Australian Design Centre
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: Bulay(i) Project: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka with The Indigenous Jewellery Project, still from film by Ngali for Melbourne Fashion Week
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Emily Beckley: Emily Beckley, Destructive Beauty, 2020, Marine Ply, Plastic, Silver. Exhibited Connexions exhibition, Galerie Assembplages, Parcours Bijoux 2020, Paris. Image Robert Frith.
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Bulay(i) Project, Arnhem Land: Madatjala Yunupingu and Marawaymala Yunupingu in the studio at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, NE Arnhem Land
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ANU Project with Craft ACT: Worimi jewellers Krystal Hurst and Angie Davis in Craft ACT, Kemarre Arts & ANU School of Art & Design Jewellery & Object Studio workshop
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Kayannie Denigan: Luritja artist Kayannie Denigan, Ngathu Bubu, bronze, silver. Craft ACT, Kemarre Arts & The Indigenous Jewellery Project at ANU School of Art & Design Jewellery & Object Studio. Exhibited Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award & Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Gallery. Acquired Toowoomba Regional Gallery.. Image Brenton McGeachie
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Ernabella Arts Project: IJP workshop teacher & contemporary jewellery advisor Melinda Young with artist Marissa Thompson at Ernabella Arts, APY Lands, South Australia
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Gamu Keub-Keub Project: Ring by Matilda Nona made at Gab Titui Centre, Torres Strait Islands, Gamu Keub-Keub (Body Adornment) Project
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Ernabella Project: Artist Anne Thompson with her bracelet made during workshop with Kate Rohde at Ernabella Arts
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Ernabella Project: Artist Thomas Tjilya learning silversmithing in workshop at Ernabella Arts
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Gamu Keub Keub Project, Torres Strait Islands: Artist Maryann Sebasio with her jewellery masters made during workshop at Gab Titui Centr
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Emily Beckley: Torres Strait Islander artist Emily Beckley's work Sabagorar (Traditional Bridal Pendant), oxidised bronze, silk thread, Gabu-Keub Keub Project. One of Bekcley's Sabagorar series is held in the collection of the National Galllery of Australia. Photo Melinda Young
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Australian Fashion Week: Rosaline Tomasina's 'Torres Strait Islander symbol' necklace on the runway with Ngali at Australian Fashion Week, Sydney, 2021
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Bulay(i) Project: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka & The Indigenous Jewellery Project: exhibition installation, Australian Design Centre. Image Simon Cardwell
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Emily Beckley 'Susueri' exhibition at artisan: Beckley with curator Emily McCulloch Childs at her exhibition at artisan, Queensland's home for Craft and Design
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Marrnyula Mununggurr in the Bulay(i) Project: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka & The Indigenous Jewellery Project: exhibition installation, Australian Design Centre. Image Simon Cardwell
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