Awards for the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) were announced on Aug 15, 2008.
The winners:
The Telstra General Painting Award (A$4,000) was given to Doreen Reid Nakamarra. Her winning work of designs associated Marrapinti rock hole site in Western Australia.The Telstra Bark Painting Award (A$4,000) was presented to Terry Ngamandara Wilson of Gochan Jiny-jirra, Northern Territory. Terry's work is a design for spike rush (Gulach) that is found in profusion in the swamps of Barlparnarra.The Telstra Works on Paper Award (A$4,000) was awarded to Dennis Nona from Badu Island, Torres Strait in Queensland for his etching, Dugam. It is named for the harvest star that appears in the early morning sky during August.The Wandjuk Marika Three-Dimensional Memorial Award (A$4,000), sponsored by Telstra, went to Nyapantapa Yunupingu, a Yolngu artist from Yirrkala, for her installation entitled incidence at Mutpi.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`Reported by William Ernest Waites, proprietor of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person Gallery at TribalWorks.com.
The winners:
The Telstra General Painting Award (A$4,000) was given to Doreen Reid Nakamarra. Her winning work of designs associated Marrapinti rock hole site in Western Australia.The Telstra Bark Painting Award (A$4,000) was presented to Terry Ngamandara Wilson of Gochan Jiny-jirra, Northern Territory. Terry's work is a design for spike rush (Gulach) that is found in profusion in the swamps of Barlparnarra.The Telstra Works on Paper Award (A$4,000) was awarded to Dennis Nona from Badu Island, Torres Strait in Queensland for his etching, Dugam. It is named for the harvest star that appears in the early morning sky during August.The Wandjuk Marika Three-Dimensional Memorial Award (A$4,000), sponsored by Telstra, went to Nyapantapa Yunupingu, a Yolngu artist from Yirrkala, for her installation entitled incidence at Mutpi.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`Reported by William Ernest Waites, proprietor of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person Gallery at TribalWorks.com.
