Join Yolngu artists and knowledge holders for a tour of Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Art from Yirrkala and experience one of the world’s greatest artistic traditions from the perspective of those who shaped it. Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the...

Celebrate the opening of Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala during a First Friday Reception at The Fralin Museum of Art. Be sure to arrive at 5 pm to meet the Yolngu delegation and experience a performance of manikay (sacred song accompanied by clap sticks...

Get an exclusive first-look and engage in enriching discussions at our special exhibition preview of First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, featuring visiting artists from the distinguished Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre. Delve into a fascinating...

Join us for an Artist Talk with Lisa Waup , who will be in residence at Kluge-Ruhe March 8- April 7, and whose exhibition close to the wind is currently on view in the Focus Gallery. Lisa Waup is a mixed-cultural First Nations artist and curator who was born in Narrm (Melbourne). Her...

Many beings and cultural items are deemed by Native American tribes to be too sacred for public viewing. Even reproductions of these items can carry the power of the original. How does one know what these items are and how does one start to learn protocols about Sacred Beings and items? What should...

Prof. Pio Saqui (Mopan), University of Belize Contemporary Mopan Maya: Language, culture, and integration in the developing nation of Belize Mopan Maya is a group of lowland Maya that still practices their traditional way of life, closely tied to shifting agriculture. Oral transmission of...

Join artist Jaime Black-Morsette, creator of the REDress Project, in conversation with UVA professor Kasey Jernigan, for a discussion of the REDress Project and Black-Morsette's work to raise awareness and seek justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit people. Join on...

Madayin: Land and Lineage Mayatili Marika will deliver the W. Wanambi Distinguished Lecture in the Dome Room of the Rotunda on Feb 3 at 4 pm, followed by a reception in the Upper West Oval Room. Marika is a Rirratjingu Traditional Owner and Yolŋu woman based in northeast Arnhem Land. Part of a new...