Aboriginal artist and curators take on the Sydney Biennale
May 3, 2010
A delegation of Aboriginal curators and a representation by Aboriginal artists promises to mix things up at the 17th Sydney Biennale. Attending as a curator I will be part of a Canada council for the arts funded delegation including Candice Hopkins, Michelle Lavallee, Cathy Mattes, David Garneau and Patricia Deadman. Vancouver area artists exhibiting/presenting will include Dana Claxton (Hunkpapa Lakota), Skeena Reece (Tsimshian), and Althea Thaurberger. A number of Aboriginal Australian artists and curators will also be attending and a talk hosted by the Sydney Biennale and Campbeltown Arts Centre in Sydney Australia will host a North South dialogue of Indigenous arts. A long flight awaits bur check back here for regular updates and highlights of Indigenous arts at the 17th Sydney Biennale.
