28Kb"Ilgarijiri - things belonging to the sky"
Exhibition by Yamaji artists, 27 Nov 2009 - 29 Jan 2010
Free and open to the public at AIATSIS. Location of AIATSIS
Opening hours 09:00 am - 5:00pm, Mon-Fri. Open on Saturdays in December only. Closed all other weekends.
AIATSIS is delighted to host the exhibition "Ilgarijiri - things belonging in the sky", which brings an array of works by Yamaji artists on the night sky to Canberra for the first time.
Seven Sisters by Barbara Merritt
The exhibition is part of a larger collaborative project between astronomers of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and Yamaji Art in Geraldton, which explores Aboriginal art and astronomy as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy. The project brings together Indigenous artists and scientists to exchange and celebrate different perspectives about the night sky and to explore those perspectives in art.
The project has been nominated for a Western Australian Science Award – Science Outreach Program of the Year, and was recently featured on ABC’s Message Stick 
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Ilgarijiri - things belonging to the sky is a joint project between the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research and Yamaji Art, Geraldton. As part of International Year of Astronomy festivities, Ilgarijiri showcases and celebrates the unique culture of Aboriginal artists of the Midwest including the traditional custodians of the land on which Australian scientists hope the next generation radio telescope - the Square Kilometre Array - will be built.
The launch of the exhibition on the 27th of November coincided with a one day symposium at AIATSIS on Indigenous Astronomy.
More information about the symposium.
More information about "Ilgarijiri - things belonging to the sky" is available at http://ilgarijiri.wordpress.com/ , or see www.yamajiart.com to view the artwork from the project.
Project partners include Yamaji Art, ICRAR, Curtin University, CSIRO, WA Mid West Development Commission, Country Arts and DEWHA.
AIATSIS Library Indigenous Astronomy display
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