Artworks

From the Hands of Our Ancestors is an exhibition about to open in Darwin, at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Featuring the arts and crafts of East Timor, it's the first-ever international display of the national collection since independence.

Joanna Barrkman is a curator at the Museum and Maria Alice Casimiro Branco is from Darwin's East Timorese community. After independence she went back to East Timor to work on cultural reconstruction and community development. In the upheavals of the last few decades, a lot of the precious, traditional art and craft of East Timor was lost or damaged or destroyed.

From the Hands of Our Ancestors -- from Nov 21 to July 12 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

Further Information

The Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory

Presenter

Amanda Smith

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