6–9 March 2009
National Museum of Australia, Canberra

Presented by The Australian National University, Craft Australia and the National Museum of Australia.

The conference will be held in association with the exhibition ReCoil, Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art, curated by Margie West.

> View the conference program

> View video highlights from Selling Yarns 2 conference and workshops

Image: Kantjupayi Benson, Blackstone, Western Australia. Truck and Driver, 2007 (detail). Grass, raffia, string, wire, mesh, wheels. Courtesy Tjanpi Desert Weavers.

Conference overview

Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for Sustainability is a conference that addresses contemporary Indigenous craft and design practice. It draws on the outcomes of the first Selling Yarns conference held in Darwin in 2006 that looked specifically at contemporary Indigenous textile practice.

Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for Sustainability builds on the previous conference by presenting success stories that demonstrate innovation and new directions in Indigenous craft and design practice. It will highlight the work of Indigenous artists from the south-east region of Australia and explore the parallel directions in practice of urban Indigenous artists with that of artists in remote communities.

The aim of the conference is to demonstrate that through cultural practice a dialogue can emerge that draws all interested parties together for the benefit of a rich and sustainable Indigenous culture.

Top banner image: Robyn Djunginy, Ramingining, Northern Territory, Bottles, 2006 (detail). Pandanus, natural dyes, coiling technique. Courtesy Bula'bula Arts.

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The Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for Sustainability conference has been developed by The Australian National University Research School of Humanities and School of Art, Craft Australia and the National Museum of Australia.

> Contacts

> Selling Yarns 2 conference website

> Craft Australia

> The Australian National University School of Art

> The Australian National University Research School of Humanities