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Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013. Event photography

 

 

Last night, for the very first time The Ballarat Art Gallery hosted Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013.

The Minister for the Arts Hon Heidi Victoria presented the $30.000 Deadly Art Award cheque to the winning Melbourne artist Ray Thomas for his painting of ‘A Gunnai Elder – Mum Alice’ portraying his mother.

Ray Thomas with 2013 Deadly Art Award winning painting A Gunnai Elder - Mum Alice at the Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards Deadly Art Award Winner 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Ray Thomas with 2013 Deadly Art Award winning painting A Gunnai Elder – Mum Alice at the Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards Deadly Art Award Winner 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Bindy Cole Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Bindy Cole Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Hon Heidi Victoria Minister for the Arts Australia Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Hon Heidi Victoria Minister for the Arts Australia Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Uncle Bryon Powell Welcome to Country ceremony Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Ballarat Art Gallery 2013
Uncle Bryon Powell Welcome to Country ceremony Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Ballarat Art Gallery 2013
Ray Thomas Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Deadly Art Award Winner 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Ray Thomas Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Deadly Art Award Winner 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Marlene Gilson Painting Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Marlene Gilson Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Uncle Bryon Powell Welcome to Country ceremony Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Ballarat Art Gallery 2013
Uncle Bryon Powell Welcome to Country ceremony Victorian Indigenous Art Awards Ballarat Art Gallery 2013
Gordon Morrison Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013
Gordon Morrison Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Director Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Ballarat Gallery Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013
Ray Thomas Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards Deadly Art Award Winner 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Bronwyn Razem, Nathalie (Lucy) Williams-Connelly; Peter Waples-Crowe, Georgia MacGuire Winners Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013
Bronwyn Razem, Nathalie (Lucy) Williams-Connelly; Peter Waples-Crowe, Georgia MacGuire Winners Victorian Ingigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec
Marlene Gilson Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013
Marlene Gilson Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013 Art Gallery Ballarat Photo: Aldona Kmiec

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http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1885152/indigenous-art-in-the-spotlight/?cs=80
http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/11/04/3883061.htm