On behalf of the CIAF Art Award Judges (Katina Davidson, Josรฉ Roca and Gerry Turpin), the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) wishes a heartfelt congratulations to the recipients of the CIAF Art Awards 2022!
They are, in the following order:
- ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ (sponsored by Queensland Government), ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ (of Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre) for Land Centre, 2022.
- ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ (sponsored by Cairns Regional Council),ย Badu Art Centre.
- 3๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ, ๐๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ & ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ (sponsored by Ports North), ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง (of Yarrabah Art Centre) for Bicornual Basket 1, 2022.
- ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ (sponsored by Holding Redlich), ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ (of Kowanyama Art & Culture Centre), for Dragon Flys Everywhere: Coming Into The Dry Season, 2022.
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ (sponsored by Apunipima Cape York Health Council), ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค (of Bana Yirriji Art Centre) for Milli & Yunga, 2022.
- ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ (sponsored by Fibre Optics NQ), ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐
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(of Badu Art Centre) forย Kazil Imaik (child is born), 2022.
CIAF would also like the thank the generous sponsors of the award categories, in their recognition of the very best of art & culture of Queenslandโs First Peoples.
Images:
Land Centre, Katherine Ngallametta, 2022, Pormpuraaw Art & Culture Centre.
Kazil Imaik (child is born), Lara Fuiji, 2022, Badu Art Centre (representing both the Art Centre Award and People's Choice Award categories)
Bicornual Basket 1, Philomena Yeatman, 2022, Yarrabah Art Centre.
Dragon Flys Everywhere: Coming Into The Dry Season, Tania Major, 2022, Kowanyama Art & Culture Centre.
Milli & Yunga, Sonya Creek, 2022, Bana Yirriji Art Centre.
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