FAUMUINA FELOLINI MARIA TAFUNA’I I am taking your sister out of the sky To hold her in my hand and show my son He watches you with saucers in his eyes Wide-eyed, tracing your whakapapa lines Across the black black skies far from earth Your sister, she is burning a hole in my flesh ItContinue reading “‘Etu iti”
Category Archives: Art
Cleaning up school funding could boost literature
10 February 2021 AG SATORI PORT MORESBY – I’ve been investigating the operation of the Tuition Fee Free (TFF) process in Papua New Guinea and whether it is doing the best it can for schools. And also whether it might be better structured to do more to support education and, in doing that, to supportContinue reading “Cleaning up school funding could boost literature”
PM offers wise words. What’s next?
09 February 2021 AG SATORI PORT MORESBY – The other day Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape offered the children – and adults – of our country some true words of wisdom. What the prime minister extolled in his message, however, is followed today by very few parents and their children. In the image accompanyingContinue reading “PM offers wise words. What’s next?”
Second book blues, but after that it’s easy
09 April 2021 PHILIP FITZPATRICK TUMBY BAY – Writing the first book is hard but believe me it’s the second one that is really challenging, especially if the first has been a success. In that second book you have to live up to the expectations you created with the first one. You can’t write theContinue reading “Second book blues, but after that it’s easy”
Why we need to write – it’s a pathway to success
By SIMON DAVIDSON – 08 June 2019, Keith Jackson & Friends PNG Attitude SONOMA – We need to write to develop our mind, generate new ideas and clarify our thinking. Yet the reality is that it’s hard being a writer. Literary work is not jolly work. Literary success comes on the back of hard workContinue reading “Why we need to write – it’s a pathway to success”
The Great Mask Debate – To Wear or Not To Wear?
21 December 2020 PAINTING BY LABEN SAKALE JOHN AND WORDS BY GREGORY BABLIS Masks have always been important aspects of Papua New Guinean societies even in contemporary Papua New Guinea (PNG) with their ceremonial uses in singsings (traditional dances or festivals) and the more tourist-oriented festivals today. All regions of PNG had different types ofContinue reading “The Great Mask Debate – To Wear or Not To Wear?”
Art and Creativity in Papua New Guinea with Dr. Michael Mel
03 NOVEMBER 2020 The Art Show with Namila Benson ABC National Radio Broadcast on Wed 16 Sep 2020, 10:05 am To mark 45 years of Independence for Papua New Guinea, we explore the role that art has played in the country’s development and engagement with Australia since 1975. We speak with performance artist, curator, andContinue reading “Art and Creativity in Papua New Guinea with Dr. Michael Mel”
The paradox of the alienation and preservation of culture
22 October 2020 JOHN KAUPA KAMASUA CHANGE is an inevitable threat to art and culture in Melanesia. And change is constant in the universe. Art and culture is formed from belief systems, ways of viewing the world, making things (material culture) that are either inherited or part of contemporary life. And it is the activeContinue reading “The paradox of the alienation and preservation of culture”
Compensation for freelance artists in Papua New Guinea during COVID-19
22 October 2020 PNG Coalition of Freelance Artists Compensation for freelance artists and cultural and creative workers following the closure of licensed venues and ban on gatherings of over 50 persons (COVID-19) We the undersigned freelance artists and cultural and creative workers in Papua New Guinea are calling on the Controller David Manning, MBE, DPS,Continue reading “Compensation for freelance artists in Papua New Guinea during COVID-19”
Artists United
19 October 2020 Oala Moi Media Release – 18th October 2020 A MUSICIAN IN N.C.D. LOSES AN AVERAGE OF K1,500 PER WEEK UNDER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS A group of seven Port Moresby-based musicians have on average lost a combined income estimated at K232,000 (or K33,000 per month per musician or K1,500 per musician per week) overContinue reading “Artists United”
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