ProppaNOW

proppaNOW is a Queensland Indigenous arts collective set up in Brisbane in 2003.

Mission

At its initial meeting, proppaNOW proposed to form as a group of Aboriginal artists who would support each other's work and "change ideas that people had about what Aboriginal art is and what it should be." [1] The trigger to formalise the collective came in March 2004 soon after Queensland’s Premier, Peter Beattie, established QIAMEA (Queensland Indigenous Artists Marketing Export Agency) to promote and market Queensland Indigenous art. The artists were concerned that QIAMEA’s focus was initially directed towards the remote regions of Queensland such as Mornington Island, Aurukun and Lockhart River, thus reinforcing cultural stereotypes.[2] The collective has since evolved a mission to "give urban-based Aboriginal artists a voice...[to]reinforce that Aboriginal Australia is a living culture that has evolved over time."[3]

Members

Founding members were Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd, Joshua Herd and Vernon Ah Kee.[1]

Current members are Bell, Jennifer Herd, Ah Kee, as well as Albert Tony Albert, Gordon Hookey, Laurie Nilsen and Megan Cope.[3]

Exhibitions

2014

The Black Line

2013

I'm Dreaming of a Blak Christmas
Boomerang Festival
Insurgence
The Tide Is High

2005 - 2012

See Exhibition History on proppaNOW website.

Commissions

    Albert, Tony (2013). "Monument: Yininmadyemi - Thou dids't let fall" (4 standing bullets and 3 fallen shells in black marble and steel with bronze finish inscribe with war stories to be installed in Hyde Park South 25 April 2015). City of Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2014. [4]

    References

    1. 1 2 "proppaNOW Artist Collective". Scanlines. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
    2. ↑ "Learning to be proppa : Aboriginal artists collective ProppaNOW". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
    3. 1 2 "proppaNOW". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
    4. ↑ "Grandfather's war story inspires Aboriginal artwork". City of Sydney Media Centre. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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