NIFA 2023 | Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts and Artists - Recipients of the Traditional Adornment Award

Meet the winners of the NIFA 2023 Traditional Adornment Award, Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts and Artists.

Encouraging the creation of traditional cultural regalia, the Traditional Adornment Award considers the quality of construction, expression of living culture and preservation of Indigenous culture.

Master weavers from Gapuwiyak Culture & Arts were selected for a collection of refashioned, upcycled silk, linen and cotton garments that found their roots in the 1930s. Inspired by the first Yolngu fashion depicted in Donald Thompson’s recent repatriated 1930s photographs, the artists revived traditional practices depicted in the photos and timelessly integrated these as contemporary fashion to produce pieces featuring colours from Country, including from berries, roots and leaves traditionally used to colour the fibre art that Yolngu artists are renowned for.

This award is supported by the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation.

The NIFA is proudly presented by the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation’s (DAAFF) Indigenous Fashion Projects (IFP), and supported by the Northern Territory Government and official media partners NITV and marie claire Australia, with industry partners Country Road, Robina Town Centre, Canberra Centre, RMIT University, and QIC. NIFA is an umbrella event of Darwin Festival.

About NIFA!
The vision of the National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) is to create and develop an event that provides a vibrant and exciting platform to celebrate innovation, diversity and ethical practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and fashion designers, whilst contributing to the capacity building of the sector.

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