OCTOBER 20191. Major group exhibition in Brisbane at Woolloongabba Art Gallery2. Visit by Katrina Beattie, FNQ Arts Queensland3. Artist in Residence program at Mornington Island State School

continuing4. Group show at ArtMark Gallery, Canberra

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NOVEMBER 20191. Visit from Australia Museum and Museum of SA - Return of Indigenous Cultural Property2. Kids’ Dance Nights3. Memorial Day4. Gabori Street in Canberra Division of Whitlam proclaimed5. WAG Show6. ArtMark Show

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DECEMBER 20191. Artist In Residence Program at Mornington Island State

School2. Season’s Greetings3. Very, very hot!

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JANUARY 20201. Rained all month2. Amanda and Dorothy Gabori in CAG ARTNowFNQ

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FEBRUARY 20201. Women’s Day show at Everywhen Gallery, Melbourne2. ‘Pink’ show at Salon Gallery, Darwin 3. CYCLONE!

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MARCH 20201. Studio closed down to minimise sites of COVID-19

infection 2. Artslaw pro bono lawyers doing Artist Wills3. First Aid course for 4 workers 4. Kids’ Dance Night5. Multicultural Music Night6. Gallery door fixed after 18 months!7. Caterpillar invasion!8. LOCKDOWN

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APRIL 20201. Studio closed – artists working from home2. Island in total lockdown

MAY 20201. Partial reopening of studio 18th May with 4 artists at a time2. Community demand return of OPAL to counter sniffing upsurge

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JUNE 20201. Staged reopening of studio – 7 to 10 artists now working in studio – others still working from

home with regular visits to provide supplies2. Provenance Gallery, Darwin has a major group show 3. DAAF Dance Performance video

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JULY 20201. New website live!2. Gallerie Zadra, Luxembourg, now representing us in Europe3. Welcome to LGAQ folk4. Sunset Kids 5. Checking to see if the studio is open again

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AUGUST 20201. DAAF 20202. New sign3. First Morning Glory of the season4. Celebrating DAAF sales5. Starting the studio day with gentle excercise

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SEPTEMBER 20201. CIAF 20202. Big show of big works at Woolloongabba Art Gallery3. Joelene Roughsey receives Remote Artist Award from Regional Art Awards4. Very rare pre-dawn Morning Glory5. Client buys a Dorothy Gabori to hang near their Sally Gabori

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OCTOBER 20201. AGSA purchase major Netta Loogatha2. Opera House Dance Rites 2020 entry3. Works for Tarnanthi4. Scored a couple of decent grants5. Bereline immersed in IACA Indigenous Artworker Program6. IACA Show at NorthSite7. Woolloongabba show finishes with good sales8. Visit from Labor Candidate9. Kids’ Dance Nights

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