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Interview with iconic Australian designer Linda Jackson
Art Architecture & Design Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil Art Architecture & Design Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil

Interview with iconic Australian designer Linda Jackson

In this story for Academy Travel, Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil interviews iconic Australian designer Linda Jackson, who will accompany him on the forthcoming tour to Darwin and the Top End this August. This is an important moment to celebrate Linda, as the National Gallery of Australia has just announced the acquisition of a major archive of the fashion and textiles created by Linda and Jenny Kee, including Flamingo Park Archives.

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What is the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair?
Travel Practicalities, Art Architecture & Design Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil Travel Practicalities, Art Architecture & Design Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil

What is the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair?

Darwin hosts two very important cultural events in the same week: the largest and most important annual event for Indigenous Australian art, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF); and Couture to Country, the leading space to highlight the rise of Indigenous fashion and textile design. It is a unique opportunity for over 1,500 artists from more than 70 Indigenous owned Art Centres to showcase

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