Ngarralja Tommy May

An episode of the Aboriginal Art in America podcast, hosted by Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and The Virginia Audio Collective, titled "Ngarralja Tommy May" was published on May 25, 2021 and runs 3 minutes.

May 25, 2021 ·3m · Aboriginal Art in America

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Ngarralja Tommy May has been making art for over 30 years and this year his painting, Wirrkanja, won the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Henry Skerritt introduces us to the artist and reminisces about his 2016 visit to the Kluge-Ruhe.

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