Fellowship Program

The National Gallery of Australia, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Australia) and the Wereldmuseum in Leiden have partnered to create a new international fellowship opportunity for First Nations arts workers.

The Nguluway Dhuluyarra Fellowship aims to foster cross cultural learnings and new connections through engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and cultures.

The Wereldmuseum holds the largest and most comprehensive collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art administered by any public institution in Europe. Each year, the Nguluway Dhuluyarra Fellowship will support a First Nations arts worker to contribute knowledge, skills and curatorial experience to advance cultural understanding and engagement, specific to the Wereldmuseum’s First Nations collection of over 2900 works of art.

The first recipient of the Nguluway Dhuluyarra Fellowship is Tina Baum (Gulumirrgin (Larrakia) / Wardaman / Karajarri peoples), Senior Curator of First Nations Art at the National Gallery.