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When Ambassador Kim Beazley contacted me in 2015 to plan my induction as an honorary Member of the Order of Australia, I realized that by waiting a few months, Djambawa Marawili AM could attend the ceremony. Djambawa was coming to Kluge-Ruhe to undertake an artist residency in November that year. Everything fell into place and we planned a trip to Washington DC as part of Djambawa\u2019s residency. This enabled us to also see the Yol\u014bu collections at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and visit the National Museum of the American Indian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margo Smith, Kade McDonald and Djambawa Marawili examining Yol\u014bu paintings collected in 1948 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was during this residency that Djambawa came up with the idea for the Ma\u1e0fayin<\/em> exhibition. He said, \u201cI came to America and found my ma\u1e0fayin<\/em> (in the museum collections at Kluge-Ruhe and NMNH) and I want to share it with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Djambawa Marawili, Bar\u00fc, 2015, natural pigments on paper, 16 x 16 in., collection of Margo Smith.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony took place on November 2nd at Ambassador Beazley\u2019s residence. Kluge-Ruhe staff, Advisory Council members, University of Virginia administrators including President Teresa Sullivan, and my family were all present. The investiture involved a formal presentation by the four branches of the Australian military and the Ambassador. But the highlight for me was the ceremony Djambawa conducted with bilma<\/em> (clapsticks) and manikay<\/em> (song). He later told me the song was intended to make me a strong leader and enable me to carry forward with the important work of Kluge-Ruhe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margo Smith AM and Djambawa Marawili AM during the investiture ceremony, November 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After we returned to Charlottesville, Djambawa presented me with a painting he had been working on secretly during evenings in the Kluge-Ruhe guest cottage. It is a 16 x 16 inch painting in natural ochres on paper depicting Bar\u00fc, the ancestral crocodile, holding two clapsticks pointing upward. Djambawa\u2019s distinctive Madarrpa clan design emanates from the bilma<\/em>. When he presented the painting to me, Djambawa explained that Bar\u00fc was him and the clan design represented his song. \u201cThis is me singing for you at your ceremony.\u201d I was speechless. The ceremony is still one of the most memorable occasions of my life and Djambawa\u2019s rendering of it is my most valued possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Wilkerson, Lauren Maupin, Terry Snowball, UVA President Teresa Sullivan, Margo Smith, Ambassador Kim Beazley AC, Djambawa Marawili, Nicole Wade, Fenella Belle, Marc Sobel at investiture, November 2, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In producing Ma\u1e0fayin<\/em> in collaboration with Yol\u014bu artists and knowledge holders, we intend to realize Djambawa\u2019s vision. This project, with its touring schedule and budget, is Kluge-Ruhe\u2019s most ambitious undertaking to date. Although I have sometimes felt overwhelmed by the responsibility it entails, I have also felt empowered by Djambawa\u2019s song. And we have been fortunate that doors have opened and friends have appeared as if on schedule to keep us moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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