May 2019
Live Alice Mparntwe Arts – Arrernte Artists on Country with Pat Ansell Dodds
Sit with senior Arrernte woman Pat Ansell-Dodds as she shares her culture through art and story. An intimate experience set in the historical setting of Adelaide House, Alice Springs’ first Hospital, learn more about Arrernte history and culture while participating in a free painting workshop. When & Where 9:30am-1pm, every Wednesday through to Saturday from 29 May – 3 August 2019. Adelaide House, Alice Springs. Join in any time, suitable for all ages. To find out what’s on in Alice…
Find out more »June 2019
Still in my mind: Gurindji location, experience and visuality
Presented by Artback NT and Araluen Arts Centre Still in my mind: Gurindji location, experience and visuality draws inspiration from Gurindji and Malngin leader Vincent Lingiari’s profound declaration of connection to his Country. Lingiari’s statement “that land ... I still got it on my mind”, forms the exhibition’s touchstone and provides the framework for reflection on the ongoing impact of the Gurindji Walk-Off at Wave Hill, a seminal event in Australia’s history that sparked the national land rights movement and resonates deeply today. Renowned artist…
Find out more »Lost and Found Exhibition
With an eye for ‘treasures’, which others may call ‘junk’, the 10 artists exhibiting in this year’s Lost and Found Exhibition have created unique, eclectic and funky exhibits to stimulate and inspire. Using up-cycled and repurposed objects to create a something of higher quality or value than its original form opens up the mind, as ‘anything goes’. Case in point is the fabulous peacock sculpture on the event poster is created by artist Carmel Ryan. I love to rescue wildlife,…
Find out more »Mel Robson: Intersections and Boundaries
Presented by Araluen Arts Centre Intersections and Boundaries is the culmination of Alice Springs ceramic artist Mel Robson’s research and experimentation as the Araluen Cultural Precinct Creative in Residence recipient. Responding to both two and three dimensional works from the Araluen Art Collection and engaging with the local community, Robson has created a new body of ceramic works exploring the idea of Place, through the lens of mapping and cartography. Robson uses material, form, surface and mark-making to ask what it is we actually mean when we talk of ‘a Sense of Place’, how we position ourselves…
Find out more »July 2019
Rusty Peters & Mabel Juli, ‘Stories of Garnkiny’
Stories of Garnkiny Rusty Peters and Mabel Juli are brother and sister, both are significant Gija elders and established artists yet they have never have featured in a show together. Rusty shares a skin name with Garnkiny (the Moon) and Mabel is also a custodian of the story of Garnkiny and has made it a focus of her practice. The story of Garnkiny is a major Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) story and is a complex and nuanced story of forbidden and unrequited…
Find out more »Alice Springs Quilting Club
Presented by the Alice Springs Quilting Club The Alice Springs Quilting Club presents their 2019 exhibition, fusing classic and contemporary approaches to quilt-making and expressing craftsmanship of the highest order. These quilts are mesmeric and kaleidoscopic labours of love, telling stories about life and family in Central Australia and beyond, expressing great creativity in the application of fabric, pattern, colour and embellishment. The Alice Springs Quilting Club members meet regularly to exchange skills and ideas and their annual exhibition is a wider invitation to share in the rich, longstanding and inspiring…
Find out more »44th Katherine Prize – calling all artists
Call for entries is now open for artists interested in entering the 44th Katherine Prize. The awards are open to anyone who has been a bona fide resident of the Territory for at least 12 months to enter new original works that have not previously been exhibited in Katherine, and are structured as follows: Brian and Jeannette Lambert Award. The winning artist will receive a prize of $5000. The Katherine Town Council Award. The winning artist will receive a prize…
Find out more »Little Artists, Big Stories
OPENING 3pm, Saturday 27th July EXHIBITION 24th July - 10th August 2019 How do four to seven year olds respond to the stories of Central Australian Aboriginal artists? Become immersed in Primary School Students’ vibrant and often surprising interpretations of these traditional, visual narratives. Little Artists, Big Stories is the product of a creative exchange that aimed to expand perspectives, identity and community - part of the 2018/19 NT Artists in Schools Program. CURATOR BIO With…
Find out more »Advocate Art Award 2019
Presented by The Central Australian Art Society The Advocate Art Award is an inclusive and much-loved annual art award for the Central Australian community, presenting a diverse and dynamic mix of works, across many mediums, by new and established artists alike. Coordinated and presented by the Central Australian Art Society, an important volunteer-run organisation in Alice Springs providing support, resources and opportunities to artists, The Advocate Art Award offers significant prizes and professional development opportunities awarded across a number of categories, with a major nonacquisitive award of $2500.
Find out more »August 2019
Desert Festival 2019
Presented by Red Hot Arts Central Australia, the 2019 Desert Festival is an exposition of dynamic events encompassing local and interstate theatre, music, arts and performance. DesFest will run over seven weeks from 29 August to 12 October presenting a smorgasbord of local and interstate talent. The opening street parade takes place at the Alice Springs Town Council Night Markets on Thursday 29 August from 5PM – 9PM. The markets will come alive with performances from Red Centre legends like…
Find out more »September 2019
Desert Mob 2019
Presented by the Araluen Arts Centre and Desart Presented in partnership with Desart, Desert Mob is an event of national significance, representing the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Aboriginal art by artists from across the desert regions and communities of Central Australia. After record-breaking audience attendances and artwork sales in 2018, this 29-year–strong event remains as vital and vibrant as ever. In 2019, the Desert Mob Exhibition, Symposium and MarketPlace continues to document and celebrate the dynamic shifts of one of the world’s most important art movements, with artists from Desart member art centres…
Find out more »November 2019
Franca Barraclough: The Visitors
Presented by Araluen Arts Centre Franca Barraclough’s The Visitors is a visual survey of people, paths and stories woven through the sociological landscape of contemporary Central Australian culture, a distillation of poignant local imagery harnessed to give an artistic account of the impacts and influences on desert life. The making of these large–scale photographs involves Barraclough engaging, choreographing and collaborating with a diverse range of local community members in unique, inimitable and immersive experiences. Reproduced with all the gloss of tourism advertising, each image is alluring but also documents the particular…
Find out more »Greenbush Art Group: Shake, Rattle and Roll
Greenbush Art Group: Shake, Rattle and Roll A History of Central Australian Transport Presented by Araluen Arts Centre Shake, Rattle and Roll: A History of Central Australian Transport by the Greenbush Art Group at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre, pays tribute to and interprets the history of transport in Central Australia. Early transport created a paradigm shift in desert regions, enabling the expansion of settler colonialism, ‘opening up’ the continent’s interior, creating cultural complexity and irrevocably changing the way people live, travel and engage…
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