December 2020
Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award 2020
Presented by Araluen Arts Centre The Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award recognises and celebrates the achievements and contributions that senior Territorians have made within our community. Now in its 21st year, the Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award continues to foster excellence and creativity in the art of portraiture by artists who are residents of the Northern Territory. View the exhibition online here Image: Robyn Frances, John, 2020, oil on canvas, 46 x 46cm. Winner of the Portrait of…
Find out more »February 2021
‘Kutja Malla Manttara – Collecting (Bush foods) in cloths’ exhibition
RAFT's first exhibition of the year features Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre artists: Hubert Pareroultja Reinhold Inkamala Vanessa Inkamala Clara Inkamala Noreen Hudson Benita Clements Kathleen France Mervyn Rubuntja Selma Coulthard EXHIBITION OPENING Saturday 27th February at 11am EXHIBITION RUNS 27 Feb - 20 March 2021 GALLERY HOURS Tues-Fri 10am-4pm Sat 10am-2pm As their first project after the 2020 COVID19 lockdown, Iltja Ntjarra artists decided to explore further the circle skirt concept from 2017. Supported by Brigida Alberti from…
Find out more »March 2021
Groundswell: Recent movements within art and territory
A Spark NT exhibition curated by Carmen Ansaldo Presented by Artback NT Opening Friday 5 March Exhibition until Sunday 25 April Contemporary artists are shifting the conceptual focus of their practices to address the intensifying crisis of Australia’s diminishing water supply. Alongside scientists and environmentalists, artists are some of the first responders to this crisis, bearing witness to its effects through their creative expression. Groundswell: recent movements within art and territory showcases a selection of powerful reactions with particular focus on creeping…
Find out more »From Australia: An Accumulation Exhibition Opening
From Australia: An Accumulation is an imagining of Australian nationalism made through drawing, printmaking, community-engaged workshops, publications and exhibitions. The project uses the print portfolios produced at the time of the Australian Bicentennial in 1988 as a launching off point. Specifically ‘Aus Australien’, published by Rene Block, and the ‘Bicentennial Portfolio of 25 Australian artists’, published by the Australian Bicentennial Commission. Both have become celebrated time capsules of Australian art and identity. At 2020 and the 250th Anniversary of the…
Find out more »Bitumen & Dirt – Wayne Eager: 30 Years in the Territory
Developed by Charles Darwin University Art Gallery Opening Friday 26 March Exhibition until Monday 14 June Bitumen & Dirt – Wayne Eager: 30 Years in the Territory is a survey exhibition of paintings and prints by prominent Alice Springs-based artist Wayne Eager. Featuring 78 works from public and private collections around Australia, including the Charles Darwin University Art Collection and the Araluen Art Collection, the exhibition charts Eager’s career since he first arrived in the Northern Territory in 1990. Early observations…
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