June 2021
Quiz Night and Sporting Memorabilia Auction
The P&FA Quiz Night is back and this year we are hosting a sporting memorabilia auction with special guest, Wayne 'Krafty' Kraft. St Philip's College invites the Alice Springs community to a night full of fun, as well as questions, answers, prizes and sporting memorabilia. Wayne Kraft, lover of all things Territory has generously donated a collection of sporting memorabilia. Objects that once hung on the walls of the old Overlander Steakhouse will be auctioned off by Krafty throughout the…
Find out more »Portrait Drawing Workshop
Learn the fundamentals of Portrait Drawing with Portrait Artist Brett Belot including: • Anatomy of the face and skull • Proportions and measurements • Using a grid system to draw your portrait • How to draw the features of the face • Tonal values and creating a three dimensional effect Wednesday 23rd June 9am - 3pm $140 (all materials and workbook supplied) To book - contact Dugald Beattie on 0409174719 or email caas@iinet.net.au
Find out more »Yanyatjari, works by Jimmy Donegan
A truly special body of work by Jimmy Yanyatjari Donegan including paintings on glass and linen.. "When I paint, I sing the names all of the rock holes around Papulankatja and Irruyntju… Nyartanya, Annura, Nalputati, Kunkurra, Yanpan… Some of them are only for men’s storylines, but there are some the women can come and drink from too." Jimmy Donegan
Find out more »Yarning Myths and Legends: The 25th Alice Springs Beanie Festival
Presented by Alice Springs Beanie Festival Official Opening: 6:00pm, Friday 25 June Beanie Central: Friday 25 June - Monday 28 June Exhibition until Sunday 18 July The Alice Springs Beanie Festival, celebrating its 25th festival in 2021, is the stuff of legend. So it’s fitting that the year’s theme is Yarning Myths and Legends. Mythology and folklore are woven into our history, memory and culture, and they’ll be woven into the thousands of beanies, exhibition, workshops and events of the 25th Beanie Festival across the…
Find out more »Walka Wirunya Exhibition
Walka Wirunya Exhibition is an of works from Tapatjatjaka Art and Craft. Titjikala community artists bring a collection of works including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and batik to the June Marriott Gallery at Central Craft.
Find out more »Opening Gala – The 25th Alice Springs Beanie Festival
The Beanie Festival Opening Gala kicks off at 6pm on Friday 25 June with the announcement of competition winners. There will be beanies for sale, live music and you can pick up many delicious treats from the community food stalls or a drink from the Araluen bar. The Alice Springs Beanie Festival, celebrating its 25th festival in 2021, is the stuff of legend. So it’s fitting that the year’s theme is Yarning Myths and Legends. Mythology and folklore are woven…
Find out more »Live on The Rooftop: ‘DISNEY DIVAS’
We're BACK! After a fabulously full house for our first show, On The Wing Theatre Co.'s pop-up cabaret is back with another dose of musical fun, live on The Rooftop, Alice Springs. Our theme for the night: DISNEY DIVAS. We guarantee you'll have 'Hakuna Matata' (it means no worries) at this fabulously fun and FREE night out. Just kick back with a cocktail and 'Let It Go' on a Friday night, while we serenade you with some Disney classics! Dinner…
Find out more »Tangentyere Artists & Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Open Sat 26 10-2
During the Beanie Festival, don't forget the Aboriginal Arts Precinct just down the road from the Araluen Art Centre. Please join Tangentyere Artists with their range of artworks and products from Town Camp Artists of Alice Springs, and Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists at their respective galleries from 10 am until 2 pm on Saturday 26 June.
Find out more »Sustainable Couture
Sustainable Couture is a unique fashion event with a wonderful environmental twist. The exclusive 2021 collection ‘One World – Many Threads’ by 14 designers of one-off designs will be unveiled on the catwalk at the Central Australian Aviation Museum on Sunday 27 June, as part of the Beanie Festival, and are going to be very hot property. The marketplace, selling the designrs' work opens at 1100am, the catwalk parade begins at 1230pm, and marketplace sales continue till 4pm. This popular…
Find out more »Desert Festival 2021 – Expressions of Interest Now Open
The annual Desert Festival here in Alice Springs/Mparntwe is fast approaching and Expressions of Interest are now open!
This year's running theme is Lovin' Local, and Red Hot Arts Central Australia invite all interested artists of various artistic disciplines to apply.
Find out more »Sustainable Couture Pop Up Shop
Sustainable Couture is a unique fashion event with a wonderful environmental twist. The 2021 Pop-Up Shop, featuring funky and stylish eco fashion and accessories by 14 local and guest interstate designers, will be held at The Residency in Parsons Street Alice Springs, from Monday 28 June till Sunday 4 July 2021.
Find out more »Arts NT – Professional Development Grants
The Professional Development fund prioritises access to development opportunities for professional artists and arts workers. Professional development grants are available for artists and arts workers to access and participate in professional development activities. Professional development opportunities may include participation and showcasing at specialist workshops, arts industry forums or national markets and showcasing events. Up to $2000 in funding is available. Applications are open all year. CLICK HERE FORE MORE INFORMATION
Find out more »1000 x 1000 Crisis Cash for Artists
"The hard time is now" A group of Champion Companies in the performing arts led by Theatre Network Australia and facilitated by Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund has been actively fundraising to provide emergency financial relief to artists in need. Our goal is for 1000 donors to each contribute $1000, allowing us to support 1000 artists! If you are interested in donating please click here If you are an eligible artist, you may submit a request for…
Find out more »Artists’ Benevolent Fund – Grants available
The renewed Artists’ Benevolent Fund hopes to provide modest but useful one-off financial assistance to Australian visual artists in crisis as a result of fire, flood, storm, serious illness, major accident, declared state or national emergencies, or some other unexpected catastrophic experience. The Fund may receive requests from: Artists whose studios and/or entire bodies of work have been destroyed (e.g. as the result of fire, flood, storm, earthquake) Artists who have suffered a major injury in their studio Artists suffering…
Find out more »July 2021
2021 Territory Day – Alice Springs community celebration event
Come down for a FREE, fun family evening and celebrate Territory Day. Musical entertainment, free kids activities, food stalls and a huge fireworks display!
Find out more »Minamata – Araluen Arthouse Cinema
MINAMATA screening at Araluen Arthouse Cinema Monday 5 July, 7pm Directed by Andrew Levitas Minamata is a 2020 drama film directed by Andrew Levitas, based on the book of the same name by Aileen Mioko Smith and Eugene Smith. The film stars Johnny Depp (who also produced) as Smith, an American photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan. In 1971, the American photographer W. Eugene Smith is famous for his numerous “photographic essays” published in Life, but he becomes a recluse.…
Find out more »Free School Holiday Creative Workshops
Come along and spend a couple of hours getting creative at Central Craft Funded by Territory Families
Find out more »Prisoner Letter Writing
One of the (many) ways the prison system beats people down is by isolating them from the rest of the community. Writing letters to people on the inside is a long radical tradition and it's one way we can challenge this isolation - building bridges to those the state has tried to disappear. Letter writing holds an even more important role during the pandemic as visiting hours at most prisons have been reduced. Whether or not you know anyone on…
Find out more »Corporate Services Manager
Desart exists to support, promote and advocate on behalf of Aboriginal artists and member art centres to ensure their recognition and sustainability as a vital cultural, social and economic resource for Aboriginal people of Central Australia. In this capacity, Desart speaks with a united voice on behalf of its members to provide strong advocacy on a variety of important industry issues and undertakes various initiatives and programs based on the principles of capacity building, better business practices, leadership and good…
Find out more »Alice Springs Cinema – Girls Night Out:
Welcome to our next GNO screening the all new film BLACK WIDOW! This is a dress up event, so we want to see your best Marvel Character Cosplay costume! You have over 100 characters to choose from, we want the best! Our GNO package is now an OPTIONAL add on to your ticket and gets you... *A choice of Cider, Beer or Large soft drink *Entry in the draw for some fantastic door prizes *A wristband to gain discounts at…
Find out more »Heritage Alice Springs Admin & Grant Writing Job
Heritage Alice Springs Inc. seeks an experience administration and grant writing person with events experience. 14 hours paid work week @ $41 per hour, flexible working arrangement with an office at The Residency in Alice Springs CBD. Immediate start with training provided. Heritage Alice Springs Inc. is a volunteer-based association established with the aim of protecting and promoting the unique natural and cultural heritage of Alice Springs and the Central Australian region. Our website has been set up as a…
Find out more »The Mole Agent – Araluen Arthouse Cinema
The Mole Agent screening at Araluen Arthouse Cinema Monday July 12, 7pm. Sergio is a Chilean spy. Sort of. He is recruited by a private investigator who needs someone to infiltrate a retirement home for a client who suspects her mother is being abused. However, Sergio is 83, not 007, and not an easy trainee when it comes to technology and espionage. But he is a keen student, looking for ways to distract himself after recently losing his wife. While…
Find out more »Wanted : Assistant for resin workshops in Sept . Good pay
Assistant wanted Are you arty ? Would you like to help run 4 art classes and earn some good money ? I am needing an assistant who can : -help me set up and pack down each workshop ie set each place with paint brushes, table cloth etc -assist me during the art class with bringing clients items, use a heat gun (you will be shown how to use it) After the 2 days of workshops you will need to…
Find out more »2021 Phoney Film Festival
The Phoney Film Festival screening and awards night will be held at the Alice Springs Cinema, on Thursday 15 July. The judging panel comprises professionals in the film industry who will determine the top three short films. The community can vote in the People’s Choice Award for their favourite film – to be awarded to the film receiving the majority of votes from those attending the screening night. Prizes will be awarded on the night. Building young people’s skill-sets in a creative medium will…
Find out more »Exhibition: Fenced by Anne Davies
You are invited to attend the Opening Night of Anne Davies’ exhibition, Fenced. Opens 6:00pm Friday 16th July 2021 June Marriott Gallery Central Craft 61 Larapinta Drive Join us in celebrating the culmination of Anne’s multimedia project inspired by the laneways of Old Eastside. The exhibition features photographic fence panels, a projection, poetry and 100 handmade books. Exhibiting 16 July – 8 August
Find out more »Lucreccia Quintanilla Artist Talk
Me talking to my child Ruben shortly after arriving at Banff, Canada for a residency a couple of years back. I wrote it down on a piece of paper thinking it was very poetic of me and it may just be a great thought to begin working with: “When I was a child I believed stars were tiny windows into light. Like a mantle, the night was pierced to let the light on the other side come through.” A couple…
Find out more »Sunday Sunset Sessions
This one at Totem Theatre Courtyard. Sunday 18th July 3pm to 7pm Food, Laid Back Music, Wine and Ambience NO BYO - Bring a chair $10 Entry - All profits to the musicians
Find out more »Percy vs Goliath – Araluen Arthouse Cinema
Percy vs Goliath screening at Araluen Arthouse Cinema Monday July 19, 7pm. Academy Award® Winner Christopher Walken, Zach Braff and Christina Ricci star in the true story of a small-town farmer taking on one of the largest agricultural and food manufacturing corporations. Percy Schmeiser (Walken), a third-generation farmer, is sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight the giant legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver (Braff) and environmental…
Find out more »Development Manager – NT Writers Centre
The NT Writers’ Centre is hiring! Are you great at building relationships, at writing grants and at thinking strategically about funding and sustainability? Do you love the arts and are you keen to help a not-for-profit organisation flourish? You could be our next Development Manager! The Development Manager is a 0.4FTE part-time position (15 hours per week) that is flexible to be based from either our Alice Springs or Darwin offices. Through a mix of research, strategy development, relationship building,…
Find out more »NT Writers Festival 2021 Program Launch
Please join us for drinks and nibblies at DUYU Coffee Roasters as we launch the NT Writers Festival 2021 program. Enjoy poetry and performance from local writers, and hear about the full program from NTWF Artistic Director Dani Powell. Then take a program home and start circling events because tickets go on sale the next day! Nibblies provided, drinks available for purchase. If you’d like to stay for dinner, our friends at DUYU are preparing a special menu ($25.00). Dinner…
Find out more »TRUCK-IN :: 23rd July
It's back. After an eventful 2020 thanks to dear old Rona, we are delighted to finally bring back our fav food truck fest, TRUCK-IN. Bring the picnic rug or a couple of deckchairs, grab a feed from the delicious food trucks and stay for the live music. This is a family-friendly event. No alcohol or smoking permitted. There's heaps of great bars only a short walk away if you want to kick on after your feed. Westpoint Carpark is located…
Find out more »Rest in Presence – Exploring the heart of moving togther
Rest In Presence Exploring the heART of moving together With Kate-Marie and special guests 23rd & 24th July OLSH Studio, Sadadeen Alice Springs “In the Soul Motion Practice we learn how dance empowers and informs an unshakable presence that we can carry forward in all our meetings and greetings on and off the dance floor” Vincent Arjuna Marti (Founder of Soul Motion) During these times of rapid and complex change, it has become harder and harder to find time to…
Find out more »Value for Money – Guts Dance
GUTS Dance // Central Australia presents the world premiere of a new contemporary dance work, Value For Money, the first full-length work from award winning dancers and emerging choreographer’s Sara Black and Jasmin Sheppard. Through the lens of our collective experience of contemporary Australia and by examining its history, Value For Money interrogates the rift between the calculable economic value of a life as viewed by the State, and the intangible emotional and physical value of a person, as shaped…
Find out more »Kaff-eine Paints – Ft DJ Wrong Banana @ House of Tallulah
Grab yourself a coffee and sit back while top Melbourne street artist Kaff eine works on her mural painting at The House of Tallulah.
Find out more »Nat Bartsch’s Lullaby Tour
ARIA-nominated Melbourne pianist/composer Nat Bartsch has always been known for writing soothing, lyrical piano music. When she became a mum, Nat decided to create music with purpose: a suite of lullabies, first released as the album Forever, and No Time At All (ABC Classic). Influenced by music therapy, her lullabies draw upon suggested approaches to melody, rhythm and tempo that will help a baby sleep. But equally importantly, this music is designed for parents to enjoy – for they…
Find out more »Getting that Gig – Free Workshop
**FINAL FREE WORKSHOP** Starting to think about how to get a gig? New to town? Keen to know the basics about what to make sure is in place or negotiate in advance of strutting your stuff on stage? MusicNT and Alice Springs Town Council are running a series of free workshops for you gain the knowledge necessary to get that gig! This workshop will include information from Kiri Milne (Alice Springs Town Council) about how ASTC run gigs and what…
Find out more »The Truffle Hunters – Araluen Arthouse Cinema
The Truffle Hunters screening at Araluen Arthouse Cinema Monday 26 July, 7pm. Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation. They're guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the noses of their cherished and expertly-trained dogs. They live a simpler, slower way of life,…
Find out more »Life Drawing
The Central Australian Art Society runs life drawing sessions weekly on a Wednesday night all year round. These are open to non members. There are beginning and experienced artists. There is no teaching but participants share their ideas and enthusiasm. Sessions can have anything from 4 – 10 people. CAAS supplies easels and boards and paper can be bought at cost price. If you’re interested, contact Pam 0432 747 019 for more information. Take a look here: http://caasinc.org./life-drawing/ ALSO on…
Find out more »Film Screening – Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Alice Springs Street Art Festival collaborates with the Alice Springs Cinema for a special film screening of a Banksy film, Exit Through the Gift Shop.
Find out more »Create a Canvas Needle Case with Anne Stewart
I would never be without my needle case! Learn to make this beautiful needle case using a basic stitch. This handmade project is a great way to use up thread from your Nana‘s stash, or to up-cycle a half-finished tapestry. The project is suitable for beginners and those with more advanced skills. The kit contains everything you need and snips will also be available for you to use on the day. The project is suitable for beginners and those with…
Find out more »August 2021
Picnic Day Bookmaking with Anne Davies
In this workshop, we will make a classic hardcover book, usually known as a codex. With both practical and aesthetic appeal, the finished book could be used as a journal, notebook, sketchbook, or album. Suitable for both beginners and those with bookmaking experience, we’ll have fun learning and practicing skills that can be applied to a range of projects. Monday 2nd August 10:00am-1:00pm $80 Bookings essential.
Find out more »Carmen
Presented by Opera Australia and Araluen Arts Centre Sung in French with English surtitles Performed with a live chamber orchestra Directed by Matthew Barclay 7:30pm, Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 August Carmen is the femme fatale you can’t forget. In Bizet’s famous opera, she sings her sensual Habanera and lures Don José into her world. He gives up everything to follow her. But Carmen’s wandering eye has already found a new lover: the dashing bullfighter Escamillo. Don José’s jealousy is fierce.…
Find out more »Bindi Enterprises/Batchelor Institute – Digital Arts Program
Bindi Enterprises and Batchelor Institute are excited to present the newest training opportunity for people living with disability in the central desert. Classes will introduce members of the community to art-making platforms available at their fingertips, provide opportunities for exhibition and professional development, and help digital artists expand their repertoire of skills and take their creative practice to new heights. All the while acknowledging and embracing difference and the many ways people learn. The first course Intro to Digital Devices for…
Find out more »Fabric Design classes @ CDU
Using a range of mixed media and techniques to produce gorgeous rich original textile creations. This class is suitable for printmakers, artists and crafts people with a range of experience. The classes explore the textile printing processes of screen-printing and block printing, fabric painting and dyeing, and using a sewing machine to make your own simple textile creations from your own prints. We will begin exploring the world of fabric design by creating our own repeating designs. We will then…
Find out more »Connection is key
#1: What do you need support with? Let's talk – together. Connection is key is a series of public get-togethers to better connect our local arts sector* in the hope that it will help us work more sustainably. In this first session, we'll focus on the logistical/practical/ creative things you're struggling with on a regular basis. This will be divided into two separate sessions: one for orgs and groups; another for independents. We'll talk about what you're unsure about, what you…
Find out more »Live on The Rooftop: Lip Sync Battle series
Are you ready for BATTLE?! After a small taster the other week, the Lip Sync Battle series will be returning in full swing, live on The Rooftop, starting Friday, August 6, through until the Final on Friday, September 24! Each night 6 competitors will perform a song of their choice, with the top 2 going head-to-head at the end of the night. The winner will not only take home a $100 voucher for Epilogue Lounge, but also automatically be entered…
Find out more »Mixed Media Painting @ CDU
Learn a range of mixed media techniques to produce paintings, posters and illustrations This class is suitable for artists with a range of experience. The classes will explore mixed media painting, drawing and design techniques to create projects using watercolours, pastels, charcoal, oil pastel & watercolour resist, watercolour and colour pencil, acrylic paints and oil paints in combinations to create rich layered paintings, illustrations and poster art. The classes will begin with experimenting with different mixed media projects then will…
Find out more »Latin Nights – Every Wednesday at Jump Inn
Do you like... dancing? talking? making new friends? We've got just the thing for you: Latin Night at Jump Inn, every Wednesday!! 6PM - 7PM: Spanish Speaking Practice No experience required. Come and practice your Spanish speaking in a laid back environment with others keen to have a go... and if you're a native speaker, come and have a laugh at the beginners! 7PM - 7:45PM: Free Dance Lesson (Will focus on Salsa the first month). Every week there will…
Find out more »Rod Moss – All My Fat Country
The Araluen Arts Centre presents All My Fat Country, an exhibition of large scale graphite drawings by nationally recognised and renowned artist and award winning author, Rod Moss. Official Opening: Fri July 9, 6pm Artist Floor Talk: Sat July 10, 10:30am Exhibition: July 10 to August 22
Find out more »Apmere-werne apetye-arlpaye… Amengkwerne Softball by Margaret Palmer and Vicki Crowley
Presented by Araluen Arts Centre Apmere-werne apetye-arlpaye… Amengkwerne Softball, an exhibition by former team players and artists Margaret Palmer and Vicki Crowley, celebrating the story of the Amengkwerne (Amoonguna) softball teams. The exhibition, comprising quirky and evocative papier mâché figures made by Palmer and Crowley, recreates and conjures up the skill, happiness, humour and power of those legendary softball teams - the women and girls of Amoonguna who have played the game since the 1960s. Margaret and Vicki began making the sculptures together in 2016. Together…
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