August 2019
Friends of Araluen Community Arts Grant
The Friends of Araluen is delighted to launch the Community Arts Grant 2019/20. Applications are open for individuals or organisations based in Central Australia to deliver a Community Arts Project, aimed at delivering an inspiring or entertaining experience for the wider Alice Springs community. A total award of $3,000 will be made to the chosen project or projects. Application forms can be viewed and submitted here. Please review the Grant Guidelines before applying. The closing date for applications is 31st October 2019. Successful applicants will be announced in…
Find out more »October 2019
How to be Kind to Yourself – a meditation day course
The way in which we relate to ourself affects every area of our life. Therefore we need a positive self view and the ability to be strong and happy regardless of life’s challenges and what others may think of us. Buddha explained the art of self-acceptance and taught many positive thinking techniques for developing inner strength and confidence. On this meditation day course we will learn these techniques for enjoying stable self-esteem and happiness, and unlock our limitless potential for…
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…
Find out more »Smokie Live in Concert
Presented by NOW Music Celebrating over forty years of recording and touring, Smokie maintains their place among the time-honoured, rock n’ roll elite - something they take in their stride, but never for granted. Today, the band find themselves playing more territories than ever before, with Australia becoming a regular addition to their touring schedule. From their landmark ballad of unrequited love, Living Next Door to Alice to more chart-topping hits like Lay Back in the Arms of Someone, If…
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