Wana Wanitja is an important rockhole for Minyma Kutjara tjukurpa. When I was a young girl the big teenage girls would take us to Wana Wanitja rockhole and we would make wiltja (cubby houses) to play in. We would cook malu wipu (kangaroo tail), have a picnic and have a swim in the rockhole.
Sharnarina (Sharna) Foster belongs to the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group. Her mother Sally Foster is a senior artist with Minyma Kutjara Project. Sharna’s grandmother Valerie Foster was a highly respected elder from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands and her grandfather, Wilitjiri Wilton Foster was instrumental in the Pitantjatjara Land Rights Movement in the 1970’s. Sharna is a young mother and an emerging artist with Minyma Kutjara Arts Project.
Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.
On behalf of Desart’s staff and art centre members, the Executive Committee humbly and respectfully acknowledge the Arrernte Apmereke Artweye (Traditional Owners) and Kwertengerle (Traditional Managers) of Mparntwe.
Desart respectfully advises Aboriginal readers that this website may contain names, images and artworks of people who have passed away.
