Wednesday 18 October, 6PM – 9PM
Yaye’s Café and Araluen Art Centre Galleries
An intimate evening of art, music and food featuring curator talks by Hetti Perkins and Aspen Beattie, and performance by Casii Williams and Dave Crowe.
TICKETED
The Araluen Galleries will open after hours for a private viewing of the Desert Mob 2023 exhibition and talk by Curators Hetti Perkins and Aspen Beattie, followed by an alfresco three-course meal and live music by award-winning Western Aranda musician Casii Williams and collaborator Dave Crowe, in Yaye’s courtyard.
Join us for a perfect Mparntwe evening of art, food and music!
Tjunkaya Tapaya applying sgraffito techniques in the ceramics studio, Ernabella Arts. Courtesy of Ernabella Arts
@Marketplace – Saturday 09 September
Venue: Central Craft
Time: 10:30AM – 12:30PM
FREE EVENT
Witness the time-honoured sgraffito technique come to life during a live ceramics demonstration with artists of Ernabella Arts.
Ernabella Arts has a distinguished history as Australia’s longest running Aboriginal art centre. Established in the community of Pukatja (Ernabella) in 1948, this year marks the 20th anniversary since the establishment of the art centre’s renowned ceramic studio. This event offers a rare chance to talk with artists, as each depicts their Tjukurpa (story) and connection to Country and culture, with the sgraffito marks expressing their homeland or intergenerational stories.
Marlene Rubuntja at Yarrenyty Altere Artists. Photo by Karlee Holland. Courtesy Yarrenyty Arltere Artists and the National gallery of Australia
@Marketplace – Saturday 09 September
Venue: Marketplace
Time: 11:00AM – 1:00PM
FREE EVENT
Materials provided but limited.
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists are upcycling alchemists, transforming simple materials into extraordinary soft sculptures that are at once whimsical and celebratory, engaging and educative. This workshop offers a rare privilege, to be inspired to create birds and other shapes from the natural environment, sitting with and learning from acclaimed artists Marlene Rubuntja, Dulcie Sharp, Rhonda Sharpe and Louise Robertson, who live and work in Mparntwe/Alice Springs and sew with creativity and joy in Country.
Delrose Armstrong, Walking with Family, 2019, terracotta and underglazes, 44 x 26 cm. Hermannsburg Potters, Desert Mob 2019. Photo by Steve Strike. Photo of Western Aranda Country by Rhett Hammerton.
Sunday 10 September
Ntaria / Hermannsburg
Time: 1:00PM departure from Mparntwe / 6:00PM estimated return
TICKETED
A very special invitation to visit the Hermannsburg Potters and their art centre at Ntaria (Hermannsburg), 130 kilometres west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) to meet the artists and view and purchase works out on Country.
This coach tour will take you through Tjoritja/West MacDonnell National Park and on to Ntaria and the artists’ studio, where the Hermannsburg Potters bring all that vibrant country and community and history to life with their renowned, hand-crafted terracotta and underglaze pots. The tour includes transport to and from Ntaria, and a BBQ for all attendees and community members.
@Tangentyere Artists – Wednesday 6 September
Time: 3PM – 6PM
Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists present an exhibition of ceramics, paintings, soft sculptures and works on paper from their studios.
Adrian Jurra, Untitled, synthetic polymer on linen, 2023. Courtesy Papunya Tula Artists
@Papunya Tula Artists – Friday 8 September
Time: 6PM
Papunya Tula Artists presents their annual exhibition of stunning new paintings from both senior and emerging artists of the Kintore and Kiwirrkura communities. As well as showcasing new works, the exhibition will pay tribute to some of the company’s past greats with selected works never before exhibited.
Lawrence Pennington, Pukara, 2022 synthetic polymer on linen. Courtesy Spinifex Arts Project and RAFT Artspace
@RAFT – Saturday 9 September
Time: 4PM – 6PM
RAFT celebrates the Spinifex story with a book launch and exhibition ‘Sun & Shadow, Art of the Spinifex People‘. Artists Lennard Walker Ngalpingka Simms, Veronica Jessica Brown, Noli Rictor and Katie Brown will be present and are joined by editors John Carty, Luke Scholes and contributors Scott Cane and Ian Baird. Come and celebrate the art and listen to the story of the Spinifex people!
Billy Kenda at Bindi Magic, 2022. Photo by Sara Maiorino. Courtesy of Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists
@ Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists – Sunday 10 September
Time: 11AM – 2PM
Bindi Magic is an annual exhibition showcasing the art of the Bindi Mwerre Anthurre artists. The studio was established in 2000 by Aboriginal artists living with disabilities. Bindi Mwerre Anthurre art portrays the essence, beauty, and humour of Central Australia. Each artwork reflects the life and surrounds of the region as seen, known, and loved by the artists. With music by Honkey Tonk Disco and guest speaker Franchesca Cubillo
Shannan Coolwell shopping for Magpie Goose. Image courtesy of Aboriginal Art Co.
@Tangentyere Artists – From Wednesday 6 September
In conjunction with their Desert Mob Symposium presentation and fashion show premier, the Ewyenper Atwatye Artists x Magpie Goose POP UP is your chance to own, and wear, garments from this incredible collaborative collection.
Image credit: Ankerte by Annette Robinson. Courtesy Children’s Ground and Watch This Space
@ Watch This Space – Friday 8 September
Time: 6PM – 8PM
At Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe – Mparntwe (Children’s Ground – Alice Springs) we are leading the way in teaching our children our way. We teach them about the Land – from which everything comes – language, lore, culture. Children learn their responsibilities for country and how they are connected to it, their kin and the wider world.
This exhibition celebrates our diverse artists and artworks that have been developed at Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe by our children, young people, adults and elders.
@ June Marriott Gallery, Central Craft
Thursday 31 Aug to Saturday 16 Sept, 10am – 2pm
With all new designs and colourways installed from 31 August, you can view and pre-order some of the beautiful textile pieces Ikuntji Artists have to offer.
Recently presenting a solo show at the Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Ikuntji Artists became the first art centre to present a show at Australian Fashion Week. Over the past five years, Ikuntji Artists have explored the medium of fabric design and printing, and we are excited to celebrate the diversity in screen printing coming out of Ikuntji Artists today.
