We are so excited about The Namatjira Project Auction coming up on Sunday 22nd October at the Art Gallery of South Australia! It is a collaboration with our Art Centre, Namatjira Legacy Trust, artist Tony Albert and Tarnanthi!

Place your bid at this historic auction featuring Boomerangs, Woomeras and Spears made in Collaboration with Cultural Leader Mervyn Rubuntja, Gloria Pannka and Kevin McCormack, as imagined by Australian Artists.

Desert Mob 2017 visitors: add to your events schedule a visit to 29 Wilkinson St. and 16 Fogarty St. on Saturday Sep 9 between 2pm-4pm

In collaboration with Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, the three art centres will present two exciting exhibitions named: Mparntwe & Ntaria itweke-itwe Mob – Alice Springs and Hermannsburg Neighbours. We are looking forward seeing you in our neighborhood!

Stanley Ebatarinja, near Ormiston Gorge, NT

Four members of the Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands art centre will visit Canberra from February 22nd to March 5^th 2017.

This visit has emerged through close collaboration between the art centre, social change company BighArt, curator Alison French, the National Museum of Australia (NMA) and the Australian National University.

The Alice Springs based art centre is proudly Aboriginal owned. It is the home of practicing Hermannsburg School watercolour artists who continue to paint in the tradition of Albert Namatjira, arguably one of Australia’s most famous artists of the 20th century. The visit marks the first trip to the capital held by the newly incorporated art centre.

Lenie Nematjira and Gloria Pannka – world famous watercolourists and granddaughters of Albert Namatjira, acclaimed Hermannsburg Potter and watercolourist Clara Inkamala, and an art centre employee will have a busy schedule during their visit.

They will be honorary guests at the ANU, undertaking a print making artists in residency program. The ANU will also hold a selling exhibition at the Photospace, representing new watercolours from the art centre.

Thereafter, the group will celebrate the new exhibition about Ntaria, (Hermannsburg) and Namatjira’s legacy in the NMA’s Landmarks gallery. The exhibition displays a recent artwork by each of these 3 artists.

Finally, the artists will offer to the public a watercolour masterclass in the museum.

Lenie Namatjira, Landscapes from central Australia. Painting acquired by the National Museum of Australia.

Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

29-Nov-2016 – 15-Dec-2016

There are different types of aliens in our own country. Real aliens – Alice Springs is a UFO hotspot for sightings and the CIA establishment out here – it is very spooky and mysterious.  Walberlla (white people) are Aliens who came to this country and because they don’t know about it they are destroying the landscape with mining and industry. Our culture is abducted and our human rights are abused. Our healthy land gave us healthy food, now we have fast food and anunhealthy life. So, we have abducted our own work to show new things.

Reinhold Inkamala, 3 mining employees at Mt Hermannsburg, NT

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Gloria Pannka, Hamilton Downs, NT. This painting depicts Hamilton Downs from Brumby Pound Paddock.

View more artworks from the desert Mob exhibition HERE

We are proud to announce our newly incorporated organisation, Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands art centre. Our Chairman is Mervyn Rubuntja and our Deputy chairperson is Clara Inkamala. Our vision for the Art Centre is to create a place where Western Arrarnta people come together and create artworks on diverse mediums using different techniques. Our art is inspired by the landscape painting tradition of the Hermannsburg School of Art.

This exhibition features contemporary Aboriginal watercolours from the Hermannsburg area. Mervyn Rubuntja’s paintings are inspired by the land he lives on and the places he visits in Central Australia. Rubuntja’s elders told him ‘always use the right colour’. This is important because the more you look to the distance the more the colour changes. When you pick up a rock it is red, when you look at it to the distance the colour changes. All the colours together form a painting, like in a photograph which depicts the land and the sky.

The Namatjira Story
On country and on stage.

Lenie and Gwenda Namatjira (sisters and granddaughters of Namatjira), Benita Clements (Gwenda’s daughter) Gloria Pannka (granddaughter of Namatjira), and Clara Inkamala have created an exquisite collection of watercolour paintings, inspired by the a collaborative project between their art centre, Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra, Many Hands and arts company Big hART. The project’s latest output is a new documentary, of which a preview will be screened at the opening of the exhibition. This collection, curated by academic Alison French, tells the Namatjira family story through sceneries from Western Arrarnta country and the theatre’s stage. The body of works in the exhibition was created in Alice Springs, in response to scenes and stills from the film.

Image Credit: Gloria Pannka, 36 x 54 Watercolour on paper, The Namatjira Play, Actors and Artists on stage

Opening Wednesday 8th June | 6.30–8pm.

Exhibition continues until Sunday 19th June.

Gallery open Tuesday–Saturday 11am–6pm | Sunday 11am–4pm

Gallery: 107 Projects, 107 Redfern St. Redfern

http://107projects.org/event/the-namatjira-story/

Lenie Namatjira, Mostyn Peniltja in his homeland. Kuala Outstation and his dogs.

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory announces finalists for the 33rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award!

Congratulations to Lenie Namatjira!!!

Seventy-five artists from 244 entries have been selected as finalists in the country’s most prestigious national Indigenous art award, the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA).

The judging panel, which included Vernon Ah Kee, respected contemporary artist, Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator, South Eastern Australia Aboriginal Collections, Museum Victoria and Don Whyte, Don Whyte Framing, were impressed with the quality and diversity of this year’s entries.

“We were provided with the breadth of what’s happening across Australia and the representation of country, culture, identity and politics is strong,” Ms. Moulton said.

Luke Scholes, Curator of Aboriginal Art and Material Culture, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), said: “From what was an extremely competitive field, Vernon, Kimberley and Don have brought together a wonderfully eclectic assembly of finalists whose work will gather to create a spectacular exhibition to celebrate the MAGNT and Telstra partnership. We are extremely grateful for the support this prestigious award continues to receive from artists and art centres Australia wide.”

MAGNT Director, Marcus Schutenko said: “The selected works in this year’s Telstra NATSIAA have significant breadth in both form and content.”

Telstra Country Wide Area General Manager for the Northern Territory, Nic Danks, said the Telstra NATSIAA offers an exciting national platform for emerging and established artists
to showcase their culture and creative talents.

“Telstra is committed to ensuring Indigenous artists are discovered and have the opportunity to tell the important stories of Australia on a national scale,” Mr Danks said.

“This year marks the 25th anniversary of our partnership with MAGNT and we are proud to have had the opportunity to meet and profile so many talented artists over the years,” Mr Danks continued.

Finalists’ works will be exhibited at MAGNT from Friday 5 August 2016, where six winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony in the evening.

The categories for the 33rd Telstra NATSIAA are:

• Telstra Art Award – $50,000
• Telstra General Painting Award – $5,000
• Telstra Bark Painting Award – $5,000
• Telstra Work on Paper Award – $5,000
• Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award (also sponsored by Telstra) – $5,000
• Telstra Youth Award – $5,000

About the Award
The 33rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award marks the 25th year of the relationship between Telstra and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT). The award was founded by MAGNT in 1984, and remains Australia’s first, most prestigious and longest-running award dedicated to Indigenous art and artists.

EXHIBITION DETAILS
33rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Saturday 6 August – Sunday 30 October
Curator: Luke Scholes
Judges: Vernon Ah Kee, Kimberley Moulton, Don Whyte

List of finalists
Alec Baker, Andrew Snelgar, Anwar Young, Baluka Maymuru, Barayuwa Munungurr, Barbara Mbitjana Moore, Beryl Jimmy, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Beyula Putungka Napanangka, Bianca Beetson, Brendan Kennedy, David Frank, Eunice Napanangka Jack, Eunice Porter, Georgia MacGuire, Glen (Kei Kalak) Mackie, Graham Badari, Gunybi Ganambarr, Guykuda Mununggurr, Harold Joseph Thomas (Bundoo), Isaac Cherel, Ishmael Marika, Jack Green, James Tylor, Janine McAullay Bott, Jennifer Herd, Jimmy Kenny Thaiday, John Mawurndjul, Kathleen Injiki Tjapalyi, Kaylene Whiskey, Kent Morris, Kieren Karritpul, Lena Yarinkura, Lenie Namatjira, Lisa Waup, Louise Daniels, Maath Maralngurra, Margaret Poulsen, Matjangka Nyukana Norris, Melanie Evans, Mumu Mike Williams, Muntaji Brumby, Naomi Hobson, Natalie Puantulura, Ngarralja Tommy May, Nici Cumpston, Nicole Monks, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Penny Evans, Pepai Jangala Carroll, Peter Waples-Crowe, Rachael Mipantjiti Lionel, Ray James Tjangala, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Robert Pau, Ryan Presley, Seymour Wulida, Shirley Macnamara, Shirley Purdie, Simon Hogan, Spinifex Men’s Collaborative, Steaphan Paton, Stewart Hoosan, Ted Laxton [Pitcha Makin Fellas], Teresa Baker and Clarise Tunkin, Tiger Yaltangki, Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Tony Albert, Vincent Namatjira, Watarru Collaborative, William Nyaparu Gardiner, Winnie Sampi, Witjiti George, Wukun Wanambi, Yaritji Young & Yinarupa Nangala.

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