The Namatjira Collection
Watercolour landscape paintings become moving works of art.
A Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra / Many Hands Art Centre collection titled:
“Inti Ljapa Ljapa Irapakalam, butterfly going round and round.”
Produced under the direction of Batchelor Institute of Indigenous
Tertiary Education.
Opening 6pm Friday MAY 15 | Showing May 15 – june 6
Raft Artspace: 8 Hele Crescent Alice Springs NT

To celebrate the era of Albert Namatjira (1950’s) we have created two unique limited edition fashion garments being circle skirts and scarfs – and we need your help! Click HERE to learn more.

www.pozible.com/Namatjira

We have a new project we need your help with!!!

In the Western Arrernte language this project is called “Inti Ljapa Ljapa Irapakalam.” In English it means “butterfly going round and round.” The caterpillar and butterfly are iconic to the Arrernte tradition.

To celebrate the era of Albert Namatjira (1950’s) we have created two unique limited edition fashion garments being circle skirts and scarfs and we are raising funds to take supreme quality pictures of the designs made by the artists ($500), to hire a designer that will edit the images and design the items ($1000), to purchase silk fabrics and get the fabrics sewn and transformed into beautiful wearable arts ($4500), and to pay the generous individuals that helped us produce two videos for this project and prepare an installation for the exhibition ($1000). All profits from this project will benefit the Hermannsburg School of art to continue sharing knowledge and stories with family and friends through their prosperous art centre. If we get enough money for this project we will be able to exhibit our finished paintings and fabric designs in an exclusive exhibition in Alice Springs and beyond!

To find out more information or to make a donation go to our pozible campaign.

‘Transparent – The Hermannsburg School of Art’ is the name of the exhibition to be held at the Paul Johnstone Gallery in Darwin from the 13th March until the 2nd April. Leading artists Ivy Pareroultja, Lenie Namatjira and Gloria Pannka will all feature work at this exhibition. The official opening will be held on the 13th March from 5.30 to 7.30pm.

An exhibition of Albert Namatjira’s descendants will be held at AIATSIS from Nov. 24 to Dec.12. AIATSIS will also hold a market day where you can purchase an original watercolour artwork and meet some of the artists. If you are in Canberra come and say hello on Friday November 28 from 9am to 4pm at 51 Lawson Cres. Acton ACT.

For more information visit AIATSIS

Gloria Pannka, Lenie Namatjira, Mervyn Rubuntja and Kevin Namatjira will be travelling to Canberra with Ngurratjuta Many Hands Art staff and Big hART’s Namatjira project for the unveiling of ‘Namatjira to Now – Five Generations of Watercolours in the Central Desert’, at the Parliament House, Nov. 26th.

Ivy Pareroultja’s work will feature in the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2014 in the Art Gallery of NSW. ‘Drawing Out’ will run from 21 Nov 2014 to 26 Jan 2015. If you are in Sydney you can also meet our artists on Nov 22, they will run a watercolour masterclass at the Art Gallery of NSW.

For more info visit: http://www.corroboreesydney.com.au/

Thanks to all those who came to support us on our opening. The men’s exhibition is now online on the Talapi Gallery website.

Painting by Hubert Pareroultja, Mt. Sonder, NT

This unique mural was designed by well-known artist Peter Taylor, and painted in collaboration with another six landscape artists including Gloria Pannka, Mervyn Rubuntja, Lenie Namatjira, Kevin Namatjira, Gwenda Namatjira and Reinhold Inkamala, with support of Ngurratjuta/Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands art centre and the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education. The mural is 7m long by 2m high and represents the range east of Heavitree Gap (Ntaripe) with the dry Todd River (Lhere Mparntwe) meandering through it.

We are proud to announce that the Alice Springs based Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra, Many Hands Art Centre Collaborative was highly commended during the Telstra Art Awards, with their collage work: Knara Nunaka Tjurretja – Our big country: the West Mac Donnell Ranges.

To view the work and vote for the people’s choice click HERE:

We congratulate the artists for their achievement:
Gloria Pannka
Lenie Namatjira
Selma Coulthard
Ivy Pareroultja
Rienhold Inkamala
The Wirri Mob