Partnering with remote Indigenous Art Centres to deliver a landmark digital project that empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to create and share unique arts and cultural experiences with the world.
Partnering with remote Indigenous Art Centres to deliver a landmark digital project that empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to create and share unique arts and cultural experiences with the world.
My name is Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni, I come from a long line of people of the Tiwi Islands. We trace our ancestors back through story to Purukuparli and his Mother Murtankala – the original…
I first met Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni while working with Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair as one of the curatorial delegates in 2017. I was tasked with assisting an art center to set up a stall,…
Victoria and Southeastern Australia are lands steeped in the complex tapestry of Indigenous histories and identities. These narratives, forged in the crucible of colonial devastation and contemporary cultural resurgence, tell tales of resilience and renewal.
The art centre’s mission is simple: to support and celebrate Indigenous artists and their communities through arts and culture. In many remote communities, the art centre is a thriving hub of activity where generations of…
Distance. Outlines. Boundaries. Maps give us context between places. Yet they exist in tension with the way that First Peoples understand kinship and country. Our mapping is alive and relational. It’s something we practise, with…
Bábbarra Women’s Centre (Maningrida) and Tharangini Studio (Bengalaru) are together redefining the boundaries of traditional artistry with their ground-breaking woodblock textile collaboration. In 2023, senior Kuninjku artists, Janet Marawarr and Deborah Wurrkidj from Bábbarra…
Across Aranda Country, the continuation of culture through art making is alive and ongoing.[1] Guided by the teachings of ancestors and kin, and a resounding urge to depict Country in the manner of…
In early 2022, we received a call from the senior curator of Indigenous and Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria, Myles Russell-Cook, who had seen a weaving by Indra Prudence at the previous…
“There isn’t a more skilled set of peoples to find in rural and remote communities than those in the art centres so the easiest way to learn about anything to do with that area is…
Artists at Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre are Western Aranda people and paint their Country using the watercolour techniques passed on by Albert Namatjira down family lines, known as the Hermannsburg School of painting. The Country…
Sitting in the shade at Angurugu Women’s Art Centre, a group of Anindilyakwa women listen to visitors who have travelled far to meet with them on Groote Eylandt, located in the Gulf of Carpentaria in…
Nestled alongside the Musgrave Ranges in Pukatja community in the remote north-west of South Australia, Ernabella Arts on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands is the oldest continuously running Indigenous art centre in Australia. In…
Fibre art holds a deep and venerated tradition within Yolŋu culture and the weavers of Arnhem Land, with the core material used being Gunga (Pandanus spiralis). The Rrambaŋi (Gunga Mat) installation at the 2023…
Song rings out through the art centres as an Elder sings the story of the Country they are painting, renewing their Country while teaching the story to any in earshot; sometimes when this happens people…
Agency would like to thank the many Art Centre Managers, creative individuals and translation services who helped make this project happen, including:
Samantha Moody
Anindilyakwa Arts
Jessica Rosalie Stalenberg & Ziian Carey
Bábbarra Women’s Centre
Mel George
Bula’Bula Arts
Kara Rodski
Durrmu Arts
Rowena Withers
Ernabella Arts
Trevor van Weeren
Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts
Bec Capp & Ness Sim
Hermannsburg Potters
Dr Chrischona Schmidt
Ikuntji Artists
Iris Bendor & Marisa Maher
Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands
Hannah Raisin & Will Heathcote
Jilamara Arts & Crafts
Anita Larkin
Kaiela Arts
Liam Kennedy
Mangkaja Arts
Brooke Ainscow
Maningrida Arts & Culture
Katie Hagebols & Brittnay Pfeiffer
Marrawuddi Arts and Culture
Amy Mukherjee & Phoebe Jones
Martumili Artists
Mandi King & Max Moon
Milingimbi Art & Culture
Guy Allan
Munupi Arts & Crafts
Olivia Sproull & Riley Adams Brown
Spinifex Arts Project
Ruth McMillan & Elleanor Webb
Tangentyere Artists
Leana Collier & Cathy Cummins
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts
Poppy Lever & Nick Withers
Warlayirti Artists
Sophie Wallace
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Timothy Hillier
Timothy Hillier Photography
Alana Holmburg
Alana Holmberg Photography
Matthew Mastratisi
Mastra Visions
Steven Kounnas
Phoria
Matthew Bruce, Scott McIntosh & Toby Gall
Pondr
Fabio Ongarato, Anne-Louise Carlon & Shutian Chan
Ongarato
Anika Valenti
Terri Janke & Company
Tarnanthi team at AGSA
Launch Presentation Partner
Jasmine Tulk
Jasmin Tulk Graphic Design
Jane Metlikovec
Upstride Agency
Chris Warrior
Wiru Drone Solutions
Jarrod Pickford
Storytowns
Andrew Scarano
Instant Andy TV
Rosalina Coulter
UPLANDS Volunteer
Aboriginal Interpreting WA
Pitjantjatjara translation services (Spinifex Arts)
Cheral Grant
Pitjantjatjara translation (Spinifex Arts)
Aboriginal Interpreting WA
Kukatja translation services (Warlayirti)
Aboriginal Interpreting WA
Martu translation services (Martumili)
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS) Aboriginal Corporation
Yolŋu translation services (Bula’bula)
Mirima Language Centre
Miriwoong translation services (Waringarri)
Anne Thompson
Pitjantjatjara translation (Ernabella)
Beth Sometimes
Pitjantjatjara translation (Tangentyere)
David Roennfeldt
Western Arrernte translation (Tangentyere)
Belinda Kernan & Raylene Bonson
Ndjebbana translation (Bábbarra)
