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2010
Namatjira's Granddaughters: A Watercolour painting and cultual journey for women in the company of Namatjira's Granddaughters
Into the blue creative walks, in conjunction with Many Hands Art Centre, will be running a one week creative walk in August this year for women wanting to explore and develop their artistic skills whilst exploring Namatjira country. The walk will also feature Albert's direct granddaughters Lenie Namatjira, Ivy Pareroultja and Gloria Pannka, all well established Many Hands watercolour artists. This is the first time Many Hands has been involved in this type of project before with the three ladies excited to showcase their country and skills to a wider audience.
Namatjira Play
Many Hands Art Centre has joined forces with non for profit production company BIGhART to share the story of Albert Namatjira's life with the wider Australian audience. The play will open in Alice Springs in August for two shows then move to Sydney for a full six week run. The play has not only been developed in strong consultation with Albert's direct descendents but will feature a number of his grandchildren and kinship family members on stage. The idea for the play arose when BIGhART, who produced the acclaimed play Npapartji Npapartji with Many Hands artists ELton Wirri, began to learn in detail the extraordinary story of Albert's life. The play is an excellent opportunity for all of the Many Hands artists involved. Both runs of the show in Alice Springs and Sydney will also correlate with an exhibition featuring works of artists in the play as well as showcasing emerging artists.
Read more about the Namatira Play
OCTOBER 2009:
Sydney Affordable Art Fair 09
Many Hands Art Centre recently ventured from the centre out to Sydney to take part in the Sydney Affordable Art Fair. This is the first time Many Hands has been involved in a fair of this scale alongside galleris and art centre's from all over Australia. The fair which ran over 3 (long!) days and nights gave Many Hands an opprtunity to promote the art centre and its artists to a broad range of buyers and gallery owners. The fair has proven to be a successful with sales made during the events and after as well as multiple enquiries.
L-R Marketing Manager Hayley Robbins, Art Centre Assistant Kassy Chong
Read more about the Sydney Affordable Art Fair
AUGUST 2009:
26 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Awards
Telstra Award 2009 judges pre-elected 4 of our watercolour artists to be in the running for the top prize. Although none of our artists were successful in winning, the honour of being pre-selected was felt and appreciated by both the artists and the art centre. The four artists chosen his year were Gloria Pannka, Hubert Pareroultja, Kevin Wirri and Ivy Pareroultja. The awards were held in Darwin and provided a lot of interest in other works by these artists from both galleries and private buyers from all over Australia.
Read more about the Telstra Art Awards 2009
Togart Art Awards 2009
Hubert Pareroultja and Douglas Abbott were the two Many Hands watercolour artists lucky enough to be pre-selected for the Togart Awards this year open to all artists from all backgrounds. Although unfortunatly both were unsuccessful in winning the final prize, it provided each of them with the opportunity to showcase their art work to a wider, national audience.
Hubert Pareroultja's 'The otherside of Mt Gillen near Flynns Grave' featured in the Togart Awards 09
Read more about the Togart Awards
SEPTEMBER 2009:
Desert Mob 2009
Many Hands Art Centre was privledged to have 10 wonderful acrylic and watercolour paintings featured in the Desert Mob Exhibition 2009. It was an opportunity for the art centre to showcase some emerging artists including watercolourists Hillary Wirri and Marie Abbott as well as young acrylic artists Charlie Peipei. As always the exhibition showcased the talent of our more established watercolour artists such as Hubert Pareroultja and Mervyn Rubunja alongside Many Hands matriach acrylic artists Emma Daniel. The exhibition was well received by critics and the general public alike, with Elton Wirri's 'Palm Valley' having the honeour of being aquired by Araluen Cultural Precinct.
Elton Wirri's 'Palm Valley' aquired by Araluen Cultual Precinct
Read more about Desert Mob 2009
AUGUST 2008
25 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
In August the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award’s took place in Darwin with 5 of our predominant artists featured in the exhibition. It was with great honour that both Gloria Pannka’s and Hubert Pareroultja’s pieces were acquired by the Museum and Art Galley of the NT. We are once again looking forward to entering the awards for 2009, so keep an eye out for more news to come.
Read more about the Telstra Art Awards
SEPTEMBER 2008
Desert Mob 2008
Ngurratjuta and its artists had a successful Desert Mob 2008, kicking off with the symposium on the Friday, followed later on in the evening by the energetic dance site, celebrating Australian Indigenous Dance, at the Telegraph Station. The market place on the Saturday held at Araluen was as always very busy but a great opportunity for all involved with a number of our paintings sold. Sunday saw the Desert Mob Exhibition open with a line up of people eager to view the artwork on offer. Ngurratjuta had 12 of our artists showcased in the Exhibition with both Acrylic and Watercolour paintings represented.
OCTOBER 2008
The Legacy of Albert Namatjira Today;
Contemporary Aboriginal Watercolours from Central Australia-Update
June saw a very successful Watercolour exhibition at Soma Gallery in Adelaide, corresponding with the launch of Ngurratjuta’s latest publication ‘The Legacy of Albert Namatjira Today: Contemporary Aboriginal Watercolours from Central Australia’. It was an honour for Ngurratjuta to be able to produce this publication as an accompaniment to the exhibition. Due to popular demand extra copies are available for purchase, so please feel free to contact us if you are interested.
Click here to email your request for a copy of the publication
DECEMBER 2008
The Board, Artists and Staff of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.
Thank you for all your continued support throughout 2008, we're looking forward to a very busy and productive 2009 with 13 local and national exhibitions already planned as well as entering Togart Art Awards, Desert Mob and the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
Look out for another ‘From the Centre’ E-Newsletter in February for further details. All E-Newsletters can be viewed on our website by clicking on the below link.
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JANUARY 2009
A Happy New Year from all the staff and artists at Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra, Many Hands Art Centre. The artists resumed painting on site on Tuesday 27 January and have returned with renewed energy from their Christmas break. We have an exciting year ahead for 2009, with exhibitions planned throughout Australia including Darwin, Adelaide, Hobart, Sydney, Perth, Barossa Valley and Alice Springs. Visit our exhibition page or contact us for more details.
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FEBRUARY 2009
Interested in reading previous and current editions of Ngurratjuta’s ‘From the Centre’ E-Newsletter?
All previous and upcoming E-Newsletters are now available in pdf form on our website by clicking on the below link. E-Newsletters are sent out via email approx. every 6 weeks and are a great way to keep updated on what has been happening at the art centre and what our artists are up to. Also keep an eye out for regular updates to our news and exhibitions section on our websites.
Link to previous and current editions of our E-Newsletter
FEBRUARY 2009
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JUNE 2008
The Legacy of Albert Namatjira Today;
Contemporary Aboriginal Watercolours from Central Australia
The first comprehensive interstate group exhibition of Ngurratjuta's watercolour artists is currently on show at SoMA Galleries, Adelaide. Ngurratjuta organised for Lenie Namatjira (Albert’s Granddaughter) and Ivy Pareroultja (Edwin Pareroultja’s daughter) to attend the opening on Thursday 29 May. Alison French, author of Ngurratjuta's new publication by the same name, launched the exhibition to the large audience in attendance at the Norwood based gallery.
Exhibition dates: 29 May - 22 June, 2008
Read more about the SoMA Galleries
MAY 2008
25 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Five Ngurratjuta Arists have been selected for 2008 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
Exhibition dates: 15 August - 26 October, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Read more about the Telstra Art Award
Hubert Pareroultja - Solo Exhibition
Hubert and his wife Jeanie have just returned from Coffs Harbour, where they attended the opening of Hubert's Solo exhibition at the John Gordon Gallery. A big thank you to Nicolas and Andrew and the team at the John Gordon Gallery.
Read more about the John Gordon Gallery and Hubert's Exhibition
Togart Art Award
17 year old Elton Wirri has been accepted to exhibit as part of the 2008 exhibition in Darwin
Exhibition dates: 18 June - 6 July, Darwin Convention Centre (2 - 24 October, Araluen Arts Centre - Alice Springs)
Read more about the Togart Art AwardThe Legacy of Albert Namatjira Today; Contemporary Aboriginal Watercolours from Central Australia
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.