Warlayirti Artists
Warlayirti Artists, established in 1987, represents more than 350 artists across three communities, in the Kutjungka region of northeast Western Australia. Warlayirti Artists are famous for their works of acrylic on canvas, often depicting their ancestral country, their Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) and personal stories. Along with their better known artists (including: Elizabeth Nyumi, Helicopter Tjungurrayi, Boxer Milner and Eubena Nampitjin, to name a few), Warlayirti Artists maintain a strong focus on developing younger and emerging artists.
Ngaruwanajirri Inc.
Meaning ‘helping one another’, Ngaruwanajirri was established in 1994 to provide a focus and source of independent income for people a Nguiu on Bathurst Island, one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory. Ngaruwanajirri artists create works usings local ochres and natural pigments on paper, canvas and carvings.
Milingimbi Art and Culture
Situated approximately 400 km east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Milingimbi is an island community just off the coast of Arnhem Land. A number of different clan groups exist amongst the population of around 1,000 that call Milingimbi and the surrounding outstations, home. Many items made by the artists of Milingimbi (which include weavings and bark paintings) are still used for practical and, most importantly, ceremonial purposes.
Warmun Art Centre
Established in 1998 by artists of the Warmun (Turkey Creek) community. The Warmun Art Centre is wholly owned and managed by the Warmun artist group, with 100% of income from artwork sales being returned back to the community. Each canvas is painted using hand collected ochres and natural pigments found in the Kimberley.
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra was established in 2003 to provide a place for Western Arrarnte Artists to meet, paint, learn new techniques and share ideas. Artworks are created in a variety of styles, from landscape watercolours to fine dot work and bold contemporary paintings. The Ngurratjuta Art Centre currently supports over 400 artists with a focus on the famous ”Hermannsburg School” of watercolourists who coninue to paint in the tradition of their grandfather, Albert Namatjira.
Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association
Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association, established in 1989, is an indigenous owned art centre located at Milikapiti on Melville Island, north of Darwin. The artists of Jilamara are famous for their carvings and ochres on paper and canvas.
Tangentyere Artists
Tangentyere Artists supports Indigenous artists from the Alice Springs area and remote communities across Central Australia. Tangentyere Artists is “assisting cultural maintenance and improving social justice”, via its unique program, that Services artists in 19 Alice Springs town camps.