Ernabella Arts

Ernabella is situated approximately 440 kilometres south west of Alice Springs just south of the Northern Territory border in South Australia. It is the oldest permanent settlement on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.

Established in 1948, Ernabella Arts is the oldest, continuously operating, Indigenous Art Centre in Australia. Ernabella artists have achieved wide spread recognition for their weavings, batiks, paintings and prints, ceramics, woodcarvings and hand woven spinifex baskets and sculptures. During the early days of Ernabella Arts the artists worked predominantly with wool, spinning and weaving it, and making hand-pulled floor rugs. Today painting and ceramics are the main art forms. Ernabella work is represented in the major public galleries of Australia and in private collections in Australia and overseas.

Browse Aboriginal artwork from the Ernabella Arts art centre in the Outstation Gallery