Art Centres
Boomalli Artists
In the languages of the Bundjalung, Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri, Boomalli means to strike; to make a mark. Boomalli is the longest running Aboriginal owned and run arts organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting NSW language group artists. Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative was established in 1987 by ten founding member artists. They were Euphemia Bostock, Fiona […]
Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a not-for-profit social enterprise within the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council that supports over 400 artists from 28 remote communities across the NPY region of Australia. It was established in 1995 out of a need for meaningful and culturally appropriate employment, and to enable women to earn a regular income […]
Martumili Artists
Martumili Artists was established by Martu people living in the communities of Parnpajinya (Newman), Jigalong, Parnngurr, Punmu, Kunawarritji, Irrungadji (Nullagine) and Warralong, and it draws on strong influences of aboriginal art history. The artists and their families are the traditional custodians of vast stretches of the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts as […]
Papulankutja Artists
Papulankutja Artists is an Aboriginal-owned non-for-profit corporation operating in Blackstone Community on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia. Papulankutja (Blackstone) community is approximately 900 km west of Alice Springs and 1575kms north-east of Perth. The art centre like most across the Ngaanyatjarra Lands was originally a women’s centre where painting was encouraged as an […]
Ernabella Arts
Established in 1948, Ernabella Arts is Australia’s oldest, continuously running Indigenous Art Centre. Ernabella Arts is in Pukatja Community, at the eastern end of the Musgrave Ranges in the far north west of South Australia. Pukatja was the first permanent settlement on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands). The Presbyterian Board of Missions […]
Hermannsburg Potters
The Hermannsburg Potters bring the vibrant landscape and spirit of Central Australia to life with their hand-crafted terracotta and underglaze pots. Taking inspiration from Country, culture, history and day to day life activities the Potters depict family, birds, animals, bush tucker, mission days, stories of Country and current life in Ntaria (Hermannsburg), based at […]
Ikuntji Artists
Ikuntji Artists is a member-based, not for profit, Aboriginal art center. It is situated in the community of Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji) and has a board of seven Indigenous directors. Haasts Bluff has a population of around 150 people and is a community rich and diverse in language and culture. Ikuntji is a registered charity with DGR and PBI status. […]
Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre
Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre is the official artist cooperative, home of the Namatjira watercolour artists, proudly Aboriginal owned and directed. The Art Centre was established by Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation in Alice Springs and started operating in 2004, as a not-for-profit Art Centre to provide a place for Arrernte Artists to come together […]
Warlukurlangu Artists
Warlukurlangu Artists is one of the longest running and most successful Aboriginal-owned art centres in Central Australia. Established in 1985, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia. Warlukurlangu Artists is based in the community of […]
Bábbarra Women’s Centre
Part of Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation and based in Maningrida (West Arnhem Land, NT, Australia), Bábbarra Women’s Centre enables local women to develop and run women-centred enterprises that support healthy and sustainable livelihoods. From the early days, established by women as a refuge in 1983, Bábbarra has supported the lives of Aboriginal women in the […]
Maningrida Arts and Culture
Established in the early 1970s, MAC is an Aboriginal art centre based in Maningrida, Western Arnhem Land, operated through the homelands resource organisation, Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation. It empowers local artists to pursue successful global careers from their homeland and township bases. Artists have control over all stages of the production of their work and […]
Mangkaja Artists
Mangkaja Arts is the Aboriginal-owned art centre in the township of Fitzroy Crossing, located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Mangkaja, meaning wet weather shelter, was established in the late 1980s by a small group of artists to support cultural, social and economic development in the region. Incorporated in 1993, Mangkaja represents artists […]
Warakurna Artists
Warakurna Artists is an Aboriginal fine arts organisation based in Warakurna, Western Australia, which aims at promoting expression of Tjukurrpa (traditional culture and law) and contemporary art forms. Established in the mid 2000s, it services the Warakurna outstation and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of Western Australia. It is fully owned and governed by Aboriginal people and […]
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts
“Ngenjayinga dawanga ngoondenintha birrgamib-gerring Ngoondengig yirremandayin ngenjaying dawang Miriwoong Yawwrroobtha yirrb yirroowindayin warrgeb-gerring woorngib-gerring, birrgamib-gerring” It’s a good art centre – this place. We respect and do good things in this Miriwoong Country. We all come together here to dance and sing and make things. – Waringarri artists Established in the early 1980s, Waringarri […]
Bula’Bula Arts
Bula’Bula Arts is an Aboriginal fine arts organisation based in Ramingining, in the Northern Territory, Australia. Its aim is to provide the Yolngu community of Ramingining and surrounding homelands a voice, while supporting the artists through assistance, training and encouragement and providing an outlet for their work’s displays. Ramingining has had an art centre […]
Euraba Artists and Papermakers
Euraba Artists & Papermakers is an Aboriginal fine arts organisation based in Boggabilla, in north-west New South Wales, Australia, using their own handmade paper to make artworks.
Papunya Tjupi Arts
Papunya Tjupi Arts is a 100% Aboriginal owned and directed community arts organisation based in Papunya, 250km NW of Alice Springs, the birthplace of the Western Desert dot-painting movement. It supports a new generation of artists establishing their own unique identity based on the legacy of their forefathers. The art centre services around 100 […]