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Julalikari Council Women's Arts & Crafts Centre

December 5, 2005

Mulga Camp
PO Box 158
Tennant Creek NT 0860


Ph:(+61) 08 8962 2163
Fax: (+61) 08 8962 1924

Email: gallery@julalikariarts.com

Posted by Julalikari Arts at 9:56 AM | Julalikari Council Women's Arts & Crafts Centre |

About Us

Many women have benefited from the wide range of skills training that has been offered to them by various training providers such as NTU, CDU, Batchelor College and IAD since the Centre was established in 1994. Subsequently the current artists, fine painters all, can (and do) readily access a range of facilities such as Printmaking, ceramics, sewing, fabric printing (fabric lengths, ready-mades, T-shirts, et al), all underpinned by a solid administration at Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation.

It is of particular importance that such a wide range of art-generated product is possible as the Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre opened in July 2004. With a superb Gallery available and a strong, well- presented Retail Outlet, the artists at the Arts & Crafts Centre have the significant role of maintaining product flow, as well as having an excellent space to showcase their talent.

Peggy Jones, who continues to produce her richly- applied and boldly executed renditions of bush tucker, animals, and birds, and soakages is perhaps the Centre's most enduring artist with strong national and international sales. Most of the artists working from this region display a similar love of the flora and fauna, the landscape, cultural activities and ceremonies, in their artworks.

These themes are particularly emphasised in a colourful and wonderfully- balanced style by Flora Holt, whose unique talent is being widely recognised, and who is about to hold her second solo exhibition in Sydney. A work of hers has also been selected for showing in this year's Telstra 2004 Exhibition.

Ruth Dawson has also attracted attention since a small painting of hers was chosen as the Livery on one of the freight trains commissioned to work the new Adelaide - Darwin Railway.

Posted by Julalikari Arts at 9:55 AM | About Us |

The "Pink Palace"

The building in which the Art Centre is based (commonly called "the Pink Palace") was built by Mary Ward of Banka Banka Station as a hostel for stockmen and their families coming into town from out bush. In 1995 it became the Art and Craft Centre for local Aboriginal Women working under Community Development Employment Programme.

Posted by Julalikari Arts at 9:53 AM | The "Pink Palace" |

Community Project

A new Aboriginal art and culture centre for the Barkly region of the Northern Territory opened in July 2003. Nyinkka Nyunyu (pronounced ny-ink-a ny-oo ny-oo) is near a Warumungu sacred site, the home of the Nyinkka or spiky-tailed goanna, on Paterson Street in the town of Tennant Creek.

- Gallery
- Shop
- Cafe
- Performances

Visit Nyinkka Nyunyu

Posted by Julalikari Arts at 9:53 AM | Community Project |