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ACROSS THE WAY – exhibition prep underway..

We continue to curate exhibitions with the same care, attention to detail and thoughtful selection that have always underpinned our practice. Whether presenting paintings, ceramics or sculpture, every exhibition is developed in close collaboration with remote community art centres and with a commitment to ethical and respectful business practices. From the very beginning, education has […]

Time has zipped by..

Ahhh! Time moves to fast to keep to blogs regular! The Kaltjiti art centre guest Artists, Joyce Robin, Joanne Ken and Kani George have been and gone, and the WANGKA KUTJU, TJUKURPA TJUTA – One Voice, Many Sotires exhibition is about to end this coming Sunday 14th June! However, the e-catalogue will remain online for […]

What’s happening at the mo… exhibition prep!

We are looking forward to WANGKA KUTJU, TJUKURPA TJUTA – One Voice, Many Stories – our next exhibition focussing entirely on the remote community of Fregon, in the Pitjantjatjara Lands – and the Kaltjiti Art Centre. Exhibitions looks beautiful once they are up, but there is much work to do to get them looking that […]

A real treat – meeting the early Utopia artists

We missed out on the Emily Kame Kngwarreye time (sadly). Still undoubtedly Australia’s most significant female Indigenous artist, – whose paintings, story and life have had and continue to have such an impact internationally. We were lucky enough to meet one of the most beautiful, loved artists and senior ladies – Ada Bird Petyarre – […]

When the art arrives…

A little video of what happens when the art arrives from it’s remote location! And when you’ve had two missed deliveries, you have to go to the airport warehouse to pick the freight up… these all the way from Fregon in the Pitjantjatjara Lands…

The First Exhibition – March 2004

I won’t go through all our close to eighty exhibitions since our first one, just the extra significant ones! Named DESERT DREAMINGS it was held at the beautiful Old George Gallery in Duke Street, East Fremantle – a great artists’ studios and exhibition space (alas, no more). It was very exciting, the art was very […]

First stop – Utopia

The first remote community we visited was in the Utopia region in the late 1990’s – and the multiple outstations at which the Utopian artists painted. Utopia is approx 270km north east of Alice Springs, along the Sandover Highway. When the former pastoral lease was returned to its Indigenous owners in 1979, members of the […]