In an internationally and nation-wide first: From Country to Couture presents Indigenous Australian Fashion made in remote art centres across Australia. Ikuntji Artists will be featured with our resin jewellery, created with The Indigneous Jewellery Project, as part of this groundbreaking fashion parade. International top model Magnolia Maymuru will close the show wearing our resin

Ikuntji Artists has been part of the Indigenous Jewellery Project since 2014. It is an innovative way to develop and upskill jewellers from remote Indigenous communities. Are you interested in learning more about the project? Here is an interview with The Indigenous Jewellery Project co-ordinator Emily McCulloch Childs: Garland Article

In collaboration with the Land Management Unit from the Central Land Council, the Youth Program from Macdonnell Regional Council and researchers Ikuntji Artists visited and camped at Muruntji west of Ikuntji/Haasts Bluff. This camping trip was a great opportunity for artists and family members to connect to country, tell stories, record these and teach younger

Join us for the first dedicated exhibition to Ikuntji Artists at Aboriginal Signature – Estrangin Fine Art in Brussels! This exhibition features a selection of the latest works by Ikuntji Artists representing some of the most exciting artistic developments from Haasts Bluff in recent years. Installation shots of the exhibition courtesy of Aboriginal Signature –

TARNANTHI, pronounced tar-nan-dee, is a Kaurna word from the traditional owners of the Adelaide Plains. It means to come forth or appear – like the sun and the first emergence of light, or a seed sprouting. For many cultures, first light signifies new beginnings. TARNANTHI, the inaugural Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

It’s all go at the Ikuntji Art Centre at the moment! Not content with running a festival, creating a men’s area and going to the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, (as well as all the regular painting, jewellery making, tool making and basket weaving) we are also creating a Native Garden! The space will be a

Environmental Defenders’ Office in Darwin lost their funding from 1 July 2015. They have turned to Indigenous art centres in a bid to help raise funds to remain operating. They are hosting an art auction, during which they are hoping to raise between $30.000-50.000. Ikuntji Artists has donated artworks to support this cause. If you

Transformations opening at Lacey Contemporary Gallery this May 13 2015, is an exhibition of contemporary paintings, sculpture and bark from living artists in the remote Aboriginal communities of Central, Western, and Northern Australia. The exhibition explores the transformation of traditional Aboriginal art, a culture that is 60,000 years old and is identified by ceremonial paintings

In April 2015, Cathy Amouroux came and visited us at the art centre. Our artists worked with her in an intensive workshop on the ideas around art, fashion and design. A number of clothes and accessories were created throughout the workshops and will be on show later on during the year. Even some of our

Desart Artworker Photography Prize 2013 Winner Christine Multa was chosen to participate in the artist-in-residency ‘We are in Wonderland’ at the University of New South Wales Cicada Press. During their residency the six selected artists from different desert communities will have the opportunity to engage with mixed media and new media approaches and develop and

Over the last few weeks, with the summer being so incredibly hot and the rain pouring down on us, our artists enjoyed coming into the art centre and creating some stunning artworks. Have a look and enjoy at this series of photos during Daphne Marks outburst of creativity!

Haasts Bluff community proudly invites you to the 21 years Ikuntji Artists Festival for the re-launch of the Gallery Space at Ikuntji Artists.

Desart Art Worker Photography Prize November 2013 We are delighted to announce that Ikuntji Artists arts worker Christine Multa was awarded first prize at the 2013 Desart Art Worker Photography Prize in November. The prize was established in 2012 to encourage artistic use of these skills and Christine’s photograph “My Grandmother Went Hunting” was selected