Next week we are thrilled to have two very special guests at Ikuntji; Dr Tassia Joannides and Dr Emma Lynas, both lecturers from RMIT, will be staying in Haasts Bluff to lead a 4 day textiles workshop!

iJoin Ikuntji artists Kelly Dixon, Doreen Lane, and Roseranna Larry at their jewellery making workshop at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair on Friday 11th August. The workshop will involve the creation of bracelets with various painted seeds. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the artistry of one of Indigenous Australia’s oldest forms of

Parrtjima is the meeting place where old meets new. It is the only authentic Aboriginal light festival of it’s kind, showcasing the oldest continuous culture on earth through the newest technology – all on the 300-million-year-old natural canvas of the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia. Join Ikuntji Artists in this jewellery making workshop to learn

Ikuntji Artists will be at the London Pacific Fashion Week this September. Fabrics designs produced by our artists have been loving crafted into exceptional garments by Raw Cloth, and will be gracing the runways and photoshoots. Tickets for this event will be available soon from the London Pacific Fashion Week website September 14 Media Launch

Announcing a partnership between Ikuntji Artists and Flying Fox Fabrics to bring to you ‘Frock on 2021’ – spotlight on hand-printed Indigenous designed fabric! This is a celebratory event that brings together Aboriginal fabric design and people who like to sew. This event will see makers creating garments from our Ikuntji Textiles Collection. The awards

Join Ikuntji artists to learn one of Indigenous Australia’s oldest forms of art making. Ininti seeds, which naturally occur in various colours including red, yellow, orange, dark red and brown, are paired with gum nuts to produce striking jewellery. Artists will teach participants how to individually prepare and decorate gum nuts for this process, before

“In June, Arts Law solicitors Donna Robinson and Roxanne Lorenz, together with Carmel Young, Acting Program Manager at Desart, travelled to the Ikuntji Art Centre at Haasts Bluff, 250km west of Alice Springs. While they were there they developed wills for many of the artists and advised on estate issues. The Artists in the Black

In collaboration with the Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2019, Ikuntji Artists will hold for the forth time the beanie workshops at the Art Centre. In previous years Ikuntji Artists have won at the Festival! Artists, arts workers and community members are invited to participate and create some weird and wonderful beanies! The topic for this

In a series of workshops arts workers and artists from Ikuntji Artists will experiment with the medium of photography. Renowned photographer Tobias Titz will be guiding the artists and arts workers through the process and focus in particular on portraits of the artists. As part of the workshops artists will also create etchings about their

  This year’s Alice Springs Beanie Festival topic is ‘Reach for the Stars’. The biggest festival of its kind is held annually in Alice Springs and our artists created beanies in a workshop in preparation for the festival. This was the third time Ikuntji Artists contributed through workshops and our artists are excited to see

In collaboration with the Alice Springs Beanie Festival Ikuntji Artists will hold for the third time the beanie workshops. In previous years Ikuntji Artists won at the Festival! Artists, arts workers and community members are invited to participate and create some weird and wonderful beanies! The topic for this year’s Beanie Festival is ‘Under the

In a series of workshops arts workers and artists from Ikuntji Artists will experiment with the medium photography. Renowned photographer Tobias Titz will be guiding the artists and arts workers through the process and focus in particular on portraits of the artists. As part of the workshops artists will also create etchings about their country.

In a workshop with consultant Nathalie Bastier artists from Ikuntji Artists created a range of lanterns. The lanterns are all based on the idea of everyday life in a remote Indigenous community. They are made of paper, wire and glue – creating an ephemeral yet glowing object.

In the latest series of workshops at Batchelor Institute in Alice Springs our artists have worked and experimented with shibori dyeing techniques, textile crayons and drawing onto fabric to create mastercloths. The artist have created a series of innovative designs, which they will develop into fabrics and then garments in the upcoming workshops. An overview

Beads, Beading, Beaded: Developing Australian Indigenous Bead Research Join us this November for an exciting conference focused solely on Indigenous beading and research in Australia! Registration opens 1 September! Register for the conference via this link: https://anu.onestopsecure.com/ConferencingWeb/CreateBooking.aspx?E=BEADCONF Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander beadworkers from across Australia are still strongly encouraged to submit proposals to demonstrate

‘From Country to Couture’ is an Indigenous Fashion Parade held before the opening of the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair in Darwin. In 2017, it showcases the collections of eight art centres and designers they have worked with in the previous year. The fashion parade was curated by Grace Lilian Lee, an Indigenous artist who has

Over the period of two weeks arts workers and artists from Ikuntji Artists had the opportunity to learn how to interview, film and take photos of artists, models and the landscape. This is part of our Australia Council Chosen Funding, which aims at transferring knowledge from older to younger generations. Every day new skills around

In June 2017, arts workers of Ikuntji Artists, Albie Jack and Jeffrey Jackson were supported through a photography workshop on site organised and funded by Desart with Steve Pearce. Arts workers learned how to take photos of objects and models. It enabled the arts workers to think beyond taking photos of artworks. They thought about

After 25 years Ikuntji Artists is returning to its roots: screenprinting on T-shirts! This workshop will remind founders of Ikuntji Artists of the first years of screenprinting and working on paper, and it will teach the young artists about the exciting techniques. Each artist will have the opportunity to create a set of designs, which

Ikuntji Artists’ Susie Lane and Keturah Zimran will be artists-in-residency at the International Education Services in Brisbane. This ongoing partnership with IES brings Indigenous artists to the Foundation Year Students in Brisbane. It gives them an opportunity to learn about Indigenous arts and culture first hand. Through a series of workshops on site students and