We Just Keep on Travelling Further by ReDot Fine Art Gallery

contemporary art world. Typically large meandering canvases tell of complex, yet fundamental, stories of ownership and land rights fused with whimsical stories of creation handed from generation to generation.R E D O T F I N E A R T G A L L E R Y in collaboration with Yarrenyty-Arltere Artists The Spinifex artists continue to paint traditional stories and document kinship responsibilities and these works have become widely knownpresents in the fine art world as some of the most important modern contemporary Indigenous art pieces being produced today. This growing reputation is also gaining international acclaim and the works are now housed within major art and museum collections both in Australia and overseas, with recent acquisitions by the British Museum making headlines and a major show in Germany in 2013. This exhibition showcasing works by old master such as Fred Grant, Ned Grant, Roy Underwood, Estelle Hogan, Tjaruwa Woods and Lawrence Pennington, to mention but a few, opens on Wednesday, 14th May and runs till Saturday, 21st June 2014 and it is a must-see for anyone interested in following the development of modern contemporary Indigenous art, from one of the Aboriginal art movements most remote, refreshing and innovative art centres.

We Just Keep on Travelling Further

Giorgio Pilla Director ReDot Fine Art Gallery

19 th November 2014 - 31 st January 2015

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We Just Keep on Travelling Further The ReDot Fine Art Gallery proudly invites you to an exhibition of exceptional 3D works from two of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foremost Aboriginal owned art centres: Ernabella Arts (Inc.) and YarrenytyArltere Artists, in what will represent the first ever showing of ceramic and soft sculptural works in Singapore. We will be hosting this dual exhibition, showcasing the sublime talents of the ceramic artists of Ernabella alongside the quirky and iconic soft sculptures of the artists of Yarrenyty-Arltere. The show bears a well deserved double title, We Just Keep on Travelling Further and Ngura Kutjupa,Tjukurpa Kutju/Different Country, One Story. Ceramic works for this unique show were created here in Singapore by three Indigenous artists from Ernabella Arts during their October residency at the Dragon Kiln Studios in Thow Kwang. Our exhibition will coincide and be part of the Awaken the Dragon festival which begins nationally on the 17th of November.

Ladies Working in the Art Room, July 2014 Source: ÂŠ Yarrenyty-Arltere Artists

The very first exhibition of pottery from Ernabella Arts were works made in Adelaide, at the JamFactory. After six or so years of working with the JamFactory, Ernabella was able to set up their own studio, by converting an old screen-printing room in 2003. Since then their practice of ceramic making has gone from strength to strength culminating in a widely acclaimed residency in China in 2013. That is the year when two Ernabella artists travelled to Jingdezhen, yielding several award winning creations and further cementing the reputation of this deeply rooted community of the central Australian desert. Yarrenyty-Arltere Artists is part of the Yarrenyty-Arltere Learning Centre (YALC), a family resource and learning facility located at Larapinta Valley Town Camp in Alice Springs. The centre aims to improve the social, health, environmental and economic well-being of the community in a way that strengthens and respects culture. YALC was initiated by the community in 2000 to respond to the very serious social problems being faced by families. The art centre has become an integral part of the centre producing some of the most highly sought after and beautifully created soft sculptures, made from recycled woolen blankets and other materials. The work is strongly underpinned by Yarrenyty-Arltere artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own culture, that of people living in town camps for a number of generations. It speaks of country, local flora and fauna, family, cattle station and town camp life whilst also becoming highly collectible. The works are sweeping multiple national art prizes as collectors and national institutions battle to acquire these whimsical delights. The dual exhibition begins on Wednesday 19th November and runs until Saturday 31st January 2015. It is a must-see for anyone interested in following the recent developments of 3D Art in Australia. The show will be attended by Ms. Sophie Wallace, Art Coordinator for YarrenytyArltere artists, who will provide insight into the works and life of the town-based artists community.

Giorgio Pilla Director ReDot Fine Art Gallery

Trudy INKAMALA

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

16 August 1940 Arrernte, Luritja Napaljarri Jay Creek

Trudy was born at Jay Creek, just up the road from Alice Springs. She is big sister to Dulcie Sharpe. Trudy only starting sewing at the end of 2013 after her husband of many years sadly passed away. Now she says she can’t stop sewing, “all weekend, sewing, sewing, sewing”. Trudy continues to live at Jay Creek and travel everyday to the art centre to work..

Public Collections 2014 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT

Trudy INKAMALA

Goanna Soft Sculpture 40 x 80 x 12cm 45-14

“The big fat perentie (goanna) lived at Simpsons Gap, you know that hill at Simpsons Gap, that’s the fat perentie. That skinny perentie lived at Honeymoon Gap. They travelled together north, up to Utopia. They travelled there for ceremony. We can’t talk about that ceremony here, but we can tell you that they travelled all the way there, the fat one and the skinny one.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Trudy INKAMALA

Goanna Soft Sculpture 67 x 35 x 12cm 74-14

“The big fat perentie (goanna) lived at Simpsons Gap, you know that hill at Simpsons Gap, that’s the fat perentie. That skinny perentie lived at Honeymoon Gap. They travelled together north, up to Utopia. They travelled there for ceremony. We can’t talk about that ceremony here, but we can tell you that they travelled all the way there, the fat one and the skinny one.” Soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Roxanne OLIVER

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

26 October 1977 Eastern Arrernte, Alyawarre Kemarre Larapinta Valley Town Camp

Roxanne was born in the Alice Springs hospital but grew up in Santa Teresa, Eastern Arrernte country. At Santa Teresa she learnt to ride horses from her father who was a stockman, and who often spent long period’s away working in WA. Her father’s country is the other side of Harts Range and her mother’s country is around Trephina Gorge along the Ross Highway. When she was in primary school, her parents moved to Alice Springs so she could go to school at OLSH. Roxanne has three children. Her husband’s country is Number 5 Community near Harts Range. As an adult she has lived in Harts Range, Amoonguna and in 2014 she moved to Larapinta Valley Town Camp. She has previously done a bit of painting but since moving to Larapinta she has discovered the art room and sewing. She says she loves coming everyday to the art room, she loves sitting with all the other women all around her. She says she is very excited by what she might be able to sew..

Roxanne OLIVER

Large Bird Soft Sculpture 55 x 48 x 10cm 46-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a beautiful mother bird with its wings stretched out wide and ready to fly. It will show its baby all over the beautiful country and also where to get all its food.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Roxanne OLIVER

Rooster Soft Sculpture 42 x 24 x 10cm 75-14

“I liked doing this rooster because I could see that it was starting to look beautiful. It’s so colourful and so proud.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Roxanne OLIVER

Desert Camel Soft Sculpture 28 x 26 x 4cm 73-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to see these camels at Santa Teresa out east. I used to ride on them. There was one old man named Laurie Butcher, who was a whitefella but he could speak Eastern Arrernte. My father and Laurie used ride these camels out bush and go hunting together.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Roxanne OLIVER

Bird with Long Neck Soft Sculpture 30 x 30 x 9cm 142-14

“I have seen these long neck birds in the swamp near Undoolya Road. A lot of people camp there. It’s a nice bird.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Roxanne OLIVER

Beautiful Bird Soft Sculpture 40 x 30 x 6cm 143-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a beautiful baby bird. Its wings are stretched wide because it is about to fly with its mother. Its mother will show it all over the country, show it how beautiful it is and where to find all the food.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Brian PETRICK

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

16 June 1975 Eastern Arrernte, Alyawarre Jungarrayi Larapinta Valley Town Camp

Brian was born in the Alice Spring hospital. His father is an Alywarre man and his mother is an Arrernte woman. Brian grew up in the community of Utopia, north of Alice Springs. He also spent time living at Mount Swan station where his grandmother took him and his brothers hunting. Brian is married to Roxanne Oliver, they have three children. Previously they lived together at Amoonguna and now they live at Larapinta Valley Town Camp. Brian is employed at the art centre as an art worker..

Group Exhibitions 2014 We Just Keep On Travelling Further - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore This Belongs To Us, But We Did It For You - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC

Brian PETRICK

Running Camp Dog Soft Sculpture 44 x 14 x 10cm 72-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look everywhere, everyone here has a dog. The dogs can keep you safe. They can see if there is anything bad, like a bad spirit or something, hanging around.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Dulcie RAGGET

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

19 August 1970 Luritja Napurrula Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp

Dulcie grew up at Glen Helen Station, west of Alice Springs. Her father worked as a stockman on the station. When she was six she moved with her mother to Trucking Yards in Alice Springs, where she lived until she was a young adult. Dulcie has four children and spends time between Alice Springs and Harts Range. Her presence in the art room is always welcomed, and she continues to develop strong and personal work, both in soft sculpture and print making.

Collections 2012 Berndt Museum, University of Western Australia

Group Exhibitions 2014 We Just Keep On Travelling Further - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore Selfies Exhibition - Tangentyere Gallery, Alice Springs, NT Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT 2013 With Our Healing Hands - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Our Way, Their Way - RAFT Gallery, Alice Springs, NT Good People, Strong People Made This Art - Gallery Nomad, Darwin, NT 2012 Healing Larapinta - Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA

Dulcie RAGGET

Owl Soft Sculpture 45 x 17 x 11cm 140-14

“If you listen at night, you might hear an owl. You can also sometimes hear the drunks and fighting. If I’m lying there listening I might get up and tell those drunks to go away, but if it’s an owl, then I can just lie there and keep listening.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

28 February 1961 Arrernte Penangke Larapinta Valley Town Camp

Marlene was born in Alice Springs. Her mother’s country is Hermannsburg (Ntaria), west of Alice Springs. Marlene grew up at Amoonguna community, east of Alice Springs, where she went to school. Marlene is the daughter of Wenton Rubuntja the well known painter and activist. It was her father who fought for the rights of people to settle town camps. In the 1970’s her family, the Rubuntjas, along with the Ebatarinjas and the Lynches, were the original families to settle Larapinta Valley Town Camp. Marlene has been here ever and she is proud to call this place home. She is sister to the important watercolour artist Mervyn Rubuntja. Marlene learnt to sew at Yirara College, Alice Springs. However she only began making soft sculptures at Yarrenyty Arltere in 2009. She says she draws inspiration for her soft sculptures from what she sees around her in her daily life at Larapinta Valley Town Camp; “some things are good for people and other things make people really mad”. She also draws inspiration from her husband’s country at Wave Hill. Marlene is interested in telling proudly the stories of her people; her art is helping her to do this. Marlene is a proud spokeswoman for the art centre and is happy to tell people how important it is in her life in helping her stay strong and healthy. Marlene has also written the script for both the soft sculpture animations made at the art centre in conjunction with the YALC multi media room. She is in the process of writing the story for the third animation.

Public Collections 2014 Araluen Arts Centre 2013 Maitland Regional Gallery 2012 Araluen Arts Centre

Art Awards 2011 Final selection Togart Contemporary Art Award, Darwin, NT

Group Exhibitions 2014 We Just Keep On Travelling Further - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore Selfies Exhibition - Tangentyere Gallery, Alice Springs, NT Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Salon Des Refuses - Darwin, NT This Belongs To Us, But We Did It For You - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Group Show - Aritija Fine Art, Fremantle, WA 2013 Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT With Our Healing Hands - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW String Theory: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art - MCA Sydney, NSW Our Way, Their Way - RAFT Gallery, Alice Springs, NT Good People, Strong People Made This Art - Gallery Nomad, Darwin, NT 2012 Small Works - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT With Our Hands We Tell Our Stories Our Way - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair - Darwin, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT A fine Line - Chan Contemporary Art Space, Darwin, NT Bush Animals - Gallery Nomad, Canberra, ACT Owl Exhibition - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW Creatures - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Listen: Tangentyere and Yarrenyty Arltere Stories - Merenda Gallery, Perth, WA Healing Larapinta - Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA 2011 Soft Sculptures - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Soft Sculptures - Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT Outback Prints - Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS Yarrenyty Arltere Birds - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Alice Springs, NT Faces of Larapinta - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Melbourne Affordable Art Fair - Tapir Studio, Hobart, TAS Many Stories To Tell - Gallery Nomad, Darwin Canberra, ACT 2010 Art from the Heart of Town Camps - Outstation Gallery Darwin, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Alice Springs, NT 2009 Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Alice Springs, NT

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Goanna Soft Sculpture 33 x 60 x 15cm 144-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The other day there was a goanna at the art centre. Why do you think I made this? When you see something then you think you might make it.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Lover Bird Soft Sculpture 42 x 50 x 11cm 147-14

“See this bird with his arms out, that’s lover boy. He is dancing around showing off, looking for a wife.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Echidna with Pink Eyes Soft Sculpture 36 x 18 x 23cm 120-14

“Dulcie used to make these spiky porcupines when I first started coming to the art room. I was thinking to myself, I need to make a porcupine one day, so I made this one. And you know, that spiky porcupine, well it’s a favourite food for us. So if you want to get that porcupine, then go out bush. It’s the same way as how some people go to Woolworths to get their food, well we go out bush to get our food.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Old Man Bird Soft Sculpture 20 x 49 x 8cm 148-14

“You can look and see that everything on this bird is sliver, the stitching, the feathers. He’s an old man.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Running Duck Soft Sculpture 38 x 39 x 12cm 52-14

“If this duck doesn’t run, someone might catch it and eat it! You can’t just be in the bush and think you might not be bush tucker!” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Pink Bird Soft Sculpture 35 x 25 x 6cm 51-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I keep making birds. If you look into the bush you can see that they are everywhere. If you look into the art room, then you will also see birds everywhere. They all look so beautiful in the art room.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Marlene RUBUNTJA

Running Camp Dog with Red Lips Soft Sculpture 33 x 21 x 10cm 83-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have a small dog, well, just keep your eye on it. Other people would also want those small dogs.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Rhonda SHARPE

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

8 January 1977 Luritja Napurrula Larapinta Valley Town Camp

Rhonda was born and grew up in Alice Springs. Previously Rhonda has made necklaces and produced some paintings. However more recently she has discovered an interest and passion for making soft sculptures and print making. Her inspiration for her camels, come from seeing them running wild on the South Road out of town when she was a child. She also produces birds, dolls, echidnas and anything else that might reflect life in and around Alice Springs. Rhonda has found that the art room gives her a place to be safe and to make a better future for herself. Rhonda says that sewing makes her feel happy and that she is proud of the work she creates. As Rhondaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence as an artist grows so too does her subject matter. From her beautiful delicate stitched birds to her thoughtful whimsical alien figures embellished not only with wool and cotton, but also with feathers, metal and beads, Rhondas sculptures create stories that weave together the here and now, the past and the ever hopeful future.

Collections 2013 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Maitland Regional Gallery Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory 2010 Flinders University City Gallery Art Museum, Adelaide, SA

Awards 2013 Winner for 3D award Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin, NT Finalist Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin, NT 2012 Highly Commended Finalist Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin, NT

Group Exhibitions 2014 We Just Keep On Travelling Further - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT This Belongs To Us, But We Did It For You - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC 2013 Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT With Our Healing Hands - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Our Way, Their Way - RAFT Gallery, Alice Springs, NT Good People, Strong People Made This Art - Gallery Nomad, Darwin, NT 2012 Small Works - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT With Our Hands We Tell Our Stories Our Way - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair - Darwin, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT Melbourne Affordable Art Fair - Tapir Studio, Hobart, TAS Bush Animals - Gallery Nomad, Canberra, ACT Owl Exhibition - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW Creatures - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Listen: Tangentyere and Yarrenyty Arltere Stories - Merenda Gallery, Perth, WA Healing Larapinta - Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA 2011 Soft Sculptures - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT Soft Sculptures - Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT Outback Prints - Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS Yarrenyty Arltere Birds - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Faces of Larapinta - Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT Melbourne Affordable Art Fair - Tapir Studio, Hobart, TAS 2010 Imprints from our Centre - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Art from the Heart of Town Camps - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT Desert Links - Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2009 Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA

Rhonda SHARPE

Honeyants, Billycan, Cooloman and Me Soft Sculpture 31 x 28 x 10cm 184-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went looking for honey ants. We packed the car for a picnic, and we drove on the north road with all of the artists. Dulcie knew where to stop. I dug for a long time and got lots of honey ants, some for myself and some to share. I put some on the ground and then some in the billycan to take back into the car.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Rhonda SHARPE

Bird in Flight Soft Sculpture 63 x 64 x 12cm 145-14

“This flying bird flies high, looking down, seeing; it must be seeing all the desert. The desert looks happy because it’s all green. That bird is happy because a green desert means water.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Rhonda SHARPE

Owl Soft Sculpture 23 x 28 x 5cm 141-14

“This little owl, it brought me back to the art room. It said, “Don’t run away, come to the centre and sew.” It also said, “Don’t just walk around town and do nothing.” I went away for a while, and that little owl called me back.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Rhonda SHARPE

Bird Soft Sculpture 17 x 20 x 6cm 149-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This pretty bird, has some colours from the desert. Orange just like the ground around here, like the sand.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Rhonda SHARPE

Hopping Mouse Soft Sculpture 18 x 24 x 6cm 197-14

This is a mouse, not the ones in a house, but the bush ones. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see them around much anymore.

Dulcie SHARPE

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

10 September 1957 Luritja, Arrernte Napultjari Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp

Dulcie Sharpe was born at Jay Creek, but spent many years growing up at Hamilton Downs Station. Her mother is from Papunya and she is a Luritja speaker. Dulcie spends time out bush at Jay Creek with her sister. Dulcie was enrolled in the Certificate II in Art and Craft with Batchelor College when Yarrenyty Arltere was a training program. Her inspiration for her art comes from animals and bush tucker. She enjoys teaching children about bush tucker and bush law. Dulcie helps to coordinate the intergenerational culture program that happens from the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre. She has been involved in the public art works for the Alice Springs Hospital, Gillen primary school and the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre. Dulcie makes soft sculptures, prints and silk scarves. She is a respected elder of the community and a positive role model for other artists.

Public Collections 2013 2011 2010 2009

National Gallery of Australia Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT Flinders University City Gallery Art Museum, Adelaide, SA Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT

Awards 2014 2013 2011 2010

Finalist Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin, NT Highly Commended Finalist WA Indigenous Art Award Perth, WA Final selection Togart Contemporary Art Award, Darwin, NT Final selection, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, NSW

Group Exhibitions 2014 We Just Keep On Travelling Further - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore Selfies Exhibition - Tangentyere Gallery, Alice Springs, NT National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award, MAGNT Darwin, NT Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT This Belongs To Us, But We Did It For You - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Group Show - Aritija Fine Art, Fremantle, WA 2013 Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT With Our Healing Hands - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW String Theory: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art - MCA, Sydney, NSW Our Way, Their Way - RAFT Gallery, Alice Springs, NT 2012 Small Works - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT With Our Hands We Tell Our Stories Our Way - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT Bush Animals - Gallery Nomad, Canberra, ACT Owl Exhibition - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW Creatures - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Listen: Tangentyere and Yarrenyty Arltere Stories - Merenda Gallery, Perth, WA Healing Larapinta - Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA 2011 Art From Town Camps - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Soft Sculptures - Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT Outback Prints - Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS Yarrenyty Arltere Birds - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC Faces of Larapinta - Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT Melbourne Affordable Art Fair - Tapir Studio, Hobart, TAS Many Stories to Tell - Gallery Nomad, Darwin, NT Strong Women, Strong Painting, Strong Culture - Cessnock Regional Art Gallery, NSW 2010 Imprints from our Centre - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Art from the Heart of Town Camps - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT Coming Together - Peta Appleyard, Alice Springs, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Alice Springs, NT Desert Links - Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT Yarrenyty Arltere Artists - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,VIC 2009 Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT Bush Dolls from the Heart - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW 2004-2009 Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Alice Springs, NT 2008 Desert Mob - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT 2004- 2008 Batchelor Institute Art Show, Alice Springs, NT

Dulcie SHARPE

Bird with Wings Soft Sculpture 42 x 15 x 43cm 146-14

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where I live, there are lots of birds, some with green and yellow colours. Those birds talk lots to me, they make noises, they sing, they fill up the air. I like to sew birds.â&#x20AC;? This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Vanessa SPLINTER

Birth Date Language Skin Name Community

14 July 1983 Gurrindji Nawla Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp

Vanessa was born in Alice Spring, but grew up “both ways”; in Alice Springs and in her fathers’ country at Wave Hill. She went to school at Yirrara College Alice Springs where she enjoyed leaning. She speaks Gurrindji, Arrernte and English. Vanessa enjoys working in the art room alongside her mother Marlene Rubuntja. She says she is proud of the art room and of her home at Larapinta Valley Town Camp.

Public Collections 2012 Art Gallery of NSW

Group Exhibition 2014 We Just Keep On Travelling Further - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore 2013 Prints - Gallery Nomad, Darwin, NT 2012 Small Works - Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT With Our Hands We Tell Our Stories Our Way - Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT Yarrenyty Arltere Open Night - Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre, Alice Springs, NT Healing Larapinta - Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA 2011 Outback Prints - Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS Faces of Larapinta - Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT Melbourne Affordable Art Fair - Tapir Studio, Hobart, TAS Many Stories to Tell Gallery - Gallery Nomad, Darwin, NT

Vanessa SPLINTER

Bird with Wings Soft Sculpture 24 x 29 x 6cm 55-14

“My mother taught me to sew. She kept going to the art room and then I went. She showed me her sewing and now I sew. I enjoy sewing, and it’s good to spend time in the art room. You think about different things instead of worrying.” This is a soft sculpture made with recycled woolen blankets. The blankets are dyed using local Arrernte plants and rusty bits of metal. The blankets are then used as the base material for the sculpture.

Images from Yarrenyty-Arltere Artists

Roxanne Oliver with Bird

Nekita Sharpe Helping to Make Damper at the Art Centre

Dulcie Sharpe Looking for Honey Ants

Leaves and Metal Used for Dying Blankets and Scarves

Fire Drum Used by Yarrenyty Arltere Artists to Boil and Dye Blankets and Silk Scarves

Dulcie Sharpe’s Damper

Marlene Rubuntja with Granddaughter Edwina in Art Room

Rhonda Sharpe with Honey Ants

Dulcie Sharpe with Her Bounty of Honey Ants

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