February 19th the “Divas of the Desert”. Watch this space to learn more.

April 30th “The Artists of the Western Cape” (After a visit to the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, and viewing the impressive showing of the art genre of the Western Cape Artists’ paintings, Helen is working with the Art Centre Co-ordinator to bring the paintings to the capital).

July Exhibition, coinciding with Naidoc Week (July 4 -11)  is still in the  initial stages of planning and development.  Things have been happening and plans are afloat to have art from the APY Lands in the Gallery

The many communities in the remote area south and south west of Alice Springs have emerged as important art centres. Most are located in the region known as the APY lands.

In the past two years some of the most exciting new talent in the art world has emerged in this region attracting the interest of art collectors and art critics.

The oldest art centre in this region is Ernabella (home to the Pitjantjatjara people) which opened in 1948. In the following years a growing cottage arts industry developed with fibre arts, batik, ceramics and limited edition prints emerging as major art forms. Other art centres include Tjala (formerly Minymaku), Fregon and Maruku the centre for Mutijulu (Uluru) community.