2024 has been a year of wider and much-deserved recognition for the Artists of Barkly collective, who saw multiple works by various artists nominated in art prizes all over the country, with artworks travelling all the way from the Barkly to South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and the Top End.
All that glitters…poetics of the Barkly presented by Coconut Studios and Barkly Regional Arts will showcase paintings and sculptures by leading artists from the Barkly region, alongside photography by Jesse Marlow, celebrating poetic and enchanting expressions of the intimate with the power and tenacity of tradition.
Japingka Gallery in partnership with Barkly Regional Arts presents Alatyeyt-angketyarr: Spinifex Country, bringing together works by Alyawarr, Warumungu and Warlpiri artists from Owairtilla (Canteen Creek), Tennant Creek and Wutunugurra (Epenarra).
In 1966 Linguist Prithvindra Chakravarti came to Warumungu country to meet local people and study Waramungu language. Funded by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS, now AIATSIS) Chakravarti made audio recordings of Apparr (language) and Winkarra (dreaming, stories, and law).
After her first sell out solo exhibition last year, Barkly Arts artist from Tennant Creek, Lindy Brodie returns to Suzanne O’Connell Gallery in Brisbane with “Series 2 of Still Life”, 15th April – 27th May.
Known for her vibrant depictions of Alyawarr Country, Ada Beasley's work is noteworthy for her use of a dabbing technique, employed to create many brief hazy strokes that coalesce to form trees, shrubs and flowers.
Rita Beasley is an Alyawarr artist from the tiny community of Wutunugurra (Epenarra) in the foothills of Iytwelepenty (the Davenport ranges). Born circa 1951 in the bush around Wutunugurra, Rita has lived in the small Alyawarr community her entire life.
It’s been a busy two weeks at Barkly Regional Arts with fibre artist Tanya Hattingh facilitating two weeks of needle felting workshops, visiting the Tennant Creek and Canteen Creek art studios respectively.
From the 8th – 11th of September, Epenarra artists Annette Nungala, Jessie Beasley, Rita Beasley, Dalery Brett, and Tartukula artists Heather Anderson, Lindy Brodie, and Michelle Brodie traveled from Wutungurra and Tennant Creek respectively to represent the Artists of the Barkly at the opening of Desert Mob in Mparntwe, Alice Springs.
In early August, Epenarra artists Julie Beasley, Pammy Foster, and Susie Peterson travelled to Darwin to represent the Artists of the Barkly collective at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. The Barkly Regional Arts booth showcased a diverse collection of works from forty artists, online and onsite at the Darwin Convention Centre.
