Tarnanthi - Nurnakanha Lyaartinya Urrkaapuntja / Our New Work on Glass

Artists from lltja Ntjarra Art Centre have partnered with the Canberra Glassworks to reinterpret the Hermannsburg School watercolour tradition through the medium of glass. Following a series of collaborative workshops in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), the Canberra Glassworks created glass ‘blanks’ that were sent to Mparntwe for artists to work on, and these were then returned to CGW for engraving and hand-finishing. The result is a spectacular series of blown glass vessels featuring the artists’ landscape paintings in a continuation of Albert Namatjira’s work. The collaboration follows an artist-led approach, focusing on stories and the curatorial rationale at Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre.

Artists

Mona Lisa (Benita) Clements
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Carita Coulthard
Luritja, Pitjantjara and Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Dellina Inkamala
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Dianne Inkamala
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Kathy Inkamala
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Raelene Inkamala
Luritja people, Northern Territory

Reinhold Inkamala
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Vanessa Inkamala
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Mandy Malbunka
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Mervyn Rubuntja
Eastern Arrernte people, Northern Territory

Betty Namatjira Wheeler
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Kumantjai M Wheeler
Western Aranda people, Northern Territory

Special events

Opening event
Wed 15 Oct, 6–8pm
Free

Access

Wheelchair accessible, accessible toilets