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Pipalyatjara
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Location Ninuku Arts supports artists from Pipalyatjara and Kalka in far north-western South Australia, near the corner of the tri-state border of SA, WA and NT. These two communities, fourteen kilometres apart, are surrounded by the Tomkinson Ranges and are part of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, to which freehold title was granted in 1981. Kalka and Pipalyatjara each have populations of around 100-150 Anangu (‘people’ in Pitjantjatjara) and are serviced by a school, TAFE, clinic and the Ninuku Arts. The language of this part of the Lands is Pitjantjatjara. ‘Ninu’ is the bilby, an important part of the area’s Tjukurpa (dreaming). |
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History Ninuku Arts is a development project of Ananguku Arts & Culture Aboriginal Corporation (KU Arts), the regional, artist-owned development body for the artists and art centres of APY Lands. Ku Arts responded to the needs of five of the Lands’ most remote communities – Nyapari, Kanpi, Kalka, Pipalyatjara and Watarru — by establishing Ninuku Artists. In 2004 a “roving coordinator” (Amanda Dent) travelled to each community providing materials, technical advice and cataloguing and sales support. From this project sprung Tjungu Palya – the separately incorporated arts centre for Nyapari, Kanpi and Watarru artists – and Ninuku Arts, which now supports the artists of Kalka and Pipalyatjara. Still supported by KU Arts and with assistance from the Australian Government through the Department for Communications, Information Technology & the Arts, Ninuku Arts is managed by Bronwyn Taylor and is moving towards incorporation as an autonomous body. The Kalka art centre uses a mud-brick building (the only one in the Lands) which was built as an office in the early 80’s by Anangu and white staff. The building was recently extended with the further assistance of DCITA. |
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Click on the link to view available art works for sale.
Ninuku Arts is represented by:
Randell Lane Fine Art, Perth 08 92276619 www.randellart.com
Marshall Arts, Adelaide 08 83730769 www.marshallart.com.au
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Artists managing a market stall. |
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Artist Owned Ninuku artists provide direction to their developing enterprise through a Steering Committee, which works with the manager and KU Arts to ensure the building of a sustainable, appropriately directed enterprise. All work produced is catalogued and authenticated and income from sales flows back to individual artists, with a proportion set aside to maintain Ninuku Arts as a community-owned, co-operative enterprise. Ninuku Arts has two representatives on the Ku Arts Executive Committee and works closely with its two host communities to help ensure that local cultural, employment, social and other objectives are met. |
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Yaritji Connelly.
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Nyayati (Stanley) Young, ‘Kuntjun’, 2007.
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Links www.ananguku.com.au
www.desart.com.au
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