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Celebrating 35 Years of Injalak
Events Date and Time
November, 2024
Celebrate 35 years of Injalak with a series of special events and product releases throughout November 2024.
Stone Country Festival 2024
Events Date and Time
October 5th, 2024
Stone Country is the premier cultural event for West Arnhem Land and Kakadu.
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2024
Events Date and Time
August 9th to 11th, 2024
Join us at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) to celebrate our 35th anniversary.
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Glen Namundja-decorating a Lorrkon-used for burial ceremony. Ancestral Aboriginal art at Injalak Arts reflects the deep cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of the Kunwinjku people, showcasing intricate bark paintings, weaving, and screen prints. The artworks often depict Dreamtime stories, landscapes, and ancestral beings, preserving the spiritual and historical connection to the land.#aboriginalart #injalakhill #westarnhemland #indigenousart #aboriginalartists #firstnationsart #culture #gunbalanya #aboriginalaustralia #ochre #injalakarts #ancient #ancientwisdom #knowledge
Lorraine Namarnyilk "Sugarbag Dreaming" 51cm x 71cm on
Arches Djurra 600g.
This painting depicts a sugarbag person from country east of the Mann River. The people were living in the area when Wak, the black crow, became angry that they were stealing his country so cut them in half with a stone axe. They became mankung or sugarbag, the honey of native bees that is found in hives in tree hollows. The bees do not sting and if it can be found, mankung is delicious. The wax is used for a number of purposes including sealing the mouthpieces of didjiridus.
National Works on Paper Award. Roland Burrunali, Joe Guymala, Glen Namundja, Gavin Namarnyilk #aboriginalart #aboriginalartists #rarrk #ochre #indigenousart #worksonpaper #westarnhemland #gunbalanya #artawards #culture #bininj #injalakhill
Daluk (women) stripping panadanus leaves ready for dyeing. #pandanusweaving #weaving #injalakweaving #indigenouswomen #aboriginalaustralia #aboriginalweaving #arnhemland #westarnhemland
From Rock Art Tour visitors Ariella and Nic, thank you! "Please, pass on our thanks to Roland, who showed us around his land and was incredibly welcoming and generous with his knowledge. It was a really wonderful experience."
#injalakrockarttours #injalakhill #gunbalanya #tourguides #westarnhemtours #injalaktours #rockart
For the daluk (women), weaving is more just than an art - it’s an important cultural and social practice. 🌿
Their weaving sessions are an opportunity to come together, share stories, and connect to Country through their craft. Young daughters and nieces will often join to observe and learn, so that one day they can keep this meaningful tradition alive.
Pictured: Lynne Nadjowh, fibre artist and painter
Meet Brendon Dirdi, talented artist and tour guide, pictured alongside the main gallery on Injalak Hill! 🖌️
Brendon’s connection to Injalak Hill runs deep - his grandfather was one of the last rock art painters. Today, Brendon proudly carries on his grandfather’s legacy by sharing his art and culture with visitors from all over the world.
20% of all baskets on now @ the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. ❤️
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Only 48 hours to go until the @darwinartfair kicks off! 🔥 We’re packed, prepped, and on our way to share our largest collection to date.
See you soon Darwin! 🙌🏾
Samson’s at it again! 💪🏾 Our talented artist and master printer proudly modelling his latest design.
We can’t wait to showcase this design, along with many more, in our 35th Anniversary Collection at @darwinartfair.
Can’t wait any longer for our 35th Anniversary Collection? Join us at the @darwinartfair next weekend for an exclusive sneak peek and the chance to purchase fabric from the collection before anyone else! 🤫
The countdown is on for the @darwinartfair, and it’s going to be epic! 🎨 We’ll be debuting our 35th Anniversary Collection featuring 35 brand new screen designs crafted by our talented artists.
🗓️ August 9th - 11th
📍 Darwin Convention Centre, Larrakia Country
✨ FREE Entry
We can’t wait to see you there!
We won! 🌟
We`re honoured to announce that our film, Kala Kunbolk (Colour Country), has won Best Documentary at the South Australian Screen Awards!
Kala Kunbolk follows the women of Gunbalanya as they preserve their age-old tradition of collecting pandanus leaves and natural dyes to create hand-crafted baskets. 🌿
Most of all, we’re proud to have this beautiful art form immortalised in film for future generations.
Director: @jameshaskard and Nina Haigh
Producer: Injalak Arts
We’re over the moon to share that our talented weaver, Adrienne Watson, has been named a semi-finalist in the 2024 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize for her work “Manbiri (Sea Turtle)”! 🐢
Adrienne hails from a long line of skilled weavers. She beautifully combines tradition and innovation, passing on Djung (Dreaming) and culture while crafting her signature sculptural-like forms.
Finalists will be announced in the coming weeks. Stay tuned! 🤞🏾
Anne Gumurdul with her latest coiled basket! 💗
Anne has been diligently working on this beautiful piece since last week and just put the finishing touches on it.
As a Traditional Owner, Anne is a pillar of both our art centre and community. She is renowned for her large coiled baskets and dedicated to preserving her culture. While she no longer collects pandanus on Country as often, Anne still enjoys weaving with the pandanus gathered by younger daluk (women).
#TapBioLink to explore our full range of fibre works!
We’ve made it to the big smoke! See you this Saturday and Sunday at @nationalindigenousartfair. 🙌🏾
Teaching the next generation of artists and screen-printers! ✊🏾
We`ve been working on an exciting project with the kids from one of Gunbalanya’s outstations, Mamadawerre to teach them the art of screen-printing.
Over the past few months, the kids have created their own designs, transferred them onto transparent film, and learnt the in`s and out`s of preparing a screen. ✍🏾
Last week, they journeyed to Gunbalanya to learn from our printing expert, Samson, and bring their designs to life on tote bags.
A big thank you to ALPA Adjumarllarl Store for their support with this project!
Gabriel-Maralngurra-Catalogue
Gabriel Maralngurra was introduced to rockart by his uncle, Thompson Yulidjirri (c. 1930-2009), who took him to see the paintings on Injalak Hill when he was a child. Gabriel is inspired by the rock art galleries around West ArnhemLand which are often densely layered with paintings. Rock art painting is a tradition which has been dated back to at least 45,000 years before the present.
Gunga
Fibre art catalogue Gunga takes you in a journey of the history of fibre art, the process of its making and the different forms it has taken throughout the years. Learn more about the different kinds of fibre art created at Injalak. Featuring work by painters and...
Collectors Special Edition Catalogue
To compliment DAAF2020 Injalak Arts has created a Collectors Special Edition Catalogue.
To help guide you through the inaugural online Digital Art Fair we want to share a special curated selection of new works by talented Injalak Artists that will be available on our digital booth.
Graham Badari – Life Forces
Life Forces brings together Graham Badari’s latest body of works, bursting with energy and colour. Graham Badari paints every day opposite Injalak Hill and the billabong where he makes acute observations on the different animals and plants that come with the changing seasons.
