Featured Artists

The Adelaide House Museum Working Group formed in 2022 to work towards telling a richer, more balanced and honest story…

Alex Vaughan has worked in the policy and advocacy space at the Arid Lands Environment Centre on Arrernte Country for…

Amelia Kngwarraye Turner is a senior Arrernte Elder, Angangkere (traditional healer) and a local cultural leader across many community organisations…

My name is Anthony Jampijinpa Egan I am a Warlpiri man born in Yuendumu, three hours’ drive Northwest of Alice…

Anyume John Kemarre Cavanagh is a senior Eastern Arrernte man and traditional healer. He grew up in Lytentye Apurte where…

Arts Law is Australia’s only community legal centre for the arts. Arts Law advises artists and arts organisations about their…

Bebe Oliver is a Bardi Jawi award-winning author, poet and illustrator. From his early days as a classical pianist and…

Camille Dobson is an Eastern Arrernte arelhe whose connections are to Ltyentye Apurte through her Arrenge and Arlatyeye through her…

Carody Culver is the editor of Griffith Review. She was a contributing editor for Peppermint magazine and has written for…

Dr. Chay Brown is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University. Born and raised in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, she has…

Cheryl Leavy is from the Kooma and Nguri Nations in western and central Queensland. She is an award-winning poet and…

Christine Donnellan is proudly of Arabana and Arrernte descent.  Topsy and Bill Smith were her grandparents. Christine’s mother as well…

Russell Goldflam has lived and worked in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for most of his life, including over 20 years as a…

Connie Shaw is a Kaytetye and Warumungu woman, born and raised in Alice Springs. Connie is a 5th generation, proud…

Dan Milne (he/they) is a Performing Artist based in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. As an actor, Dan loves bringing stories to life,…

Dan is an undisputed legend of the Central Australian arts scene. Ever since his 1994 arrival in Alice this practicing…

Dani Powell grew up in Meanjin/Brisbane and has lived in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for the past 25 years. Dani’s debut novel…

Daniel Browning is a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, documentary maker and sound artist. He is also the author of the…

Dave Clark is a reliable human with unreliable health. He’s a writer-poet with chronic fatigue syndrome, living in Mparntwe (Alice…

Doris Stuart Kngwarreye’s family have lived alongside the Todd River for countless generations. She is Apmereke artweye for Mparntwe. In…

Eleanor Hogan is a literary non-fiction author whose writing focuses on revisiting history and place, especially in Central Australia. She…

Emma is an mparntwe-based poet and singer-songwriter. In 2022 she was the recipient of an Arts NT and Varuna Writers…

The collective knowledge of the ‘Reading the Country’ team is immense.Expert trackers, educators and Rangers from across the Warlpiri region…

Frances and Felicia are emerging artists based in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. Frances is a poet and explores how emotion intertwines with…

Gabriel Curtin is an artist, writer and musician living as an uninvited guest on unceded Gadigal Country. His work broadly…

Gari Tudor-Smith is a Barada, Yiman, Gangulu and Gureng Gureng linguist. Gari’s focus is on connecting academia with language communities…

Gina Chick is a rewilding facilitator, adventurer and writer and was one of ten participants of the first series of…

Glen Hunting is currently based in Mparntwe, on unceded Arrernte Country. He writes about estrangement, longing, cultural value, and the…

Helen Napurrurla Morton is kirda for Mission Creek jardiwanpa ceremony (a fire ceremony) and kurdungurlu for Janyinpardinya (near Mt Denison).…

Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist producing works that encompass installation, digital, performance, film and print. Their writing…

Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet, essayist and critic from south-west NSW. She is the recipient of the David…

The collective knowledge of the ‘Reading the Country’ team is immense.Expert trackers, educators and Rangers from across the Warlpiri region…

Linda Wells is of white settler descent. She is a teacher and writer. Linda lived in Central Australia for more…

Lucy first arrived in the NT in 1992, arriving on Arrernte Country in 1996. With experience across a wide range…

Maeve Marsden is the Creative Director of Varuna the National Writers’ House and the Blue Mountains Writers Festival. A writer…

Marie Elena Ellis is an Arrernte Warlpiri woman from Amoonguna remote community, 11kms to the east of Mparntwe Alice Springs.…

Marilena(they/them) is a queer designer, artist, award winning small-press publisher, writer and occasional film maker living and working on unceded…

Marjorie ‘Nunga’ Williams is a senior Western Arrernte woman. She was born in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in 1953, where she…

Marly Wells is a proud Warlpiri woman who grew up between Alice Springs and Melbourne. She has worked in social…

Maureen Nampijinpa O’Keefe is a Kaytetye Warlpiri woman from Ali Curung remote community, 400kms north of Mparntwe Alice Springs. She…

Megan Morais is an ethnochoreologist and teacher of dance and religion. Through various grants, she has documented dances of several…

Meredith Lake is an historian and broadcaster, especially curious about how Australians reckon with the big questions of life in…

Myfany Turpin is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. She has been working on Australian Aboriginal songs and…

Raelke Grimmer grew up writing in the hills and foothills of Kaurna Country in South Australia and has lived in…

Royce Kurmelovs is a journalist and author. His bestselling first book, The Death of Holden, was published in 2016 and…

Sam Elkin is a writer, radio maker and community lawyer living on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. Sam’s…

Werta, Rrrirtna nuka nem Samantha Penangka Armstrong-Nh. I am a Pertame/Pitjantjatjara woman from Henbury and Idracowra, but have lived most…

Sara M Saleh is a writer/poet and human rights lawyer of Palestinian, Egyptian, and Lebanese heritage. Her prose, poetry and…

Sharlene Allsopp was born on unceded Bundjalung Country into the Olive mob. She has been published widely, including in Griffith…

Proud Anmatyerre and Arrernte woman, Shirleen Campbell is a fifth-generation resident of Alice Springs Town Camp, Lhenpe Artnwe – or…

Stick Mob Studio is a collective of storytellers from Mparntwe-Alice Springs who tell stories that reconfigure reality. We create, publish,…

Sylvia Purrurle Neale is an Eastern Arrernte woman born in Alice Springs. She is a grandmother and a great-grandmother. Her…

Tanya grew up in Mparntwe during the 1960s and 70s. Her first love was the ancient land of the Arrente…

Theresa Penangke Alice is a senior Arrernte Traditional Owner with strong ties to Ltyentye Apurte Santa Teresa, 85km southeast of…

Tisha Perrurle Carter is an Anmatjere woman from Ti Tree community, 200 kms north of Mparntwe Alice Springs. A tireless…

Veronica Gorrie is an award-winning Gunai/Kurnai woman who lives and writes in Victoria. Her highly-acclaimed first book, Black and Blue…

The Vital Collective is a grassroots organising and advocacy group for and by the Sistergirl, Brotherboy, and LGBTIQAP+ communities in…

Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer and arts worker from Mt Druitt. She is the general manager of Sweatshop: Western…

Central Australian-based cellist and songstress X A V I A creates lush, indie electronic folk, blending swirling strings, and earthy…

Alex Barwick has been a journalist and broadcaster with the ABC since 2007. Based in Alice Springs/Mparntwe she is the…

Kelly Lee Hickey is a fourth generation Northern Territory settler of Irish and German heritage. An Australian Poetry Slam Champion,…