Artna Alpeyt – Bush Flowers
New works by Artists of Ampilatwatja
In Partnership with Everywhen Art & Artists of Ampilatwatja
February 5 – March 1, 2026
In 1999, the Alyawarre community of Ampilatwatja, 325 km northeast of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) decided to establish a community art centre. Shortly after, they agreed to focus on painting bush medicine and other plants of their Country – incorporating also the waterholes, mountains, sandhills and open plains of their land, which are integral to their ancestral creation stories.
For this exhibition,14 artists from Artists of Ampilatwatja have chosen the evocative subject of bush flowers. Flowering plants of the region – most of which are used for bush medicine – include Wild Berry Emu Bush, Irmangka Irmangka, Green Bird Flower, Bush Plum, Bush Tomato, Yellow Acacia and many more.
Susan McCulloch, Exhibition curator
February 2026
Saturday February 14 at 2pm: Curator’s Floor Talk
presented by Susan McCulloch OAM
