Desert Mob 2010

Desert Mob is the premier Indigenous art event for this region showcasing work from artists across the Desart membership. This year Desert Mob marks its 20th birthday with a special Friday night exhibition opening and celebrations. 

Desert Mob includes the Symposium, the MarketPlace and the prestigious Desert Mob  exhibition representing new works from Art Centres throughout Central Australia. Desert Mob is presented by the Araluen Arts Centre in partnership with Desart.

Friday 10 September 

Desert Mob Symposium: Stories from the Artists, 9-3pm, Araluen Theatre

The Desert Mob Symposium: Stories from the Artists celebrates the artists behind the art on display at Desert Mob and the place of community, country and culture in the artists’ lives and works.

Together with interstate guests, artists from Art Centres across Central Australia present stories, images and films about their country and their art under the theme ‘In Country’.

You will hear through their own words and see through their own films and images the artists’ perspectives on art and art making in community, country and culture.
To register for the event click here

Desert Mob Exhibition opening, exhibition sales 5pm

The Desert Mob exhibition showcases the latest works from each of the participating Art Centres and includes paintings by some of the leading artists in Australia, together with traditional artefacts, weavings, ceramics and other crafts. Each Art Centre exhibits works by some of its senior artists, together with works by emerging or younger artists.
Exhibition continues until 24 October 2010.

Gala opening event, 7.30pm, Araluen Theatre

Join the celebrations in the foyer for drinks and nibbles and afterwards in the Theatre with Guest Speaker, Judith Ryan, Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Victoria, the launch of the Desert Mob Box Set of prints - a collaboration between Desart Art Centres and Basil Hall Editions and the IAD Book Preview of Billy Benn Perrurle monograph.

Saturday 11 September

Desert Mob MarketPlace, 10-2pm, Araluen Arts Centre

Desert Mob MarketPlace is a large outdoor market with stalls selling affordable Aboriginal arts and crafts and related products, such as T shirts, bags, books and calendars from Desart member Art Centres. Popular with both locals and tourists, the MarketPlace offers a chance of some excellent bargains to early browsers.

For more information visit: http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/arts/ascp/araluen/galleries/desertmob.html