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Arts @ Council

Pub­lic Art serves to cel­e­brate our her­itage and cul­tur­al diver­si­ty by cre­at­ing visu­al land­marks, which act as nat­ur­al gath­er­ing places for local sto­ry­telling and infor­ma­tion-shar­ing. Pub­lic art also enhances the visu­al expe­ri­ence for vis­i­tors and encour­age emo­tion­al con­nec­tions with our unique­ly cre­ative town.

Open Expres­sions of Inter­est (EOI)

See below for cur­rent Oppor­tu­ni­ties with­in the Alice Springs Municipality.

To be noti­fied of upcom­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, sign up to the Artist Reg­is­ter.

1. EOI Closed — Round­about Series — Round­about No 2. — The Wedge Tailed Eagle

Appli­ca­tions closed mid­night Mon­day, 3 June 2024. Suc­cess­ful Appli­cants to progress to Stage 2 will be noti­fied by 5pm Fri­day 7 June 2024.

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil invites artists (indi­vid­u­als or in groups) to sub­mit an Expres­sion of Inter­est for the devel­op­ment of the sec­ond of three planned round­about instal­la­tions that show­case the nature of two spir­i­tu­al totems, as part of the con­tin­u­a­tion of our Round­about Sculp­tur­al Series.

This project aims to cre­ate a per­ma­nent sculp­ture or group of sculp­tures of the Ani­mals sig­nif­i­cant to First Nations peo­ple in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, as a com­mem­o­ra­tion of the spir­i­tu­al­i­ty of Abo­rig­i­nal cul­ture with­in Cen­tral Aus­tralia. Cen­tral Aus­tralian Native ani­mals have a strong con­nec­tion to First Nations peo­ple as totems in The Dream­time. The mon­u­ments should explore the themes of these ani­mals and their con­nec­tion to our First Nations peo­ple. Our focus on the ani­mal and their sig­nif­i­cance in Alice Springs for this round will be the wedge-tailed eagle.

Expres­sion of Inter­est Brief | Online Sub­mis­sion Form

Pub­lic Art Masterplan

Pub­lic Art is a major draw­card for Alice Springs for tourists and our com­mu­ni­ty. Recog­nised around the world for our unique char­ac­ter, our Pub­lic Art draws inspi­ra­tion from our Town’s land­scape, peo­ple and sto­ries. Not only does Pub­lic Art pro­voke thought, but it also encour­ages sense of place with­in our community. 

To make sure we con­tin­ue to pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties to our cre­ative’s, the Coun­cil devel­oped the Pub­lic Art Mas­ter­plan 2020 – 2030 which was cre­at­ed after exten­sive con­sul­ta­tions with res­i­dents and the cre­ative and cul­tur­al sector. 

This Pub­lic Art Mas­ter­plan defines the vision, prin­ci­ples and a frame­work to guide deci­sion-mak­ing on future pub­lic art. 

It builds on exist­ing pub­lic art prac­tices and poli­cies and will assist Coun­cil to sup­port the devel­op­ment of a rel­e­vant, diverse and excit­ing col­lec­tion of pub­lic art in Alice Springs!

Sam­son & Delilah and Sweet Coun­try, by CTO & LINZ

Public Art Masterplan 2020-2030


Artist Reg­is­ter

Are you an Artist look­ing for upcom­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties with the Alice Spring Town Council?

To get on our mail­ing list and Artist Reg­is­ter, sub­mit your interest!

We will use this data­base to send you through upcom­ing Expres­sions of Inter­ests for pub­lic art works and keep you in mind for events and work­shops opportunities!

Oppor­tu­ni­ties are avail­able to solo musi­cians or bands, street per­form­ers, visu­al, dig­i­tal or sculp­tur­al craft artists, video­g­ra­phers and pho­tog­ra­phers, as well as facil­i­ta­tors, MC’s, come­di­ans and advocates!

For more infor­ma­tion, get in touch with the Com­mu­ni­ty & Cul­tur­al Devel­op­ment Team at 08 8950 0582.

Register your Interest on the Artist Register!

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil Art Collection

Alice Springs Town Council’s art col­lec­tion con­sists of over 350 art­works and rep­re­sents sev­er­al decades of award-win­n­ing art­works from the Cal­tex Art Award (lat­er known as the NT Art Award) and the Alice Prize.

Pieces acquired by the Cen­tral Aus­tralian Art Soci­ety and the Alice Springs Art Foun­da­tion, between 1968 and today, have been gen­er­ous­ly donat­ed to Coun­cil for the peo­ple of Alice Springs. The col­lec­tion com­pris­es a note­wor­thy 30% of the Aralu­en Art Col­lec­tion, where it is com­mon­ly held, and fea­tures around 20 paint­ed boards from the ear­ly Papun­ya peri­od – the start of the West­ern Desert Art Move­ment, famous for its Abo­rig­i­nal dot paintings.

Council’s Civic Cen­tre is home to the extra­or­di­nary Bat­tle for the Spinifex series by then local artist, Kaye Kess­ing – 11 paint­ings high­light­ing the fer­al ani­mal prob­lem in Cen­tral Aus­tralia. Kaye’s vibrant and enter­tain­ing art­works were also used as scene back­drops for an edu­ca­tion­al play which toured Aus­tralia in 1990.

You can find images of the Alice Springs Town Coun­cil Art Col­lec­tion online here. 


Pub­lic Art Map

In Sep­tem­ber 2020 Coun­cil launched its inter­ac­tive online pub­lic art map — www​.alice​springs​.nt​.gov​.au/​a​rtmap. Hav­ing the abil­i­ty to view online, vis­it, learn and engage with more than 60 pub­lic art­works is a ben­e­fit to both locals and vis­i­tors to Alice Springs. 

The map was joint­ly fund­ed by Coun­cil and the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Gov­ern­ment through the Vis­i­tor Expe­ri­ence Enhance­ment Program.

Hard copies of the Alice Springs Pub­lic Art Map are freely avail­able from Coun­cil recep­tion or many vis­i­tor sites around town, or you can down­load the map below!

Untyeye/​The Fork-Leaved Cork­wood Tree/​Hakea divari­car­ta and Local Birdlife by Pip McManus

View the Public Art Map

  1. PDF, 7.0 MB Alice Springs Public Art Map PDF

Arts in the Community

Are you an Artist in Alice Springs? Check out some of these Arts Organ­i­sa­tion that offer art groups, work­shops and oppor­tu­ni­ties for artists. 

Here are a few key con­tacts to begin your cre­ative journey:

To find out more about Pub­lic Art in Local Gov­ern­ment, check out the NAVA Love Your Local Toolk­it!