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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)

There are cur­rent­ly no open Expres­sions of Inter­ests. (EOI)
To be noti­fied of upcom­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, sign up to the Artist Reg­is­ter.

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

All them Tourists goin’ to look at Countryside

The ani­ma­tion below has been pro­duced from a mur­al titled ​‘All them Tourists goin’ to look at Coun­try­side’ and is locat­ed out­side the Alice Springs Pub­lic Library. The mur­al show­cas­es the land­scape and cul­ture of the region and has been brought to life through an ani­mat­ed clip. This clip fea­tures the artist Bil­ly Tjampi­jin­pa Ken­da telling the sto­ry behind the mur­al. This project was a col­lab­o­ra­tion between the Alice Springs Town Coun­cil, Bin­di Mwerre Anthurre Artists, and a local animator. 

This ani­ma­tion was made pos­si­ble through Region­al Arts Aus­tralia.

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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 Inter­est for Pub­lic Art Works and keep you in mind for events and work­shop opportunities!

Oppor­tu­ni­ties are avail­able to musi­cians and group, street per­form­ers, visu­al, sculp­tur­al craft artists, dig­i­tal artists, video­g­ra­ph­er 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.


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

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!