Family Connections Presentation - Marina Strocchi
- Date:
- Feb 13th 2021, 10:30am - 11:30am
- Location:
- Araluen Arts Centre: Galleries and Theatre, 61 Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs
- Type:
- Community
- Cost:
- Gallery entry fee applies | NT residents are free
- Contact Details:
- www.araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au
Presented by Marina Strocchi In 1992 a fledging art centre, with Marina Strocchi as its manager, emerged at Haasts Bluff. Its foundation was the Ikuntji Women’s Centre, later becoming the internationally recognised Ikuntji Art Centre and known by Pintupi/Luritja women as a place to paint in the desert. This presentation explores this moment in time and the ‘family connections’ that spread the word to Kintore. Strocchi visited Kintore in 1992 and saw a series of remarkable murals which sparked her curiosity about these women, known to as the ‘Dancing Women’, who wanted to paint. Family Connections film footage spanning 1993 to 1995 tells the story of a ceremony at Haasts Bluff, two painting camps and a celebration at the exhibition of nearly fifty works completed by an extraordinary group of women, assisted by their relatives from Haasts Bluff. The women went on to paint full time and became renowned artists.
