Welcome to Iwantja Arts

“I like painting at Iwantja with my sister Dianne, and our friend Rosalind. When it gets really hot here in summer we take all the kids to go swimming at the rockhole...

Sadie was born at Lambina Station on the outskirts of Marla Bore; she is remembered as a strong cultural leader within the APY Lands and an outstanding role model for...

“My mother and father are both painters and I like to paint too. I paint the colours and the rhythms from the country, in the bright colours. The art centre is a good...

“I grew up in the bush near Areyonga, and when I was young my aunties taught me lots of inma (cultural songs and dances.) I worked at many cattle stations with Alec...

“I used to be travelling all the time by donkeys, a long way from Watarru to Ernabella and staying with my aunties. My mama (father) and aunties were Ngangkari (...

“We were travelling a lot as children because dad was a stockman and had to move between cattle stations. Then we came to stay at Iwantja. I’ve had jobs at the clinic...