IMAGE – POPULAR ARTIST DOREEN CHAPMAN. IMAGE COURTESY OF SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE A FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF WORK FROM PORT HEDLAND BASED ART CENTRE SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO.

‘Spinifex Hill Studio stands on Kariyarra Country in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. We are home to one of the youngest Aboriginal art collectives in the north-west of Australia.

Our story began when Hedland artists Irene Coffin, Max George and members of the Mother’s Against Drugs group approached non-profit cultural organisation FORM to  request help in facilitating community workshops and professional development of the town’s Aboriginal artists. Naming themselves Spinifex Hill Artiusts (after an old name for Port Hedland), the group held their first exhibition at Hedland’s Courthouse Gallery in 2009

Over the next five years, the Spinifex Hill Artists continued to develop artistically and professionally. In March 2014, the group took up residence in a purpose-built home in South Hedland, the Spinifex Hill Studio. This was made possible through FORM’s long-term partnership with BHP and the Federal Government’s Regional Development Australia Fund, with the land being donated by the Department of Lands.’

Spinifex Hill Studios

MANY LOVED AND FAMILIAR NAMES IN THIS PRESENTATION, FROM THE GALLERY’S LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE MARTU ARTISTS.

THANK YOU TO THE ARTISTS AND SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ENQUIRIES :

E – TOBY.OSMOND@AES.ORG.AU

P – +61 2 6794 3280