Presenting: Desert Harmony Festival 2023
Barkly Regional Art is excited to launch Desert Harmony Festival 2023. The festival will take place from Friday 28 July until Sunday 30 July in Tennant Creek. A celebration of the Barkly region's diverse communities and rich artistic [...]
Artist Residency: Jesse Marlow
In December, Barkly Regional Arts hosted renowned photographer, Jesse Marlow. Travelling from Melbourne, Jesse joined the team for a week of trips to Community, visiting the studios in Epenarra, Canteen Creek, Elliot and Tennant [...]
Winanjjikari and Coloured Stone tour the Barkly
Throughout the early weeks of December, Barkly Regional Arts' Winanjjikari Music Centre team hosted Australia's longest surviving Indigenous band; Coloured Stone. Music icons, Bunna Lawrie and Jason Scott made the long drive up to [...]
Artist Spotlight: Ada Beasley
"I do painting to look back on the old days when we went hunting. My Mum took us out looking for bush medicine and yams and goanna. I learned about painting by looking at [...]
Sparkly Arts: The artists of the Barkly celebrate Christmas with their inaugural Digital Exhibition
“We paint the landscape around us. We see the seasons change and we paint this.” - Julie Beasley Christmas in the Barkly is like no other. With December comes the wet season, the rain [...]
Artist Spotlight: Rita Beasley
‘The bloodwood trees grow around the Epenarra. They grow flowers. There are lots on the Frew. This is my Father’s Country” - Rita Kemarr Beasley (translated from Alyawarr to English by Jessie Beasley). Rita [...]
