This film was created for the Geelong Performing Arts Centre season launch. Namatjira is touring to a number of other locations in 2011... for all the details go to www.namatjira.bighart.org/category/performance/
Presented by Big hART
Namatjira is an award winning performance piece and exhibition, as well as an arts and social justice project working with Western Aranda people in Central Australia.
For more information go to www.namatjira.bighart.org
Betty Wheeler is one of the senior surviving grandchildren of iconic Australian Watercolourist Albert Namatjira. She still lives in Hermannsburg in the Northern Territory with her husband Pastor Marcus Wheeler.
Namatjira is an award winning theatrical work and exhibition, as well as a creative community project working with Western Aranda people in Central Australia.
8 August 2009 marked fifty years since internationally acclaimed watercolour artist and Western Aranda man, Albert Namatjira, passed away. The Namatjira project is a celebration of his life and legacy.
These short films give you a lucky insight into the project,
Namatjira is an award winning theatrical work and exhibition, as well as a creative community project working with Western Aranda people in Central Australia.
8 August 2009 marked fifty years since internationally acclaimed watercolour artist and Western Aranda man, Albert Namatjira, passed away. The Namatjira project is a celebration of his life and legacy.
These short films give you a lucky insight into the project, the show and the grandchildren of Albert Namatjira.
Thanks to our film crew:
Sarah Davies - Cinematographer
Stuart Thorne - Sound recordist
Adrian Warburton - Editor
Please visit namatjira.bighart.org for info on all the many and varied aspects of the project!
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