Utopian Aboriginal Art News & Exhibitions Archive

10.09.08

Community Project

COWBOY GETS NEW WELDER

This week, Eastern Desert Art’s Utopia Community Project, donated a new petrol-driven welding machine, rods and associated gear to the cattleman/artist, Cowboy Louie Pwerle. Cowboy who is in charge of the cattle project on Utopia is using the machine to build new stock yards and mend equipment. Continue reading COWBOY GETS NEW WELDER

10.09.08

Art

JUST OPENED! The Bough House - a traditional painting place for the local Artists.

Stockmen Tommy Bloomfield and David Bird have built a beautiful traditional Bough House for our Eastern Desert Artists. The Artists have longed for a large traditional dwelling in the outback in which to paint - place where they would feel comfortable and relaxed with the atmosphere of the bush all around. Within a couple of weeks of commencing the project, a beautiful Bough House emerged - a large round house approximately 19metres in diameter with a gumleaf -thatched roof and hessian sides. Next to it Tommy and David erected a small shed where we - myself and Elsa (our energetic English backpacker) - mix paints, prime the linen and make snacks and tea for the women. On Mondays the women come to paint at the Bough House. Their families join them and the day is spent meeting and chatting with people from the surrounding communities. The male artists always prefer to come in, collect their primed linen and take it back to the camp to complete. Continue reading JUST OPENED! The Bough House - a traditional painting place for the local Artists.

20.02.07

Art

“Featured Online Listings for Utopian Aboriginal Art”

Eastern Desert Art works hard at attracting all levels of Aboriginal art collectors, galleries and interested parties to our Utopian Aboriginal Art website in an effort to create awareness about our business and the Utopia Community Project. Continue reading “Featured Online Listings for Utopian Aboriginal Art”