Welcome to Big hART’s Namatjira Project online.
Here you can read the latest news about the development of the theatre show and the creation of the accompanying art exhibition, and see photos of the project that’s running on the ground in Alice Springs.
You can also find out more about Albert Namatjira, learn about the background of the project, read media articles on the project and get regular updates on the thoughts of key creative members.
So have a read and don’t forget to come and see our performances – the Celebration of the Namatjira at the Araluen Centre in Alice Springs on August 7 & 8, and the premiere of the show and exhibition at Belvoir Street Theatre and the Birrung Gallery in Sydney from September 25 to November 7, 2010.
Before any of that, check out this 2 minute promo film!
A little more about the film here.
Dear friends of Namatjira,
After a fun filled, jam packed creative development in the NT, the time is nigh to fill those who weren’t there in on the details and to give thanks those who helped make it happen!
The most outstanding features of the creative development were the moments the Big hART team spent with the [...]
Trevor and Scott speak here about Albert, the Namatjira project and friendship between black and white
Trevor Jamieson has a rival and what a pair the two make.
Jamieson’s mature brilliance, moving from sombre, poignant notes to moments of satire, farce and vaudeville, was matched by the bubbling charm, the joyful high camp comedy and the beautiful singing voice of Derek Lynch when they took all the roles in Big hART’s presentation [...]
Stateline NT ran a fantastic story last night on the Namatjira project, complete with interviews with Scott, Trevor and Derek and some brilliant archival footage of Albert. Check it out here.
Albert Namatjira is Australia’s most famous Indigenous watercolour artist but his story is hardly known. For example, did you know that Albert…
was among the first Indigenous people to become an Australian citizen at a time when Indigenous people were still categorised as ‘flora and fauna’?
was arrested for supplying alcohol to ‘Indigenous people’, who were in fact [...]
Trevor and Scott speak here about Albert, the Namatjira project and friendship between black and white
The Namatjira project would not be possible without the support of our partners:
Company B Belvoir are coproducing the premiere season of Namatjira, with the production premiering at Belvoir Street Theatre from 25 September to 7 November 2010.
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The Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra ‘Many-Hands’ Art Centre represents 3rd generation Western Aranda watercolour artists who continue to paint [...]
DATES & LOCATIONS, SYNOPSIS, CREDITS, TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
ALICE SPRINGS
Namatjira: A Celebration (with developmental showing) – 7 & 8 August, 2010, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
Exhibition – 30 July – 30 August, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
A celebration of the life of Albert Namatjira, with excerpts from the work-in-progress, and a watercolour exhibition by the Ngurratjuta Artists at [...]