The Tjanpi Desert Weavers are working on a major commission for the National Gallery of Australia

By Kelli Cole, National Gallery of Australia
May 11 2020 - 12:00am
Roma Butler and Yangi Yangi Fox from Irrunytju (WA) with their sculptures, 2017. Picture: Rhett Hammerton
Roma Butler and Yangi Yangi Fox from Irrunytju (WA) with their sculptures, 2017. Picture: Rhett Hammerton

In March this year, Warumungu/Luritja woman Kelli Cole, a curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Special Projects at the National Gallery of Australia, joined the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, an award winning, Indigenous governed and directed social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPYWC). The women artists were working on a commission for the Know My Name project, an initiative of the National Gallery of Australia to celebrate the significant contributions of Australian women artists. Next year, the Tjanpi Desert Weavers commission will become part of the national collection, which includes the largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the world.

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