Partnering Art Centres
Make it Real is delivered by Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia (AACHWA) in collaboration with Western Australian art centres as pilot partners over the development stages of this project.
AACHWA thanks the following art centres for their involvement in Make it Real. The knowledge and experience of artists and art centre staff has helped Make it Real to create useful and practical product development resources for artists and art centres across Australia.
For a full list of AACHWA’s art centre members and other art centres from across WA, see our map here.
Nagula Jarndu Designs
Nagula Jarndu (Saltwater Woman) is a not-for-profit organisation led by seven Yawuru women directors and supported by over 150 Indigenous women members. They began in 1987 as a resource centre to preserve Yawuru language and culture and, over time, have transformed into a vibrant arts and textiles centre.
With a focus on social enterprise, they empower Aboriginal women to produce unique, handcrafted textiles featuring motifs and colours inspired by the Kimberley’s distinctive environment.
Spinifex Hill Studio
Spinifex Hill Studio stands on Kariyarra Country in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They are home to one of the youngest Aboriginal art collectives in the north-west of Australia — the Spinifex Hill Artists.
Based in South Hedland, Spinifex Hill Studio works with artists from many different language groups and presents art covering a breadth of styles. Their artists paint critically acclaimed and award-winning contemporary art.
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts celebrates the uniqueness of Miriwoong cultural identity. Established in the 1980s on Miriwoong Country at Kununurra in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia, Waringarri artists share the importance of their Country and Culture.
Waringarri is the first wholly Indigenous-owned art centre established in Western Australia and one of the oldest continuously operating art centres in Australia, supporting economic independence for artists and their community. The centre operates artists’ studios and galleries and supports more than 100 artists.