Araluen Arts Centre - Alice Springs
Australia - Alice Springs
We visit the Flying Doctors, the Pioneer Women Hall of Fame in the old Goal, the School of the Air , the Araluen Cultural Precinct with the Central Australia Aviation Museum as well as the Yeperenye Shopping Centre.
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Alice Springs is the second largest city in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as the Alice or simply Alice, Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory.[2] The site is known as Mparntwe to its traditional inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for more than 50,000 years. Alice Springs has a population of 27,481 people which makes up 12 per cent of the territory's population. Averaging 576 metres (1,890 ft) above sea level, the town is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin.
There are six suburbs altogether in Alice Springs which are close to the Alice Springs town centre. Alice Springs is mostly residential.
The town of Alice Springs straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The region where Alice Springs is located is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, and is an arid environment consisting of several different deserts. In Alice Springs, temperatures can vary by up to 28 °C (82 °F) and rainfall can vary quite dramatically from year to year. In summer, the average maximum temperature is 36.6 °C (97.9 °F), whereas in winter the average minimum temperature can be 7.5 °C (45.5 °F).
There are many festivals and events, the town's focal point, the Todd Mall, hosts a number of Aboriginal art galleries and community events. Alice Springs desert lifestyle has inspired several unique and interesting events such as the Camel Cup, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, Beanie Festival and the Finke Desert Race. The Finke Desert Race is some 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of Alice Springs in the Simpson Desert.
The American population celebrates most of the major American festivals, including Halloween, Independence Day and Thanksgiving. A portion of the Australian citizens engage in the festivities as well.
Alice Springs is Australia's art capital, home to many local and Aboriginal art galleries. Indigenous Australian art is largely the more dominant showcasing the rich culture and native traditions that abound in Central Australia. Trade in Aboriginal art soared after the painting movement began at Papunya, a Central Australian Aboriginal settlement, and swept other indigenous communities. Central Australia has borne some of the most prominent names in Aboriginal art, including Emily Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Albert Namatjira and Wenten Rubuntja. Each year since 11 July 2003, the music festival, Bass in the Dust has been hosted at Alice Springs and the Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment presents world-class ballets and orchestras, as well as local performances.
Liz Phair included a song called Alice Springs on her 1994 album Whip Smart. The group Midnight Oil mentions Alice Springs in its song Kosciusko and in Warakurna ('There is enough in Redfern as there is in Alice'), and Pine Gap in its song Power and the Passion.
The annual Desert Mob Art Show sees art collectors and art lovers from all over the world travel to Alice Springs to see works from Aboriginal art centres in Central Australia, with works by artists from remote areas of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. This show is in conjunction with the Artist Association Desart and usually runs in September of each year at the Araluen Art Centre.
Nevil Shute's novel A Town Like Alice, and the resulting film and television miniseries, takes its name from Alice Springs, although little of the action takes place there. The local library is the Nevil Shute Memorial Library.
The Alice Springs Desert Park was created to educate visitors about the many facets of the surrounding desert environment. The arid climate botanic garden, Olive Pink Botanic Garden, is a short distance from the town centre. They were named after anthropologist, naturalist and artist Olive Pink, who lived in the town for almost 30 years and died in 1975. She was well known locally and referred to by all as Miss Pink. The Alice Springs Reptile Centre is located in the town centre.
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Araluen Arts Centre from Above || Liam Miller
Short video filmed with DJI Phantom 3 drone of the Araluen Arts centre in Alice Springs, Australia.
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Thinking About You (Not hip hop)
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Aboriginal Art in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Go along for the ride when actress Zoe Naylor explores Australia's Northern Territory.
Follow Zoe as she explores the outback town of Alice Springs, Australia's Aboriginal art capital. Zoe travels to the West MacDonnell Ranges and learns how the land inspires local Aboriginal artists. She visits Tjampi Desert Weavers to view the collection of Aboriginal craft and goes on a fun-filled mountain biking tour of Alice Springs with a local indigenous guide.
Unearth Aboriginal art in the Red Centre:
TOP 50 ALICE SPRINGS Attractions (Things to Do & See)
Best places to visit in Alice Springs - Australia, video about all things to do in Alices Springs tourist attractions by Explore Australia. Alice Springs located between Adelaide and Darwin, the popular gateway to Red Centre in Northern Teritory.
Alices Springs has many beautiful places such as Desert Park, Larapinta Trail, Kangaroo Sanctuary, Anzac Hill, Ormiston Gorge, Finke Gorge National Park, Mount Gillen, Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Chambers Pillar, Ochre Pits, The Emily and Jessie Gaps, Simpsons Gap, Corroboree Rock Conservation Area, LAstragale, Owen Springs Reserve, John Hayes Rockhole etc.
Others popular things to do in Alice Springs is visiting Alices Springs Reptile Centre, Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve, Road Transport Hall of Fame, National Pioneer Woe's Hall of Fame & Old Alice Springs Gaol, Yubu Napa Art Gallery, Araluen Arts Centre, Aboriginal Australia Culture Centre, Central Australia Aviation Museum, Camels Australia, John Flynn's Historical Reserve, Old Ghan Museum and Adelaide House Museum.
Also don't forget to visit some best places in Alice Springs such as Mbantua Fine Art Gallery, The Recidency, Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve, Iranti Art Gallery, Jila Arts, Talapi, Tangentyere Artist, Sounds of Starlight, Stuart Town Gaol, Megafauna Central - Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Kathleen Buzzacott Art Studio, Museum of Central Australia, Alice Springs RSL War Museum, Todd Mall Markets, Tropic of Capricorn Marker, Flynn Memorial Uniting Church, Johh McDouall Stuart, Supreme Court of North Teritory, David D Smith Park and Alice Springs Convention Centre.
For complete list of things to do in Alice Springs tourist attractions or best places to visit, simply watching this Top 50 Alice Springs attractions video.
Beanie Festival, Alice Springs, Central Australia
Search for your perfect beanie hat from over 7,000 on display at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival, one of the 'must-do' things in Alice Springs.
See the Araluen Cultural Precinct in Alice Springs abuzz with music, the Beanie Olympics, textile demonstrations, crochet workshops, Aboriginal art and craft, and activities for kids.
Find out more about Beanie Festival and other Northern Territory festivals:
The Two Tims at Alice Springs Beanie Festival, Northern Territory
The Northern Territory's quirky festival reporters, The Two Tims, are at it again with a report on Festival Territory.
Watch The Two Tims search for their perfect beanies from over 7,000 on display at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival, one of the 'must-do' things in Alice Springs.
See the Araluen Cultural Precinct in Alice Springs abuzz with music, the Beanie Olympics, textile demonstrations, crochet workshops, Aboriginal art and craft, and activities for kids.
Find out more about Beanie Festival and other Northern Territory festivals:
A fresh start: Alice Springs Transformation Plan Chapter 4
In Alice Springs, people living in the town and the town camps wanted change. The Australian and Northern Territory governments, working with community and corporate groups, responded with a program to improve community services and infrastructure.
Die Roten Punkte's Super Musician - Alice Springs
Otto and Astrid will be rocking the Araluen Arts Centre this Thursday 13th October!
The Scene - Episode 6
This week Sam checks out the biggest racing weekend of the year for Alice Springs, the XXXX Gold Cup Luncheon, the Young Guns Day, and the Alice Springs Cup Day at the Alice Springs Turf Club.
He also features the Obedience Dog Club at Blatherskite Park, the David Strassman Show at the Araluen Arts Centre, and the Bangtail Muster Parade.
Alice Springs Ladies Auxilliary Bird Appreciation Choir
Festivities from Jenny Taylor's 'Burning Bush' exhibition at the Araluen Art centre, Alice Springs
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Alice Springs is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, Australia. Popularly known as the Alice or simply Alice, Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory.[2] The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years. Alice in the English-language was named by surveyor W. W. Mills after Lady Alice Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of Sir Charles Todd. Alice Springs has a population of 25,186 people, which makes up 12 percent of the territory's population.[3] Alice averages 576 metres (1,890 ft) above sea level;[citation needed] the town is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin.
The town of Alice Springs straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The region where Alice Springs is located is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, and is an arid environment consisting of several different deserts. In Alice Springs, temperatures can vary dramatically with an average maximum temperature in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), and an average minimum temperature in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F).[4]
Alice Springs is also the only significant town in Australia named after an Australian woman.[citation needed]
The town's focal point, the Todd Mall, hosts a number of Aboriginal art galleries and community events. Alice Springs' desert lifestyle has inspired several unique events, such as the Alice Desert Festival Camel Cup, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, Beanie Festival and the Finke Desert Race. The Finke Desert Race is some 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of Alice Springs in the Simpson Desert.
The American population celebrates most of the major American festivals, including Halloween, Independence Day and Thanksgiving. A portion of the Australian citizens engage in the festivities as well.
Alice Springs is renowned as the Aboriginal Art capital of Central Australia, home to many local and Aboriginal art galleries.[35] Indigenous Australian art is the more dominant, and galleries showcase the rich culture and native traditions that abound in Central Australia. Trade in Aboriginal art soared after the painting movement began at Papunya, a Central Australian Aboriginal settlement, and swept other indigenous communities. Central Australia is the home of some of the most prominent names in Aboriginal art, including Emily Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Albert Namatjira and Wenten Rubuntja. The Museum of Central Australia / Stehlow Research Centre feature some of the most important natural history and archival materials tied to the history and culture of the region. The Strehlow Archives also contain materials linked to the Arendte people of Central Australia. The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment presents world-class ballets and orchestras, as well as local performances. The National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame is also located in the town.
Locals also enjoy meeting up in Konjo Park for BBQ's every Sunday at 11am. This is an excellent time to meet and greet the locals who can quite often undertake games of Football and Frisbee.
The annual Desert Mob Art Show sees art collectors and art lovers from all over the world travel to Alice Springs to see works from Aboriginal art centres in Central Australia, with works by artists from remote areas of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. This show is in conjunction with the Artist Association Desart and usually runs in September of each year at the Araluen Art Centre.
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Aerial View of Alice Spring
Alice Spring, Australia
Iranti Art Gallery Alice Springs
Aboriginal Art Gallery, Alice Springs. Iranti Art Gallery, Northern Territory
Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture Opening in Alice Springs
Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture is a unique and groundbreaking exhibition that exposes the richness and breadth of contemporary Indigenous sculpture in Australia. It includes both well-known and emerging artists, who have each produced outstanding sculptural works depicting a variety of animals. Through these works the artists share with us their cultural knowledge, expressions of identity and connections to country. The exhibition was developed by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design and the Australian Museum, and in February 2011 it opened at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs.
Explore the Red Centre - Araluen Arts Centre
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The Araluen Arts Centre operates as the visual art and performance hub of Central Australia, presenting an annual program of exhibitions, performances, and film. Known as the keeping place of stories, Araluen holds within its spaces some of the most significant works of art in Central Australia and brings to the stage world class performances from around the nation (and at times the world).
Literally built around a culturally significant 300 year old corkwood tree that now sits in the centre of the Sculpture Garden, the Araluen Arts Centre is the heart of the Araluen Cultural Precinct, which includes the Galleries and Theatre, the Museum of Central Australia including the Strehlow Research Centre, the Central Australian Aviation Museum, Central Craft and a host of significant public works of art and Arrernte sacred sites.
'Kinship' on the road 2014
'Kinship' is on the road for Bangarra's largest ever regional tour!
Celebrating the company's 25th anniversary in 2014, internationally acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre presents an original and breathtaking theatrical experience: 'Kinship' by award-winning choreographer Stephen Page.
'Cleansing and empowering, celebrating the continuation of Aboriginal cultre through countless generations' - THE AGE
Darwin Entertainment Centre 3 October
Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs 17 October
Adelaide Festival Centre 22 – 25 October
Cairns Civic Theatre 30 – 31 October
Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton 6 November
To book tickets visit: bangarra.com.au/performance/kinship
Alice Springs Wearable Art Awards - Youth Award 2016
Wearable Art Awards (WAA) - Youth Category 2016
The Alice Springs WAA is a much loved event that takes place at the Araluen Arts Centre each year. Please visit wearableartawards.com.au for more information and videos.
Rod Moss carries the candle
Jungian psychologist Craig San Roque dramatically evoked the archetypal role of the artist in our lives at the opening of Alice Springs artist Moss's retrospective exhibition at the Araluen arts centre on June 28 2014.