![Marlene Rubuntja - Marlene](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-R.jpg?bossToken=1607cf8d4fd70926f2e1125a9d0c14e2a86b233ab55b8b31a6a774eb7c5dca01)
Marlene 2020
![Marlene Marlene](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-R.jpg?bossToken=1607cf8d4fd70926f2e1125a9d0c14e2a86b233ab55b8b31a6a774eb7c5dca01)
Marlene2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
39 x 24 x 8 cm
#157-20
![Marlene Rubuntja - Milton](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Milton_152-20.jpg?bossToken=1d6a68ae13cb5e6c4388b237e6113f8be7b29554fa5ade782755327a1c45b92e)
Milton 2020
![Milton Milton](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Milton_152-20.jpg?bossToken=1d6a68ae13cb5e6c4388b237e6113f8be7b29554fa5ade782755327a1c45b92e)
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird_156-20.jpg?bossToken=16c8e479738ba6435e3b45bd7e9cb606bc9b5769597cbdbe1ffa9568c1a2d7e9)
Bird 2020
![Bird Bird](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird_156-20.jpg?bossToken=16c8e479738ba6435e3b45bd7e9cb606bc9b5769597cbdbe1ffa9568c1a2d7e9)
Bird2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
37 x 33 x 17 cm
#156-20
![Trudy Inkamala - Owl](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Trudy-Inkamala_Owl_145-20.jpg?bossToken=6521ca05dbadad8b045c59cb1b032e74e1d912339aefa7fdcec5b5c0f37c74c9)
Owl 2020
![Owl Owl](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Trudy-Inkamala_Owl_145-20.jpg?bossToken=6521ca05dbadad8b045c59cb1b032e74e1d912339aefa7fdcec5b5c0f37c74c9)
Owl2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, feathers, cotton
47 x 29 x 10 cm
#145-20
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird Wall Hanging](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-Wall-Hanging_166-20.jpg?bossToken=f2926d00446dc0f401b5d82998d441d5e3c146db93ea64b0a466cf2213fc3ddf)
Bird Wall Hanging 2020
![Bird Wall Hanging Bird Wall Hanging](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-Wall-Hanging_166-20.jpg?bossToken=f2926d00446dc0f401b5d82998d441d5e3c146db93ea64b0a466cf2213fc3ddf)
Bird Wall Hanging2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton
118 x 42 x 8 cm
#166-20
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird Wall Hanging with Pink Feet](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-Wall-Hanging-with-Pink-Feet_167-20.jpg?bossToken=28dfbdadfd6bb09a493c67974b21cbd8b1b8b58be56fdfc20338d30c032eece4)
Bird Wall Hanging with Pink Feet 2020
![Bird Wall Hanging with Pink Feet Bird Wall Hanging with Pink Feet](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-Wall-Hanging-with-Pink-Feet_167-20.jpg?bossToken=28dfbdadfd6bb09a493c67974b21cbd8b1b8b58be56fdfc20338d30c032eece4)
Bird Wall Hanging with Pink Feet2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
117 x 48 x 7 cm
#167-20
![Marlene Rubuntja - Little Jonathon](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Little-Jonathon_163-20.jpg?bossToken=beb0d755e7301cd1ec2ba1b244e511ab8e98f3ed5507dfa2e2e8a3395b24838a)
Little Jonathon 2020
![Little Jonathon Little Jonathon](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Little-Jonathon_163-20.jpg?bossToken=beb0d755e7301cd1ec2ba1b244e511ab8e98f3ed5507dfa2e2e8a3395b24838a)
Little Jonathon2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton
26 x 24 x 7 cm
#163-20
![Marlene Rubuntja - Little Nina](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Lilttle-Nina_164-20.jpg?bossToken=84b0cf042a32bce6a25504d23fedafe442de23f7da678f5e89473befbf05e7c4)
Little Nina 2020
![Little Nina Little Nina](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Lilttle-Nina_164-20.jpg?bossToken=84b0cf042a32bce6a25504d23fedafe442de23f7da678f5e89473befbf05e7c4)
Little Nina2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton
35 x 18 x 6 cm
#164-20
![Rosabella Ryder - Women, Soft Sculpture](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman-Group-2.jpg?bossToken=520116e4463753d00ff4470ffb1bed2b8ad4d5a8d77d12e48f22b2b6ded8f233)
Women, Soft Sculpture 2020
![Women, Soft Sculpture Women, Soft Sculpture](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman-Group-2.jpg?bossToken=520116e4463753d00ff4470ffb1bed2b8ad4d5a8d77d12e48f22b2b6ded8f233)
![Rosabella Ryder - Woman with Washing Line Dress](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman-with-Washing-Line-Dress_161-20.jpg?bossToken=41ccd37cf1da6e709992ab7ebb7c773edb9d60fce56e13e07be307b968a34e86)
Woman with Washing Line Dress 2020
![Woman with Washing Line Dress Woman with Washing Line Dress](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman-with-Washing-Line-Dress_161-20.jpg?bossToken=41ccd37cf1da6e709992ab7ebb7c773edb9d60fce56e13e07be307b968a34e86)
Woman with Washing Line Dress2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
37 x 14 x 12 cm
#161-20
![Rosabella Ryder - Woman](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman_159-20.jpg?bossToken=2810f93d4925671c1a5e4f3fe3d770be47ef130277ccd119b8f0fb42b81cc6c8)
Woman 2020
![Woman Woman](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman_159-20.jpg?bossToken=2810f93d4925671c1a5e4f3fe3d770be47ef130277ccd119b8f0fb42b81cc6c8)
Woman2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
27 x 13 x 12 cm
#159-20
![Rosabella Ryder - Woman with Bush Food Dress](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman-with-Budh-Food-Dress_160-20.jpg?bossToken=cc2d815b6bc1f9df18aa37500ecacf91c33137722029a091c3aa7b97193e614a)
Woman with Bush Food Dress 2020
![Woman with Bush Food Dress Woman with Bush Food Dress](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Rosabella-Ryder_Woman-with-Budh-Food-Dress_160-20.jpg?bossToken=cc2d815b6bc1f9df18aa37500ecacf91c33137722029a091c3aa7b97193e614a)
Woman with Bush Food Dress2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
30 x 14 x 10 cm
#160-20
![Marlene Rubuntja - Edwina](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Edwina_153-20.jpg?bossToken=a4b5af3e69fb602f8f2d0cc0f1083fb464a4138ffa2a050c077f49af494f5a48)
Edwina 2020
![Edwina Edwina](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_Edwina_153-20.jpg?bossToken=a4b5af3e69fb602f8f2d0cc0f1083fb464a4138ffa2a050c077f49af494f5a48)
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird (back)](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird_121-20_2.jpg?bossToken=b03ee134015e7f98575a7993e311d65eae439da3522aee6b9a9cd7467dc49496)
Bird (back) 2020
![Bird (back) Bird (back)](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird_121-20_2.jpg?bossToken=b03ee134015e7f98575a7993e311d65eae439da3522aee6b9a9cd7467dc49496)
Bird (back)2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
29 x 34 x 12 cm
#121-20
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird (front)](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird_121-20_1.jpg?bossToken=8fa8afb1094a3e6cad4e26247cea15735cc06d81c2cecbff002f0e5eb06ae5d0)
Bird (front) 2020
![Bird (front) Bird (front)](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird_121-20_1.jpg?bossToken=8fa8afb1094a3e6cad4e26247cea15735cc06d81c2cecbff002f0e5eb06ae5d0)
Bird (front)2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
29 x 34 x 12 cm
#121-20
![Louise Robertson - Water Carriers](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Louise-Robertson_Water-Carriers_162-20_HIRES.jpg?bossToken=c6a68d99b52b634a5b671b07d43364b9c83c3e56c6dbf4035c6765fc9d664e39)
Water Carriers 2020
![Water Carriers Water Carriers](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Louise-Robertson_Water-Carriers_162-20_HIRES.jpg?bossToken=c6a68d99b52b634a5b671b07d43364b9c83c3e56c6dbf4035c6765fc9d664e39)
![Nannette Sharpe - Bird](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Nannette-Sharpe_Bird_158-20_detail.jpg?bossToken=fdb5c625fd098e8ff746f13ce31fe7b1cb803f545a8b69a205387e33ae953794)
Bird 2020
![Bird Bird](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Nannette-Sharpe_Bird_158-20_detail.jpg?bossToken=fdb5c625fd098e8ff746f13ce31fe7b1cb803f545a8b69a205387e33ae953794)
Bird2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, feathers, cotton, metal stand
37 x 23 x 10 cm
#158-20
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird with Hat](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-with-Hat_155-20.jpg?bossToken=bfd7be277380c54714fe1d7e53b4b0add6e36c56fc0d130d570018aa127c328e)
Bird with Hat 2020
![Bird with Hat Bird with Hat](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-with-Hat_155-20.jpg?bossToken=bfd7be277380c54714fe1d7e53b4b0add6e36c56fc0d130d570018aa127c328e)
Bird with Hat2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
61 x 40 x 12 cm
#155-20
![Dulcie Sharpe - Bird with Beanie](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-with-Beanie_154-20.jpg?bossToken=38f250227634f7e42e1efb15fc33638038cf9c9fd3ade6933727adfbefe09583)
Bird with Beanie 2020
![Bird with Beanie Bird with Beanie](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Dulcie-Sharpe_Bird-with-Beanie_154-20.jpg?bossToken=38f250227634f7e42e1efb15fc33638038cf9c9fd3ade6933727adfbefe09583)
Bird with Beanie2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
57 x 27 x 8 cm
#154-20
![Marlene Rubuntja - My Country](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_My-Country_165-20_HIRES.jpg?bossToken=f96f59a0e3efcb46a96feeb902dd1ae2f43a32447c8227e8f027aea5bd9c3a32)
My Country 2020
![My Country My Country](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_ECG_Marlene-Rubuntja_My-Country_165-20_HIRES.jpg?bossToken=f96f59a0e3efcb46a96feeb902dd1ae2f43a32447c8227e8f027aea5bd9c3a32)
My Country2020
woollen blanket, knitting wool, feathers, cotton, acrylic paint
#165-20
![Yarrenyty Arltere Artists - 'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_INSTALL-2020_1.jpg?bossToken=9742476c03fccdb02ecdb0297470587c8ba744a4ccd8a3f71de5f2ca2ee5a89a)
'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION 2020
!['ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION 'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_INSTALL-2020_1.jpg?bossToken=9742476c03fccdb02ecdb0297470587c8ba744a4ccd8a3f71de5f2ca2ee5a89a)
'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION2020
![Yarrenyty Arltere Artists - 'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_INSTALL-2020_3.jpg?bossToken=6518b5ff5233ed6870a0a716272a611da9b31afadba2f9422d6b55dfc52a7c70)
'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION 2020
!['ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION 'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1200x1200/quality:80/artworks/YAA_INSTALL-2020_3.jpg?bossToken=6518b5ff5233ed6870a0a716272a611da9b31afadba2f9422d6b55dfc52a7c70)
'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION2020
Founded 2000 in Alice Springs, Australia
Live and work in Alice Springs
Participating artists:
Dulcie Sharpe (Luritja/Arrernte), Trudy Inkamala (Western Arrernte/Luritja), Marlene Rubuntja (Arrernte), Rosabella Ryder (Arrernte), Lousie Robertson (Walpari) and Nannette Sharpe (Arrernte).
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Situated at the Larapinta Valley Town Camp at the base of Mt Gillen in Alice Springs, the Art Room of the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre has quickly become one of the most dynamic forces in contemporary Australian Indigenous art.
Established in 2000 as an intergenerational education and community facility, Yarrenyty Arltere was introduced as a safe space away from the extreme poverty, overcrowding and social issues that afflicted the remote town, and provide the town camp’s residents with new skills and opportunities in an area with little access to work or education. A social enterprise since 2008, the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre is credited with significantly improving living conditions within the community.
Especially noted for their soft sculptures made from recycled woollen blankets hand-dyed with local plants and rusted metal, the Yarrenyty Arltere artists create works that reveal the stories and experiences of generations of town camp residents.
Represented in significant public and private collections throughout Australia, the unique sculptures have twice won the Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award (Rhonda Sharpe – 2015, 2013) at the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAAs), won the inaugural Vincent Lingiari Award (Marlene Rubuntja, 2016), and have been included in major Australian exhibitions such as the 2018 NGV Triennial, Melbourne, the 21st Biennale of Sydney, and the 2017 TARNANTHI Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Adelaide.
May 24, 2023
MARLENE RUBUNJA FEATURING IN ARTBANK + ACMI COMMISSION
![](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1000x1000/quality:80/news/marlene-rubunja-featuring-in-artbank-acmi-commission/Marlene_Rubuntja_holding_an_echidna.jpg?bossToken=b92f773382e8862d594780685afaefd59f7edc4b79638c2679439eefa7b019f9)
Arrernte and Western Arrarnta artist Marlene Rubuntja alongside Arrernte and Southern Luritja artist Sally M Nangala Mulda have developed their practice to be completely recognisable and representative of the place in which they live, Mparntwe/Alice Springs. Working from Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists (art centres), these senior women have established themselves as two of Australia’s leading visual artists.
The third Artbank + ACMI Commission, Two Girls From Amoonguna, encompasses video, soft sculpture and paintings, with the centerpiece the animated work titled Arrkutja Tharra, Kungka Kutjara, Two Girls.
Arrkutja Tharra, Kungka Kutjara, Two Girls delves into the reality of First Peoples’ experiences in Central Australia by chronicling the artists’ successes and struggles. The work centres Sally and Marlene’s voices, as well as the voices of their younger family members, who can be heard in the animation. It was made in collaboration with Ludo Studio, the Emmy-award winning production company behind Bluey, Robbie Hood and The Strange Chores, along with script writer Courtney Collins, Left of Elephant Sound and Tangentyere Artists producer Ellanor Webb.
Figures from Marlene’s soft sculptures and Sally’s acrylic on linen paintings star in the animation, embedded on top of Marlene’s ink on paper works of the Central Australian landscape. Bringing together both artists’ practice, Sally’s iconic cursive painted lettering produce the subtitles.
Having grown up at the Amoonguna Settlement outside of Mparntwe/Alice Springs in the early 1960s, the two friends wouldn’t reconnect until much later in life, after both of them had seen their fair amount of hardships; now having achieved so much, they are immensely proud of one another.
Two Girls from Amoonguna is an exhibition about two of Australia’s leading artists and their journey to get there.
Watch Two Girls from Amoonguna HERE
Read more HERE
10 – 30 April 2024
‘Yarrenyty Arltere Artists’ featuring Rhonda Sharpe, Marlene Rubuntja, Roxanne Petrick, Louise Robertson, Beth Ebatarinja, Trudy Raggett
8 – 11 September 2022
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY
17 September 2020 – 7 October 2020
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS 'Art of Women'
12 – 15 September 2019
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR - JOHN BOKOR, ELIZA GOSSE, TARA MARYNOWSKY, SALLY M NANGALA MULDA, YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS
27 June 2019 – 17 July 2019
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS
10 – 28 April 2018
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS