Saltbush Country ​

23 June - 2 August 2025​​​​

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Saltbush Country provides a rare opportunity to experience the works and worldviews of Aboriginal artists working independently across regional South Australia. Their works, curated by Tarnanthi Regional Curator Marika Davies, are the result of a series of community workshops, mentoring and professional development opportunities catering for prominent regional artists and supported by Tarnanthi and Country Arts SA. 

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In this exhibition, seven diverse artists tell stories of their culture, community and connection to Country. Often personal and occasionally raw, their work reflects the world as seen through their eyes while expressing their culture, language and community – a contemporary articulation of Aboriginal life in regional South Australia.

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Artists: 

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Josephine Lennon

Mirning and Antikirinjara peoples, South Australia

 

Marli Macumba

Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara peoples, South Australia

 

Juanella McKenzie

Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Lower Southern Arrernte peoples, South Australia/Northern Territory

 

Deanna Newchurch

Narungga people, South Australia

 

Lynette Newchurch

Narungga people, South Australia

 

Sandra Saunders

Ngarrindjeri and Buandig peoples, South Australia

 

Heather Shearer

Arrernte people, Northern Territory/South Australia​