City of Karratha Art Collection Overview

City of Karratha Art Collection

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Pilbara artists and much more

Located in the Red Earth Arts Precinct a state-of-the-art performance and art centre that was built in 2018, the City of Karratha’s impressive art collection comprises many of the acquisitive prize winners from the annual Cossack Art Awards. Many of the artworks are displayed on the walls of the City of Karratha offices, and are representative of the broad range of artworks from local and nationally- accredited Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.

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Address:

Red Earth Arts Precinct
27 Welcome Road
Karratha WA 6714
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9186 8600

Email:

enquiries@karratha.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

Mon, Wed & Fri 9am - 5pm; Tues & Thurs 9am - 6pm; Sat 9am - 2pm

Maarna, by Allery Sandy

My country

A renowned Yindjibarndi artist from the Yinjaa-Barni Art Group in Roebourne, Allery Sandy always paints her country. Evocative of the abundance of wildlife and flowers of her desert country Maarni...

"One of my family", by William Nyaparu Gardiner

Acclaimed artist of the Spinifex Hill art centre in Port Hedland, William Gardiner Nyaparu’s eclectic painting was winner of the portrait prize in the Cossack Art Awards in 2018. With an ethereal...

On the land, by Carrie McDowell

Living on the land

Carrie is a well-known Karratha-based artist and this work won the Work on Paper category at the Cossack Art Awards in 2017. This print collage depicts a country mapped and claimed as pastoral leases...

University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus

Collecting the Kimberley through art

Since its inception as an educational campus for Kimberley communities, the University of Notre Dame’s campus in Broome has also been committed to collecting and exhibiting the art generated from...

Nyamba Buru Yawuru

This is the place of Yawuru

Representing the Yawuru people, the traditional owners of the country around Broome, Nyamba Buru Yawuru (NBY) is committed to a vision of mabu liyan, mabu buru, mabu ngarrangunil – Good liyan, (well...

Neil Baker Shell Collection

Shells galore

This extraordinary shell collection is one of the largest in Australia. Collected over the last 70 years by fisherman and boat builder Neil Baker, the shells come from all over Australia and the...

Wangka Maya Aboriginal Language Centre

Keeping language strong

Servicing over 30 language groups of the Pilbara, Wangka Maya was the first Aboriginal language centre in the north. Established in 1987, elders committed to preserving their language, culture and...