About the Art
A major feature of the Araluen Arts Centre is the magnificent stained-glass windows in the main foyer. The window was designed by local Aboriginal artist Wenten Rubuntja and is based on a painting called “Arrernte Country”, 1987, acrylic on canvas board, 121 x 90 cm.
This painting is about Mparntwe, relating traditional ancestral stories for the centre of Alice Springs. They belong to the Arrernte (Aranda) people and connect with other stories belonging to Aboriginal people all over the country.
The window is like a large map of Arrernte (Aranda) country around Alice Springs of which all Arrernte (Aranda) people are a part.
📷Image / Photo Source: ASTC Photo Archives
📍Araluen Arts Centre - 61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen