A storm of fishtails HAYLEY WEST

As part of Eye of the Storm: 2009, The Northern Territory Writers’ Festival (1 to 4 May) local visual artists were invited to respond to a work from the 2nd anthology of Central Australian writing, Fishtails in the Dust, published by Ptilotus Press. Book launch and exhibition opening at Watch This Space Inc., Saturday 2 May, 6pm. The exhibition runs from 1 to 22 May.

The Photographs of Otto Tschirn: 1915–1918 runs until 17 May at Wichetty’s, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs. Tschirn worked at Hermannsburg Mission as a stockman during World War I and his photographs capture life in the frontier environment of the time.

Requiem for Another by Pam Lofts continues throughout May also at the Araluen Arts Centre… Showing until 17 May in the Olive Pink Botanic Gardens is light and distance, a series of desert scapes by Ray Lodge rendered in pastel, pen and watercolour, and produced over a 3-year period while living at Mintabie and Alice Springs.

Fishtails in the dust

Fishtails in the dust – Writing from the Centre (book cover), artwork by Sally Mumford, is being launched at the ‘Eye of the Storm’, the NT Writers Festival, Alice Springs, 2009. www.wts.org.auwww.ntwriters.com.au

Rob Brown

Rob Brown, WWII Digger, 2009, acrylic on board. From his solo exhibition Even Cowboys Get Elephantitis, at Cross Cultural Art Exchange (ccae), Harriet Place, Darwin, from 29 May. www.ccae.com.au

Rough Diamonds

Malaluba Gumana, Garrimala (detail), 2009, natural earth pigments on bark. Work by Malaluba Gumana & Barrupu Yunupingu showing in Rough Diamonds at RAFT Artspace, until 16 May. www.raftartspace.com.au