Exhibition and Shows

The Archibald Prize 2024 Regional Tour an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition is travelling to the Northern Territory for the first time in its history offering audiences outside of NSW the opportunity to see all 2024 finalists.

First awarded in 1921, the Archibald Prize was established to foster portraiture, support artists, and perpetuate the memory of great Australians.

The Archibald Prize 2024 recorded 1,005 entries with the highest known number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

The Araluen Arts Centre will also be presenting the Young Archie Mparntwe competition with four age categories awarded.

Parrtjima is the meeting place where old meets new. It is the only authentic Aboriginal light festival of it’s kind, showcasing the oldest continuous culture on earth through the newest technology – all on the 300-million-year-old natural canvas of the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia.

Each year this free event celebrates the ways in which artists evolve and experiment with different styles and materials, while staying true to Country and culture.

Parrtjima is held on Mparntwe (Alice Springs), which is connected to the estates of Mparntwe, Antulye and Irlpme. This also includes a network of people who have connections to these areas; some of whom have established the Parrtjima Festival Reference Group (PFRG) to guide and help create Parrtjima.

Together, they invite visitors to come and experience Parrtjima, and watch the desert come alive with new artworks, light shows and a program of performances, interactive workshops, music, films and talks.

Know My Name: Australian Women Artists tells a new story of Australian art. Looking to moments in which women created new forms of art and cultural commentary, the exhibition suggests new histories by highlighting creative and intellectual relationships between artists through time.

Know My Name is part of an ongoing series of gender equity initiatives by the National Gallery to increase the representation of women artists who have often been omitted from published histories and public collections. It draws from a two-part presentation held at the National Gallery between 2020–22 which was among the most comprehensive exhibitions of art by women assembled in Australia to date.

Know My Name: Australian Women Artists is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program.

Presented by World Expeditions, the 2025 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a three-hour celebration of the mountain and adventure sports world. 

Sharing the most exhilarating short films from explorers, runners, mountain bikers, skiers, paddlers and climbers from around the globe. The tour is hot on the heels of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Festival, which takes place every November in the mountain town of Banff, in Canada.

More than 300 of the world’s best mountain sports, culture, environment, adventure, and exploration films are shown during the week-long event. A selection of award winners and audience favourites then tours the globe, visiting 390 communities and 35 countries as part of the festival’s official world tour.

This year, the Australian line-up features a captivating collection of short films shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world. The program is packed full of mesmerising cinematography, thought-provoking storylines and adrenaline-inducing action sequences.

The original and the best mountain film festival is an Adventure Reels event.

Araluen Arthouse Cinema screens a different movie every Monday night (excluding public holidays) from March through till the end of November.

They bring you a fantastic selection of local and international feature films, documentaries and mainstream titles.

They'll keep you up to date with upcoming movies and you'll even get the opportunity to suggest what movies you'd like to see screened at Araluen.

It's Showtime! The largest community event in Alice Springs.

Let's get ready to party, and celebrate the 66th anniversary of the Alice Springs Show! The fun is never-ending: they have show competitions, free entertainment, show rides, trade space, cuddly critters, and so much more. Don't miss out on all the fabulous festivities.

Exhibition 4 - 11 September 2024

Opening - Wednesday 4 September 12pm - 2pm 

This is a Desert Mob satellite event.

Venue: Social Enterprise Hub

15 Lindsay Ave, East Side 

Mparntwe (Alice Springs) NT

Over two years, these digital artworks were created by artists from the multi-award-winning stArts with D Ensemble, in a series of workshops, facilitated by Incite Arts and the Bindi Digital Art Program. Utilising iPads, the artists show how expressive the digital medium can be. With incredibly different styles, these works are truly a must-see. The exhibition is part of the Mparntwe Street Art Festival, these works are for sale in a limited number of prints available through Incite Arts and the Bindi Digital Art Project.

The exhibition opening hours are between 10am and 2pm Monday to Friday at Red Hot Arts, 67 Bath Street and is running until further notice. If you would like to visit outside of these hours, please email communications@inciteya.org.au or call or text 0458 526 338.