Jilamara
- Ochre on stringybark
- Cat No. 23-297
- 88 x14cm
- Mother's Country - Warriyuwu, Bathurst Island
- Father's Country - Goose Creek, Melville Island
- Skin Group - Anjiluwi (Rain)
- Dreaming - Nyarringari (Magpie Goose)
From 2009 - 2013 Francesca Purutatameri served as President of Munupi Art. Francesca attended secondary school at St Johns College in Darwin. After finishing year 11 she returned to her home town of Pirlangimpi. She took various jobs, working in the bank and library and studied book keeping at the Darwin Community College. She then took some time for parenting her baby daughter. Francesca worked for a short time at Munupi Arts in 1993 but left to work at the bakery for a period of 6 months. She returned to Munupi Arts & Crafts and made an impression with her decorated canvas paintings and gouaches on paper. She has also completed printmaking workshops and assists with fabric screenprinting. Francesca has completed her Certificate II in Arts and Crafts with Batchelor College.
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association is located along Melville Islands north-western coastline at Pirlangimpi (Garden Point) and is the most recently formed art centre on the Tiwi Islands. In 1990 the Yikikini Women’s Centre and Pirlangimpi Pottery were incorporated under the name Munupi Arts and Crafts Association giving local artists an opportunity to proudly celebrate Tiwi culture through both traditional and contemporary mediums.
Drawing inspiration from their natural lush environment and Tiwi creation stories, Munupi artists employ ochres, gouache and acrylic paint. Munupi Arts and Crafts are also highly regarded for the diversity of their range of works including painting, pottery, carving, weaving, screen prints, etchings, linocut prints, lithographs and screen printed textiles.
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