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Maku (Witchetty grub) tea towel

Patricia Robinson of Tangentyere Artists.

Town Camp Designs is a collection of products created by Ewyenper Atwatye, Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists.


We are a 100% Aboriginal owned and run art centre. All sales directly support the artists, with all profit going towards artists fees and future projects. 

This design depicts witchetty grub or maku in Pintupi Pitjantjatjara. These white, wood-eating grubs are found in the roots of trees and are a tasty and important source of protein.

The design was created by Ewyenper Atwatye artist, Patricia Robinson from (Hidden Valley Town Camp). Ewyenper Atwatye is the Central Arrernte place name for Hidden Valley, and the chosen name for the textile enterprise established by the community of Hidden Valley Town Camp in 2015. It is a satellite project of Tangentyere Artists. Each year, Tangentyere Artists run workshops in collaboration with the community, and out of these workshops new designs are released at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair in August and Desert Mob in Alice Springs every September.

All Ewyenper Atwatye Artists’ products are ethically produced on high quality, natural fabrics. Sales directly support Ewyenper Atwatye, with the profit returning to artist fees and investment in future projects.

Categories: Tangentyere Artists

Name: Patricia Robinson

Language: Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Yankunytjatjara

Biography:

Patricia Robinson was born in Adelaide. Her mother was from Port Augusta, and her father was a Pitjantjatjara man whose family live in Apatula (Finke). Patricia lost her parents young, and was raised by her father's mother, first in Finke, and then Alice Springs. She attended Yirara College, and is now an integral part of Hidden Valley Town Camp. Her partner is from Yuendumu. Patricia originally worked as a painter and a weaver. Since 2015, Patricia has concentrated on print making and silk screening. Patricia works between Hidden Valley Community Centre, where she leads arts activities, and Tangentyere Artists, where staff receive training and professional development opportunities. 

Patricia has been one of the primary creative and cultural forces behind the highly successful hand-screenprinted artworks the Hidden Valley Artists have released biannually, since 2015. 

Patricia has participated in the creation of two major murals - one at the Eastside IGA (2015), a collaboration between Province of Sydney, as Artists in Residence at Watch This Space Artists Run Initiative, and Tangentyere Artists, both of Alice Springs. The other mural - Hidden Valley Community Centre (2016) was painted on the interior of the Community Centre located at Hidden Valley Town Camp.

Hidden Valley Artists is a program that was started by families from Hidden Valley Town Camp to challenge social and economic disenfranchisement and disadvantage through recreational and therapeutic activities that also build individual and community economic capacity.

Tangentyere Artists is the central provider of arts services to Town Camp residents through Tangentyere Council. The Art Centre also supports development of arts activities and arts programs operating through Town Camp Community Centres and other Tangentyere Council programs.

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