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Inarlenge (echidna) tea towel

Inarlenge designed by Marita McMillan of Ewyenper Atwatye Artists.

“Inarlenge (echidna). They use their tongue like a winch to get yerre (ant).”

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. These teatowels are 100% linen and available in flax, oatmeal and off-white. Sales directly support Ewyenper Atwatye, with the profit returning to artist fees and investment in future projects.

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 based in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) Northern Territory, Australia.

Categories: Tangentyere Artists

Name: Marita McMillan

Language: Central Arrernte, Eastern Arrernte

Biography:

Marita McMillan was born in Alice Springs and is a Traditional Owner of the area. Her mother's country is around Bond Springs, about 20 km north of Alice Springs. Marita explains that the spring there feeds into the Todd River. Her father's country is Sandy Bore.

Marita lived at Santa Teresa when she was younger, but has been a resident of Hidden Valley Town Camp now for over 30 years. She facilitates painting and other arts activities at the Community Centre such as interior and exterior murals.

Since 2015, Marita has also been involved in print making and silk screening and is one of the people most integral to the highly successful hand-screenprinted products the Hidden Valley Artists have been releasing since 2015.

Marita 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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