Ceduna Arts & Culture Centre, at the gateway to the Great Australian Bight on the South Australian coast, has evolved from humble beginnings in 2001 into an amazingly successful tourist mecca. As it specialises in producing authentic Aboriginal art from Ceduna and surrounding areas.
Go behind the scenes and discover the secrets to the success of the first Aboriginal Art Centre on the Eyre Peninsula. Celebrate the hard work and dedication of the workers employed through the CDEP (an Aboriginal work for the dole scheme) and the drive of local Aboriginal artist, Eleanor Coleman.
A 23 minute Documentary
Nganampa Anwernekenhe series 14
Ceduna Arts & Cultural Centre is based in Ceduna, which is located on the South Australian coast and is the gateway to the Nullarbor Plain. Ceduna Arts & Cultural Centre was the first Aboriginal art centre on the Eyre Peninsula.
The centre began from humble beginnings in 2001 but through hard work and dedication, the workers, who were employed through the Community Development & Employment Program (CDEP – an Aboriginal work for the dole scheme) and the sheer determination of local Aboriginal artist, Eleanor Coleman, together they made the first Aboriginal art centre on the Eyre Peninsula.
To protect traditional protocols of storytelling through Aboriginal art and to ensure that the boundaries are not crossed where tradition is concerned the centre employs Patricia Gunter as a cultural adviser. She is a Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara woman who strongly believes in keeping within the boundaries of tradition and vows to pass on her knowledge and expertise to her children, grandchildren and the people she works with.
