Investing in Culture and Local Jobs: Arts Trail Regional Gallery Extension for Tennant Creek’s Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre
22 April 2020
With the creative industries sector experiencing unprecedented change and financial impacts as a result of COVID-19, the Northern Territory Government has signed an $8 million funding agreement with the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation Board to upgrade Tennant Creek’s Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre as part of the Arts Trail Regional Gallery Extension Program.
The major capital works and upgrades at this important art and cultural centre in Tennant Creek include a new artist studio, upgraded gallery, performance and storage spaces and immersive audio visual displays and experiences that share the history, stories, arts and culture of the Wurumungu people and the sacred site of the Nyinkka.
While Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre is temporarily closed to the public in response to COVID-19, the Department of Tourism, Sport and Culture and the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics are working closely with the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation and the Traditional Owners to progress the planning and design of the upgrades, whilst observing required physical distancing and hygiene requirements.
Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre is the second regional gallery to receive funding as part of the Northern Territory Government’s $30 million investment in the Arts Trail Regional Gallery Extension Program which is being rolled out in Katherine, Tennant Creek and Arnhem Land following targeted consultation with recipients.
The Northern Territory Government continues to invest in our regions, boosting economic growth across the Territory’s art and cultural sectors and creating jobs in regional areas and this is critical to ensure the sector can rebound when the time is right.
The Northern Territory Government $106 million investment into building a unique and culturally significant Arts Trail the length and bread of the Northern Territory will also be vital to this recovery and positioning the Territory as a tourist and cultural destination.