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Ikuntji Artists was the first art center founded by women in the Western Desert Art Movement. In the 1980s, women at the Haass Bluff Elder Care Center began painting. Instructed by their husbands and fathers and often helping them to finish their paintings. In the early 1990s, these women decided to start their own art center. Ikuntji Artists was first established in 1992 as a women's center and initially focused on providing services to the elderly and children in the community. After early e
Papunya Tjupi Arts is a community arts organization originally owned and operated by 100 and based in Papunya, the birthplace of the western desert dot painting movement. Papunya Tjupi artists have built their own unique identity based on the heritage of their ancestors.