It’s taken over a year to organise the trip for key artists Deborah Wurrkidj, Jennifer Wurrkidj, Elizabeth Kala Kala, Janet Marawarr and Jacinta Lamilami that enables them to see their textile designs in the exhibition, alongside the work of 12 other artists from the Bábbarra Women’s Centre.
Earlier this year, Bábbarra’s crowdfunding campaign raised $35,000 to supplement funding from the Australia Council and Arts NT. The centre also negotiated the lengthy process of getting passports for the artists – figuring out, for example, how to provide valid addresses when the town does not have street names, and when a visit to the passport office means an eight-hour drive to Darwin.
