{"id":32349,"date":"2026-02-25T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/?post_type=events&#038;p=32349"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:38:23","slug":"ilka%e1%b9%9fi-lipi-big-sky-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/event\/ilka%e1%b9%9fi-lipi-big-sky-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilka\u1e5fi Lipi &#8211; Big Sky Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Under one vast sky, countless desert stories unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ilka\u1e5fi Lipi \u2013 Big Sky<\/b> opens Friday 13 March at <b>Artitja Fine Art Gallery<\/b> in the Earlywork exhibition space, showcasing the powerful work of the Ernabella artists from Pukatja in the Musgrave Ranges of far north-west South Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Meaning \u201cBig Sky\u201d, the exhibition reflects the idea of living and creating together beneath one expansive sky \u2014 where the land, light and atmosphere are not just a backdrop, but an active presence shaping memory, movement and time. Expect striking depictions of sand dunes, salt lakes, tree bark, sandstorms, honey ants and life-giving waterholes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pukatja is home to <b>Ernabella Arts<\/b>, Australia\u2019s longest continuously operating Indigenous art centre, established in 1948 and internationally recognised for excellence in painting and ceramics. Artitja has worked closely with Ernabella artists for over a decade, and this exhibition continues that long-standing relationship \u2014 with artists travelling over 2,300km to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Opening Night:<\/b> Friday 13 March, 6.30\u20138pm (artists present)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Meet &amp; Greet:<\/b> Saturday 14 March, 11am\u20131pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Free entry | Open Wednesday\u2013Sunday, 10am\u20134pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A rare opportunity to experience these stories firsthand and meet the artists behind them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32350,"template":"","class_list":["post-32349","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"start_date":"2026-03-13","end_date":"2026-03-29","location":"Artitja Fine Art Gallery, 330 South Terrace, South Fremantle ","website":"visitfremantle.com.au","website_url":"https:\/\/www.visitfremantle.com.au\/arts-culture\/ilkari-lipi-big-sky","chinese_title":"","japanese_title":"","hindi_title":"","chinese_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","hindi_translation":""},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-03-29 11:34:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/32349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helloperth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}