Indigenous Dot Painting Workshop
Indigenous Dot Painting Workshop
5.0 (13)  
Yulara, NT 0872
  • Highlights
    • Connect with Aboriginal culture and the arts live from Uluru.
    • Create your very own piece of art.
    • Complete your own story in painting and take it home as a memento of your experience.

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  • Overview

    Join our fun and organic dot painting workshop that runs twice daily. You will be taught by a local Anangu artist (and an assisting interpreter). You’ll learn about traditional art, symbols, tools and more! Get inspired by the ancient ways of the desert and create your very own work of art to treasure.

    For thousands of years, Anangu have passed down their knowledge generation to generation, to keep the land, their culture and their people strong.

    Through our workshops our artists would like to share a part of their culture with you, so you can learn something, create something and show your family.

    The course does not enable you to do dotpainting on a professional level, but is an experience to understand Aboriginal paintings and culture better.

  • What's included?
    • Our dot painting workshop runs for an hour and a half guided by a local Anangu artist and interpreter. You will learn about ancient symbols used in Anangu art and teachings.
    • You will be taught some introductory Pitjantjatjara words (Pitjantjatjara is a local language spoken by Anangu).
    • Through an introduction to Anangu tools, you will get a sense of traditional and contemporary life.
    • You will get to create, keep and share your own story – applying your new knowledge.
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  • Customer Reviews for Maruku Arts

    5.0

    13 reviews
    Sandi Walsh
    Sandi Walsh
    10 months ago

    My sister-in-law and me were blessed to experience this workshop on 15th March 2023. The guide and artist (Verne) were fabulous. I'd met Vern the evening before, and had bought a painting of 'The Three Sisters'. At the workshop she painted a beautiful 'Seven Sisters' artwork which I also bought. How could I not? I'd spent some of the time sitting alongside her, watching her and chatting. We loved learning more about some of the symbols and signs involved in Aboriginal art, using sand to demonstrate. Once we'd all had a go at painting ourselves (mine wasn't great sadly, but Jenny's was amazing!), we then told our stories that the painting symbolised. Worth every cent. I'd highly recommend this to anyone visiting Yulara/Uluru.

    Hayley Dean
    Hayley Dean
    5 years ago

    Fantastic cultural experience with locals. We have two young boys who also got a lot out of the experience. Wonderful to learn what the symbols on desert paintings mean. Makes you appreciate aboriginal art in a whole new light. Highly recommend.

    Abigail Wilson
    Abigail Wilson
    a year ago

    This was a wonderful experience, learning and understanding about dot painting and Aboriginal culture and about this method as a way of story telling, then getting to apply our knowledge to our very own painting. It felt very calming and therapeutic as an activity, and it was lovely being able to see a local artist at work in front of us, and be able to ask them questions too. Great activity for adults and children alike, and very reasonably priced too.

    Jacqueline Cassar
    Jacqueline Cassar
    a year ago

    This experience was EXCELLENT. We booked it for 2 adults & 2 children (10 & 8) and we all loved it. The lady running it was very informative and the artist on the day was just beautiful. Her artwork was stunning and we enjoyed listening to her speak. If you are reading these reviews to try and decide whether or not to do this tour, you absolutely should. A BIG highlight of our trip.

    Paul Jurdeczka
    Paul Jurdeczka
    a year ago

    We had a great time and experience with host Kane and artist Brenda. They took us through a creation story of the Seven Sisters. We then had a chance to do our own dot painting after they explained the basic symbols and concepts of the Anangu art. Brenda of course put us all to shame in producing her own art in the same time. And we had a chance at the end to explain the story behind each of our art. Overall an awesome experience.

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    • Experience Type: Outdoor
    • Activity Level: Relaxed
    • Skill Level: Beginner
    • Duration: 1.5 Hour(s)
    • ID Required: Yes
    • Booking Required: Yes
    • Please note children (0-15 years) need to be accompanied by at least one paying adult.
    • Child rate applies for ages between 5 and 15 years.
    • Please note we do require a minimum of 5 people to book for the workshop to go ahead as we are a not-for-profit organisation.
    • We have daily dot-painting workshops running in the morning and in the afternoon.
      April–September: 11:30am–1:00pm and 2:00pm–3:30pm.
      October–March: 10:30am–12:00pm and 1:30pm–3:00pm.
  • It is very important to us that you are happy with your purchase. If not, we will fully refund you for the value of the artwork, minus the postage costs. You must notify us within 10 days of receiving the artwork if you are not fully satisfied. You need only to pay the cost of returning it to Maruku. The artwork must be returned in its original condition with all of its accompanying documentation for the guarantee to apply. Upon receipt of the artwork we will issue you the refund.
  • Your voucher(s) and booking information will be included in the confirmation email you will receive shortly after purchasing the experience on Amazed.com.

    If the booking needs to be first confirmed by the host, you will receive your Amazed voucher within 24-48 hours of purchase.

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