Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment
- Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment
The Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, Australia, is a cultural centre incorporating museums and a theatre.
There are four art galleries. The arts museum has a large collection of paintings from a large range of artists, including Albert Namatjira. There is a crafts centre, complete with ceramics, stained glass, painting and fabric-working workshops on site. Travelling art displays are a frequent attraction and celebrations, such as the annual Beanie Festival, are also held there.
International and independent movies are shown in the theater, which seats about five hundred. The theatre also hosts live performances of drama, dance and music.
The front window to the arts portion of the centre is a massive, locally-made, stained glass work of art.
The natural history portion of the center, located on site in another building with the Strelhow Research Centre for Aboriginal Culture, displays many locally found minerals, describes geologic formations of the area. Nearby is the Aviation Museam, with planes and radio equipment, which isalso home to the local ham radio group.
External links
* [http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/arts/araluencentre/index.html Northern Territory Government web page about the centre]
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