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Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts


Contact Details

Silke Roth
mail@gapuwiyak.com
Tara Leckey
tara.leckey@gmail.com

Website under construction

PMB 18 Gapuwiyak via Nhulunbuy, NT 0881
Phone: (08) 8987 9110
Fax:

Gapuwiyak Community, on the edge of the beautiful Lake Evella, is located 230kms west of Nhulunbuy, in the Northern Territory. The unique cultural traditions of Gapuwiyak life are celebrated in their arts and crafts. The artists are renowned for their traditonal fibre crafts producing beautiful baskets, mats, placemats and dilly bags all made from natural fibres and dyes. They are also highly regarded for their bark and canvas paintings, spears, didgeridoos, carvings and woomeras.

Region

Arnhem

Art Styles

Bark Painting
Fibre Weaving