Tjanpi Desert Weavers was born from a self-identified need for income opportunities for Aboriginal women living in remote Central and Western Desert regions. Tjanpi weaving provides a culturally safe, accessible and creative approach to earning money in remote communities faced with extreme economic disadvantage.
Donations
Each year, Tjanpi generates approximately $200,000 in income for its artists. The benefits to artists extend past individual income and encompass the positive social outcomes that arise from having meaningful and culturally relevant employment that brings women together and celebrates community, culture, and Country.
Artwork sales provide vital income but to fully cover the costs of running the enterprise we rely on modest government and philanthropic funding and donations from the public.
Your donation will support Tjanpi staff to regularly travel to all 26 remote communities spread throughout the NPY region (350,000 square kilometres), purchase artworks from the artists, supply art materials, hold skills development workshops, and facilitate grass collecting trips. On these trips women are able to spend time on Country and maintain their culture through gathering food, hunting, performing inma (cultural song and dance), and teaching their children.
Your support will allow this work to continue, inspiring a new generation of desert weavers and building a strong future for the communities in this region.
All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Your donation will support Tjanpi staff to regularly travel to all 26 remote communities spread throughout the NPY region (350,000 square kilometres), purchase artworks from the artists, supply art materials, hold skills development workshops, and facilitate grass collecting trips. On these trips women are able to spend time on Country and maintain their culture through gathering food, hunting, performing inma (cultural song and dance), and teaching their children.
Your support will allow this work to continue, inspiring a new generation of desert weavers and building a strong future for the communities in this region.
All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Jennifer Mitchell
Papulankutja WA
“When we do Tjanpi work we are working for our families.”