Spring Salon is blossoming once again with their exhibition Celebrating Djilba, back for the sixth year in a row.
The South Fremantle's Artitja Fine Art Gallery has been specialising in exhibiting art from Aboriginal-owned remote community art centres for the pass two decades.
The Spring Salon series of exhibitions began in 2017 following an invitation to exhibit in the newly opened heritage gallery space by owner Jenny Garroun.
Ms Garroun vision was to bring the arts into the historic wheatbelt town has now resulted in the hugely popular annual York Festival.
This years exhibition York 2023 is a celebration of the Noongar season of Djilba and the arrival of Spring, according to Artitja Director Anna Kanaris.
"The exhibition was meant to be a one-off event but the response by locals and tourists to the town was so positive, we were invited to return," she said.
"York is a beautiful historic town, with a village feel and a relaxed atmosphere, so of course we said yes!"
Visitors to the exhibition will be met with a display of bright, bold explosions of colour emanating from paintings which depict flowery landscapes and stories of country.
A selection of sculptures, ceramics and carvings from Arnhem Land are also included.
Since 2004, Artitja has built trusting relationships with over twenty remote Aboriginal community art centres, which are the lifeline of the community and in many cases the only source of income providing vital resources for the artists and their families.
"Artitja Fine Art is a gallery itself but without a bricks and mortar building," said Ms Kanaris.
"We are close to turning 20, and our survival in the arts has largely been due to our versatile mode of operation which sees us operating by appointment from our private studio all year around and holding up to five public exhibitions, including this one in York,"
"This allows us the freedom to exhibit in different spaces and take the beauty of Australian Indigenous art to different places," she said.
"We are not just about exhibiting the art; we have always been committed to informing and increasing awareness of the cultural richness of Australia's First Nation's people by enhancing people's knowledge of the art and the stories behind it.
"Our premise has always been in making cultural connections and over the past two decades we have held firmly to that as our way of operating."
Celebrating Djilba has something for everyone, with their wide range of approved, licenced merchandise gift lines, sales of which send royalties directly back to the artists.
