Welcome to Birrung

Birrung Gallery closed its doors in December 2010.  After much reflection, World Vision Australia believes that it can bring more strategic value to the Indigenous arts industry by working directly with communities to provide arts-based training, infrastructure and support.  Specifically, we will be directly supporting artists and arts workers to implement and manage arts activities of their own.  To this end, we have already established an arts program in Wutunugurra, Northern Territory - Epenarra Artists - and we hope to expand this model into other communities.

Since the gallery opened, more than 900 artists have sold through our gallery, and more than $2.3 million has been returned to artists and the communities in which they live.  World Vision would like to take this opportunity to thank our supporters, without whom we would not have been able to achieve these successes.

Thursday 18th November - Friday 3rd December

From Thursday 18th November - Friday 3rd December, Birrung Gallery presented the first ever commercial exhibition of works by The Watercolour Sistas, a group of ten women from diverse cultural backgrounds who attend art classes at Weave (The Shop) Women and Girls Centre located in inner city Waterloo.  Weave endeavours to empower women to enhance their family, community and personal lives by offering support, advocacy, counselling, groups and education programs.  The works in this debut exhibition demonstrated the power of shared artistic practice to transform personal experiences into strong and resilient individuals and communities.

Tuesday 28th September - 16th October

Birrung Gallery was delighted to present Namatjira: The Next Generation, an exhibition of contemporary watercolours by third generation watercolour artists working with Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra 'Many Hands' Art Centre in Alice Springs.

Please go to our 'Exhibitions' page for more information, and please go to our 'Art Centres' page and click on 'Ngurratjuta' to view the works...

Thursday 16th September - Saturday 25th September

Birrung Gallery held its Annual Stockroom Sale from Thursday 16th - Saturday 25th September. 


Birrung Gallery is one of the activities of the Australia Program of World Vision Australia. The ethical sale of art at Birrung supports over 400 Indigenous artists and over 25 remote area art centres across Australia.

We invite you to learn more about World Vision Australia's Domestic Programs.