CEO Michelle Bell attended her first Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) in Boorloo / Perth a few weeks ago, coming back feeling inspired – and grateful for connections new and old.

Here at Artback NT, development is more than a step in the process, it’s where Territory stories find their shape. On Friday 6 March, a select audience will be invited into that process for a dramatic reading of a new work by Garramilla / Darwin-based writer Alex Edmondson. We caught up with her on the process.

Michelle Bell, Artback NT CEO, shares her reflections on traveling to Taiwan at the end of last year.  As 2025 wrapped up, I had the privilege of travelling to Taiwan as an invited guest of the Taiwan Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP), attending the annual Indigenous Women’s Forum and continuing important conversations with the Taiwan

Thirty years ago, a bold idea took shape in the Northern Territory: that local artists, performers and storytellers deserved to be seen, heard and celebrated on stages and walls across Australia and beyond. That idea became Artback NT, and today, three decades later, it stands as one of the Territory’s most enduring and influential arts

Meet Meissa: Artback NT Welcomes Aurora Intern Thomeissa Mason Artback NT is proud to welcome Thomeissa Mason—who goes by Meissa—to the team as our latest Aurora Education Intern. A talented emerging artist and dedicated student, Meissa joins us for a four-week full-time placement through the Aurora Internship Program, which supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

2025 has been a very busy year for us, with new core staff additions and many shows on tour, we’ve most definitely hit the ground running! In other news though, we are turning 30 this year, and could not have arrived to this milestone without the help of our supporters over the years. Read all

Official Launch: Jingili Song Project – Stuart Joel Nuggett and David Garnham & The Reasons to Live National Tour Haven’t subscribed to our News Letter? Heres a taster! Read all about Stuart Joel Nuggett’s plight to revive the Jingulu language through music with the help of his friends David Garnham & The Reasons to Live

Come and work for Artback NT! We are currently searching for our General Manager with applications ending 30th September 2024. We talk all things RIPPLE EFFECT BAND, recap on their recent NT tour, and celebrate their latest album release – ‘Mayawa’ with an exciting announcement: Ripple Effect Band are going on tour through NSW/VIC and

This month we talk about the highlights of Malandarri Festival, Clay on Country’s next stop, NAIDOC week celebrations and Ripple Effect Band officially kick off their NT Tour! Roni, our Visual Arts Manager explores new partnerships and Shay our CEO goes to Sydney for the National Touring Strategic Roundtable. Check out our July Newsletter here

It’s Malandarri Festival season again and Artback NT wishes to celebrate the 10 years that brought traditional and contemprary song and dance to Borroloola Show Grounds. Malandarri Festival director Marlene Timothy and Remote Events Manager Lia Pa’apa’a worked together in 2013 to build the first DanceSite festival, and have been reunited 10 years later to