Anawari Mitchell Australian, Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, b. 1959

Anawari grew up at the Warburton Mission to attend school like many other kids from across the Ngaanyatjarra Landsat the time. Anawari was an advocate for the Blackstone Women's Centre when it first opened and became the manager.Thewomen enjoyed learning craŌ techniques in making tie-dyed shirts, batik,lino and silk-screen printing,making spinifexpaper and jewellery using nuts from the local flora.Anawari participated in the first tjanpi(grass)weaving workshop at Papulankutja(Blackstone)in1995.Anawari currently works for Ngaanyatjarra Land and Culture at Papulankutja.Her grandmothers country is Kuru Ala,avery important site for the Kungkarrangkalpa(Seven Sisters)Tjukurrpa(dreaming story).Anawari paints stories of whenthe sisters travelled and camped at Kulyuru east of Blackstone and Kuru Ala which is a sacred women's'ceremonial sitewhere young girls are initiated and taught about womanhood.