Arrernte Watercolours: The University of New England David Phillipps Collection The Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place is hosting an exhibition of the University of New England David Phillipps Collection called the Arrernte Watercolours. The Arrernte Watercolours was opened by Prof James Barber, the Vice Chancellor of the University of New England on Thursday, 29 July at 6.00pm. The exhibition will be on display from the 29 July till the 17th September.     The Arrernte Watercolours features the artwork of Western Arrernte artists from the Macdonnell Ranges in Central Australia . The artists are among those taught by and following in the tradition of Albert (Elea) Namatjira whose work gave rise to what is known as the ‘ Hermannsburg School ’. The exhibition of twenty watercolours spans the work of Namatjira’s first ‘pupils – older sons Oscar and Ewald, Walter Ebatarinja, Otto Pareroultja and Henoch Raberaba – to a younger generation, represented by Ivan Pannka, Brenton Raberaba and Harold Malthouse Other artists in the exhibition include Arnulf and Desmond Ebatarinja, Gabriel, Keith and Maurice Namatjira and Basel Rantji. This is the first major exhibition of this collection outside the University of New England . The artworks were purchased by the University in 1993 with the assistance of Anna Glover, the former head of the UNE Regional Centre for Music and Drama. The collection is known as the David Phillips Collection in honour of Ms Glover’s husband, who lectured in the Department of Administrative, Higher and Adult Education Studies. The Armidale community is invited to view these extraordinary works at the Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place which is open Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm and on Saturday, 10am to 2pm.