• Read more about Dutch team get ready for Bridgestone World Solar Car Challenge at CDU

An international team of students from Saxion University of Applied Sciences and the University of Twente in the Netherlands made last minute adjustments to their solar car at Charles Darwin University (CDU) ahead of the Bridgestone World Solar Car Challenge.

Based in the Dutch town of Enschede, Solar Team Twente made a trades workshop at CDU their base for the last month to prepare their version of the most efficient solar car for the 3,021 kilometre challenge from Darwin to Adelaide – running on solar energy alone.

• Read more about Salon des Refusés 2016

Art works rejected from inclusion in one of the Northern Territory’s most iconic and prestigious exhibitions will be on show at the Charles Darwin University from next month.

The CDU Art Gallery will host the Salon des Refusés, 2016 exhibition alongside the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), which will be held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in August.

• Read more about Our feathered friends

The exhibition, Our feathered friends… the art of birds, is presented by the Charles Darwin University Art Collection and Art Gallery. It celebrates the diversity of Australian birdlife through the lens of artists’ depictions of our feathered friends. 

• Read more about Balnhdhurr – a lasting impression

Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression celebrates twenty years of onsite print production at Yirrkala Print Space in the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in Northeast Arnhem Land. This exhibition showcases the Yolngu respect for clan and country, with many prints relating to the creation stories and Law as passed on by ancestors, highlighting the importance of kinship and family.

• Read more about Colin Holt: a survey

Colin Holt: a survey will showcase the four  decades of artwork created by celebrated Darwin local Colin Holt, who is best known for his quirky and abstract paintings and prints.

• Read more about priNT@CDU

priNT@CDU: Printmaker’s perspective celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Print Council of Australia. We invite you to explore the diverse printmaking techniques used by artists and printmakers in the creation of limited edition prints.  

• Read more about Salon des Refusés 2017

Art lovers will have the opportunity to see artworks rejected from inclusion in the internationally renowned National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) at an exhibition to open at Charles Darwin University.

The CDU Art Gallery will host the Salon des Refusés, 2017 exhibition, alongside the prestigious NATSIAA, held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in August.

• Read more about The Sculptures of Ataúro Island

The Sculptures of Ataúro Island will be presented by the Charles Darwin University Art Gallery in partnerships with the Timor-Leste State Secretariat of Art and Culture, and Timor Aid. The exhibition opens to the public on 16 March and continues until 15 July 2017.

The Sculptures of Ataúro Island presents both contemporary and historical sculptures from Ataúro Island, which is located 30 kilometres north of Dili, Timor-Leste.

• Read more about People Like Us

Visitors can ride a bike through the streets of Sydney or travel through the human blood stream as part of a new interactive exhibition to open at the Charles Darwin University Art Gallery next month.

The touring exhibition People Like Us from the University of New South Wales captures universal aspects of the contemporary human condition in film, animation, digital and creative art.