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Community arts project celebrated

The Blackstone Ramblers play some music while a slideshow of stills from old projects plays above their heads.

A night of music and reflection at Roebourne Amphitheatre looked back at the past four years of collaboration between the community and arts and social change company Big hART.

Town luminaries Allery Sandy, Violet Samson, Pansy Hicks, Tootsie Daniels, as well as Jane and Marion Cheedy, all spoke about the friendships, achievements and cultural exchange between the two groups and the effect it had on them as well as the children of the community.

Ms Sandy also made dessert with a massive damper well received by the big crowd in attendance.

Big hART producer Laura Harris said the past four years of the Yijala Yala project had been jam-packed with comics, iPad apps, films, music, theatre, dance and all measures of artistic success.

"Those successes belong to the community of Roebourne and the night was about celebrating that," she said.

"Even though the project has ended, Big hART is looking forward to future arts and cultural collaborations in Roebourne, in particular partnering with the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation in their new cultural complex.

"There are too many staff, past and present, to name here but there's been a great many people who've had incredible experiences working on Yijala Yala and we thank the community of Roebourne for their guidance and generosity."

Ms Harris said the project would not have been possible without many supporters and contributors.

"Primarily, the support of Woodside-operated Pluto LNG, through its conservation agreement with the Australian Government," she said.