IACA will facilitate arts development workshops at three art centres: Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre in Wujal Wujal, Hopevale Arts and Cultural Centre and Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Precinct. Photo by Rhett Hammerton; Stylist: GraceLee; Models Mable Daylight, Letisha Gabori, Rhondell Williams, Alma Williams.

This website contains names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Member of Indigenous Art Centre Aliance, IACA. Art centres in remote communities don’t often get the attention they deserve but they are the backbone of Indigenous arts practice in Australia. They will also generate high-quality documentation that will create an important cultural archive for future generations. Each art centre supports its members to create arts and crafts and then markets the products within Australia and internationally. The 2019 edition of Art Collector’s Guide to Indigenous Art Centres received generous support from the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA). Initially people don’t understand that it is a community social enterprise. Many of the art centres in Far North Queensland and across the Torres Strait are incorporated organisations run by a board. IACA aims to foster sustainable growth for culturally strong best-practice Indigenous art enterprises through a range of programs and services that build professional development and employment opportunities for Indigenous artists and art workers, as well as promote Queensland’s Indigenous art locally, nationally and internationally. The Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA) is the peak body for Indigenous art centres across far north Queensland and the Torres Strait. Erub Erwer Meta Torres Strait Islander Corporation, trading as Erub Arts is registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) ICN: 7054. However it is very much like an artist practice.

The 13 art centres that form IACA range in structure and independence. ‘The artists get their 60 percent and then the 40 percent goes back into the art centre into programs and equipment for the artists and art Centre.

Together, the Art Centres work with over 500 artists and come under the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA).

‘We still do that hands on, one-on-one training as well as the group training, and we also provide professional support in other ways.

The biennial guide is available to purchase in newsagencies across Australia from October 2019.

Think you have a better idea? Last year alone, the representation of Far North Queensland art centres at DAAF increased from one to eight.

Seven of our art centres are managed by Indigenous people, which is a record across the country.’. You can also order a copy on the Art Collector website via the button below, or by contacting the Art Collector team direct. ABN 70 592 297 967  |  The National Museum of Australia is an Australian Government Agency, The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians, Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Australia's Defining Moments Digital Classroom, Cultural Connections partner organisations. Lawson Crescent Acton Peninsula, CanberraDaily 9am–5pm, closed Christmas Day Freecall: 1800 026 132, Museum Cafe9am–4pm, weekdays9am–4.30pm, weekends. Professional development opportunities still continue in the form of two conferences the IACA hold each year and ongoing support this body provides to centres that are looking to participate in major events such as the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF).

Art Collector’s highly anticipated 2019 Guide to Indigenous Art Centres is a valuable resource for serious collectors of Indigenous art. Art Collector acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which Art Collector operates. Unfortunately, the recent discontinuation of funding for the IACA has meant a reduction to this particular mentorship program. And you want to bring artists to an exhibition in Melbourne? Cultural Connections will also support the development and delivery of men’s and women’s cultural maintenance camps at Hopevale and Wujal Wujal in 2020.

She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. We advise our readers that while Indigenous art can be purchased from many outlets across Australia, the best way to be sure a work has been ethically sourced is to purchase it from one of the many Indigenous-owned, community-based Art Centres across Australia, or from galleries that source their artwork from these Art Centres. ‘Indigenous artists are no different to any artists, they need development, they need help, they need assistance, they need to know what the right materials are and they need to know how to use them. The commission is 40/60 generally, which is the same as a gallery and is the industry standard.’. ‘It costs just as much to go to Erub Island as it does to go to Paris. ‘There is still a commission system. It’s hard work, it’s long work and it doesn’t just happen overnight.’. ‘It is a complex world, the art centre world. The Cultural Connections partnership is supporting IACA in two key ways. Unlock exclusive industry-focused arts hubs. It costs to have a manager, a building, art materials, and workshops and all of the things they access. Art Collector would like to deeply thank IACA for its sponsorship. And the support is working. Firsthand research in museum collections will help strengthen contemporary weaving and carving techniques and practices.

IACA will facilitate arts development workshops at three art centres: Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre in Wujal Wujal, Hopevale Arts and Cultural Centre and Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Precinct.

Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. The workshops will provide an opportunity for artists to express their perspectives on the arrival of the Endeavour in the region 250 years ago. For those who wish to source original Indigenous works ethically, Bigelow says art centres are the right place to start.

‘Travel costs can be extreme,’ said Bigelow. For less than $2.30 per week now is the best time to join Australia’s largest arts network. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter. The guide is produced every two years and provides a directory of Indigenous Art Centres across Australia, offering insight into the artists and communities that work with them. We provide storage in Cairns, for example, and we support and promote at art fairs and get people there,’ said Bigelow. The arts centre takes a commission because they provide everything. ‘When I say an “art centre”, it’s such a homogenous word and people think of a gallery or anything they can relate to in an urban centre. The National Museum of Australia acknowledges First Australians and recognises their continuous connection to country, community and culture.

‘We had two staff that were highly experienced centre managers from other parts of the country who we employed as arts centre development officers who would go out for extended periods of time in an Arts Centre sorting out systems, studios, timetables, teaching and mentoring managers of which we have many new ones.’. Member of the Indigenous Art Code. The manager has to bridge the very elite white art world and the remote, traditional and poorly-resourced communities,’ said Bigelow. Seen a great show? ‘It’s a place of opportunity for people who wish to join it, run by an Indigenous board and is created from a groundswell of need within the community.’, Indigenous art centres are often the only place of employment for the local people in the community, said Bigelow.

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Developing art centre autonomy.

IACA provides professional development and advocate for the community-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural centres of Far North Queensland.

Do you want to drive awareness of your event to an engaged audience? For two years, the Art Centres of FNQ have been producing artworks for the Belonging exhibition that will open at the National Museum of Australia in mid-2021 before touring nationally. Many of IACA’s member artists feel that traditional weaving and woodcarving skills from their region are being lost. Description.

The cultural maintenance camps will facilitate intergenerational knowledge exchange of these critical skills. Become a member this month and save 20% off your Annual ArtsHub Membership.

It provides a directory of Indigenous Art Centres across Australia, offering insight into the artists and communities that work with them. Purchasing art from an IACA member art centre provides a guarantee that your artwork is authentic and ethically sourced.

The Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA) is the peak body representing art centres and artists across the Torres Strait, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York and the tropical rainforest and coastal regions of Far North Queensland.

In the know? Currently, only three IACA members are run by a local council but the aim is that these centres will also become incorporated and independent in future. Each art centre supports traditional and contemporary art forms that are appropriate for the members to express their creativity and culture and this can include painting on canvas, bark and paper, wooden sculpture and natural fibre weavings.

Art Collector’s highly anticipated 2019 Guide to Indigenous Art Centres is a valuable resource for serious collectors of Indigenous art. The 13 art centres that form IACA range in structure and independence. Manager Pamela Bigelow said outsiders often did not realise the important role art centres play in their local communities. See Plan your visit for important visitor and safety information including a request to provide your first name and a contact number. Pair this with the additional time needed to ship work to art fairs and exhibitions and the difficulty these remote art centres face when it comes to internet access, and you can begin to understand.

It’s there to manage the artists’ careers and develop economic outcomes within an appropriate social and cultural context,’ she said. The workshops will provide an opportunity for artists to express their perspectives on the arrival of the Endeavour in the region 250 years ago.

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