The Hon. Peter Garrett MP
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
Increased funding for the indigenous visual arts sector
Media Release
8 July 2009
PG/303
At the new Lismore 3 Rivers Aboriginal Art Space, Arts Minister Peter Garrett today announced that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres and arts industry organisations will receive an injection of almost $10 million to assist with building a stronger and more sustainable Indigenous arts sector.
Mr Garrett said 86 activities will be funded by the National Arts and Crafts Industry Support (NACIS) program's 2009-10 competitive funding round including 13 organisations which will, for the first time, receive triennial funding.
"The NACIS program provides funding to art centres to support business operations, employ managers and develop artists' business skills. By building solid foundations, we ensure the sustainability of the Indigenous visual arts industry," Mr Garrett said.
"For the first time, triennial funding is now available to organisations demonstrating leadership in the sector through exemplary arts, governance and business practices. It will enable these organisations to plan for the longer term."
Flagship art centres across the country will receive triennial funding, including Indigenous arts support organisations such as Arts Northern Rivers, Desart and Country Arts WA.
"The 3 Rivers Aboriginal Art Space is a great example of the steps being taken to build a sustainable sector. Arts Northern Rivers, which will receive around $237,000 in funding over the next three years, has used NACIS funding to support the establishment of an Indigenous Artists Advisory Group and develop this professional arts space. It will be used by more than 100 artists in the NSW Northern Rivers region," Mr Garrett said.
"This Government has substantially increased the investment in the Indigenous visual arts sector, recognising the economic, social and cultural importance of the sector to Australia.
"In the Budget we announced a further $9.3 million in NACIS funding-increasing the Government's investment in NACIS by 56 per cent since 2006-07, delivering on our election commitment.
"We have also provided funding for the introduction of a voluntary Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct expected later this year. The code will further promote ethical business practice in the Indigenous visual arts sector by enhancing transparency in transactions between artists and the marketplace," he said.
Details of funding recipients are in the table below.
More information at www.arts.gov.au/indigenous/NACIS
| Location | Organisation | Activity | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qld | Mornington Island (Triennial) | Woomera Aboriginal Corporation | Contribute to the operational costs of the art centre on Mornington Island including workshops, professional development and training for Indigenous artists. | 2009-10: 105,450 2010-11: 106,513 2011-12: 109,390 Total: 321,353 |
| Aurukun | Aurukun Shire Council | To provide for the artistic, cultural and economic development of the Wik and Kugu Art and Craft centre and its artists. | 180,085 | |
| Cairns | UMI Arts Ltd. | To contribute to operational costs of the peak association to deliver professional development and best practice to artists and art centres in the Far North Queensland region. | 95,000 | |
| Cardwell | Girringun Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to operational support for the organisation to develop a regionally responsive and community orientated Indigenous Art Centre. | 75,000 | |
| Darnley Island | Erub Erwer Meta Torres Strait Islander Corporation | Develop strategic business and marketing plans for the organisation. | 32,900 | |
| Dunwich | Salt Water Murris - Quandamooka Inc. | To contribute to the operational costs for arts activities at North Stradbroke Island. | 69,770 | |
| Hopevale | Hopevale Community Learning Centre Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of Hopevale Arts and Cultural Centre to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in the Hopevale community. | 109,943 | |
| Lockhart River | Lockhart River Aboriginal and Community Arts and Cultural Centre Inc | To contribute to costs associated with providing skills development opportunities for the artists of the Lockhart River region. | 137,500 | |
| Mornington Island | Woomera Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to funding for the construction of staff accommodation and upgrade for the Art Centre studio and facilities at Mornington Island. | 400,000 | |
| Mossman | Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Inc. | To contribute to operational costs associated with the provision of Mossman Gorge Art centre facilities, training and development for Indigenous visual artists. | 109,340 | |
| Normanton | Bynoe Community Advancement Cooperative Society Ltd. | To contribute to operational costs of the art centre including workshops, professional development and training for Indigenous artists at Normanton. | 74,850 | |
| Pormpuraaw | Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council | To contribute funding to maintain and promote artists from the Pormpuraaw community. | 65,650 | |
| Rockhampton | Central Queensland Indigenous Development Ltd | To contribute funding for the establishment of a retail shop and a small satellite outlet to exhibit and sell Indigenous art works for Indigenous artists from the Central Queensland region. | 110,000 | |
| NSW | Alstonville (Triennial) | Arts Northern Rivers Incorporated | To support the development and sustainability of the Indigenous visual arts and crafts industry in the Northern Rivers region. | 2009-10: 79,032 2010-11: 79,032 2011-12: 79,032 Total: 237,096 |
| Armidale (Triennial) | Armidale & Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place | To provide support and opportunities for local Indigenous artists. | 2009-10: 76,755 2010-11: 78,290 2011-12: 79,855 Total: 234,900 | |
| Kempsey | Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service | To establish a gallery to assist in the economic sustainability and cultural development of a local Indigenous Arts Industry for the Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal community. | 85,653 | |
| Sydney | Arts Law Centre of Australia | To provide legal services to Indigenous art centres and artists. | 81,907 | |
| Wollongong | Wollongong City Gallery | To develop and promote the works of Indigenous artists living in the Illawarra region. | 69,200 | |
| Vic | Bairnsdale (Triennial) | East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation | Contribute to operational costs for the organisation to deliver programs to the Indigenous arts community of East Gippsland. | 2009-10: 215,908 2010-11:120,000 2011-12: 110,000 Total: 445,908 |
| Melbourne (Triennial) | Koori Heritage Trust | To contribute to operational costs of the organisation through support for the employment of an Indigenous exhibitions manager and an Indigenous trainee. | 2009-10: 157,478 2010-11: 151,274 2011-12: 152,932 Total: 461,684 | |
| Ballarat | Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd | To contribute to the employment of the business manager and operation of the Kirrit Barreet Gallery (KBG) and Cultural Centre (KBGCC) at Ballarat. | 57,600 | |
| Ballarat | Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd | To contribute to the operational costs of the Ballarat Community Arts Program, and exhibition of artworks at Kirrit Barreet Gallery (KBG) and Cultural Centre. | 65,100 | |
| Mildura | Mildura Aboriginal Corporation Inc | To contribute to operational costs allowing the expansion of professional arts practice. | 14,000 | |
| NT | Alice Springs (Triennial) | Desart Incorporated | To contribute to operational costs for Desart,a peak representative and advocacy body, to provide business management, industry advice and advocacy support to artists and arts centres in central Australia. | 2009-10: 420,000 2010-11: 522,800 2011-12: 546,500 Total: 1,489,300 |
| Maningrida (Triennial) | Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the salary costs for the manager and assistant manager at Maningrida Arts & Culture Centre. | 2009-10: 132,000 2010-11: 120,000 2011-12: 120,000 Total: 372,000 | |
| Santa Teresa (Triennial) | Keringke Arts Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of Keringke Arts Aboriginal Corporation. | 2009-10: 125,000 2010-11: 125,000 2011-12: 125,000 Total: 375,000 | |
| Yuendumu (Triennial) | Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association | To contribute to operational costs and salaries of the Warlukurlangu Artists Arts Centre. | 2009-10: 90,000 2010-11: 90,000 2011:12: 90,000 Total: 270,000 | |
| Ali Curung | Arlpwe Artists Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the art centre at Ali Curung. | 120,000 | |
| Alice Springs | Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council | To provide funds to support the operational costs for the Tjanpi Desert Weavers enterprise. | 105,000 | |
| Alice Springs | Ngkarte Mikwekenhe | To provide a contribution to the salary costs for the manager and for operations of the Irrkerlantye Art Centre. | 105,000 | |
| Alice Springs | Tangentyere Council Inc. | To contribute to operational costs of Tangentyere Artists Art Centre servicing the Alice Springs Town Camps. | 160,000 | |
| Ampilatwatja | Artists of Ampilatwatja Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to operational costs of the arts centre located at Amaroo Station. | 90,000 | |
| Bathurst Island | Tiwi Designs Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs and salaries of the manager and the art centre coordinator positions of Tiwi Designs Aboriginal Corporation. | 120,000 | |
| Beswick | Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to salary and operational costs for the Ghunmarn Culture Centre. | 105,000 | |
| Borroloola | Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Association Incorporated | To contribute to operational costs of Waralungku Arts and Craft located in Borroloola. | 120,000 | |
| Darwin | Association of Northern, Kimberley & Arnhem Aboriginal Artists Aboriginal Corporation (ANKAAA) | To contribute to operational costs for ANKAAA, a peak industry association, to provide industry support and advocacy to artists and art centres in the Top End. | 420,000 | |
| Darwin | Tiwi Art Network Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the Tiwi Art Network. | 85,000 | |
| Darwin | Top End Arts Marketing | To contribute to the operational costs for the annual National Indigenous Art Centres Fair held in Darwin. | 25,000 | |
| Elcho Island | Marthakal Homeland and Resource Centre Association | To contribute to the operational costs of Elcho Island Arts at the Marthakal Arts Hub in Galiwinku. | 105,000 | |
| Gapuwiyak | Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute towards the operational costs of the Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Centre. | 90,000 | |
| Goulbourn Island | West Arnhem Shire Council | To contribute towards the operational costs of the Warruwi and Minjilang Arts based at Warruwi. | 155,000 | |
| Gunbalanya | Injalak Arts and Crafts Assoc.Inc. | To contribute to operational costs of Injalak Arts and Crafts Association, located in Gunbalanya. | 150,000 | |
| Haasts Bluff | Ikuntji Artists | To contribute to the operational costs and manager salaries of Ikuntji Artists. | 110,000 | |
| Hermannsburg | Hermannsburg Potters | To contribute to the operational costs of the Hermannsburg Potters. | 90,000 | |
| Katherine | Mimi Arts & Craft Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs and salaries of the manager and field officer of the Mimi Arts & Craft Aboriginal Corporation. | 150,000 | |
| Katherine | Warnayaka Art and Cultural Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of Warnayaka Arts Centre at Lajamanu. | 90,000 | |
| Milingimbi | Milingimbi Art and Cultural Aboriginal Corporation | To provide a contribution to the manager and studio/training co-ordinator salaries for Milingimbi Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation | 105,000 | |
| Ngukurr | Ngukurr Art Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to operational costs of Ngukurr Art Aboriginal Corporation. | 105,000 | |
| Papunya | Papunya Tjupi | To contribute to the operational costs and manager salary for Papunya Tjupi Art Centre. | 120,000 | |
| Peppimenarti | Deewin Kurim Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute towards the operational costs and salary of the Arts Manager of the new Durrmu Arts Centre. | 105,000 | |
| Ramingining | Bula'bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to operational costs of Bula'bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation which supports artists in Ramingining and surrounding outstations. | 135,000 | |
| Titjikala | Tapatjatjaka Art and Craft Aboriginal Corporation | To provide a contribution to the salaries and operational costs of Tapatjatjaka Arts Centre. | 90,000 | |
| Tiwi Islands | Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association | To contribute to the operational costs of Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association located at Milikapiti. | 120,000 | |
| Tiwi Islands | Munupi Arts and Crafts Association | To provide a contribution to salary and operational costs for Munupi Arts based at Melville Island. | 120,000 | |
| Yirrkala | Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre | To contribute to the operational costs of the Buku Larrnggay Mulka Centre. | 90,000 | |
| SA | APY Lands (Triennial) | Tjungu Palya Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in Nyapari, Kanpi, Watarru and surrounding homelands. | 2009-10: 111,200 2010-11: 111,200 2011-12: 111,200 Total: 333,600 |
| Ernabella (Triennial) | Ernabella Arts Inc. | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in and around the community of Ernabella. | 2010-11: 100,000 2010-11: 100,000 2011-12: 100,000 Total: 300,000 | |
| Adelaide | Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of Ku Arts in providing industry development support to artists in rural and remote regions of SA outside the APY Lands. | 90,000 | |
| Amata | Minymaku Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in and around the community of Amata. | 123,650 | |
| APY Lands | Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to costs associated with a regional training and employment project and to provide support to art centres and artists based on the APY Lands. | 85,000 | |
| APY Lands | Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the salary costs associated with the engagement of a men's arts coordinator on the APY Lands. | 120,900 | |
| APY Lands | Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in and around the community of Mimili. | 92,000 | |
| Ceduna | Tjutjunaku Worka Tjuta Inc. | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in and around the Ceduna region. | 99,000 | |
| Fregon | Kaltjiti Arts and Crafts Incorporated | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in and around the community of Fregon. | 135,000 | |
| Indulkana | Iwantja Arts and Crafts | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in and around the community of Indulkana. | 92,000 | |
| Kalka | Ninuku Arts Indigenous Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the organisation to provide visual arts and crafts services to artists based in the communities of Kalka and Pipalyatjara. | 100,000 | |
| Port Lincoln | Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Inc | To contribute to the operational costs of Kuju Aboriginal Arts and Crafts which provides services to artists based in Port Lincoln. | 35,000 | |
| WA | Derby (Triennial) | Mowanjum Artists Spirit of the Wandjina Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the development, promotion and operations of Indigenous artists & professional art centre in the Mowanjum Community near Derby. | 2009-10: 100,000 2010-11: 100,000 2011-12: 100,000 Total: 300,000 |
| Kununurra (Triennial) | Waringarri Artists Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute operational support to Waringarri Arts centre. | 2009-10: 135,421 2010-11: 135,421 2011-12: 135,421 Total: 406,263 | |
| Blackstone | Papulankutja Artists Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the Papulankutja Artists Aboriginal Corporation Art Centre. | 90,000 | |
| Fitzroy Crossing | Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Aboriginal Corporation | To support the development and provision of quality art services to artists of the Fitzroy Valley. | 125,000 | |
| Geraldton | Marra Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the art centre and professional development workshops for Indigenous artists in Geraldton. | 111,300 | |
| Geraldton | Midwest Development Commission | To contribute to commencement of operations of the Upper Murchison Outback Indigenous Arts Centre. | 60,000 | |
| Ilkurlka | Ilkurlka Aboriginal Corporation | To support the operations of the Spinifex Arts Project for Spinifex artists in the Great Victoria Desert. | 75,000 | |
| Kalgoorlie | Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Corporation | To promote the development of the Aboriginal art and craft industry at Wongutha Birni in the Eastern Goldfields Region. | 40,000 | |
| Katanning | Mungart Boodja Incorporated | To contribute to the operational costs of an art centre in Katanning in the Great Southern Region. | 100,000 | |
| Kununurra | Waringarri Artists Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the establishment of an art centre at Kalumburu, East Kimberley. | 47,000 | |
| Newman | Martumili Artists (Shire of East Pilbara) | To maintain and consolidate core Indigenous art activities and services in Martu communities in the East Pilbara. | 230,000 | |
| Patjarr | Kayili Artists Incorporated | To support the operational costs of the art centre in the Patjarr Aboriginal Community. | 74,850 | |
| Perth | Country Arts Western Australia | To contribute to the establishment of a peak body service for Western Australian Indigenous art centres. | 250,000 | |
| Ringers Soak | Yaruman Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation | To support the operations of the Yaruman Art Centre for Indigenous artists at Ringers Soak Community in the Kimberley Region. | 116,000 | |
| Roebourne | Roebourne Art Group Aboriginal Corporation | To develop, promote and market the artwork of Aboriginal artists in the Roebourne Shire area. | 58,112 | |
| Tjukurla | Tjukurla Community Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the Tjarlirli Art Centre. | 70,000 | |
| Warakurna | Warakurna Artists Aboriginal Corporation | To develop, promote and market the artwork of Aboriginal artists at Warakurna. | 144,110 | |
| Warmun | Warmun Art Aboriginal Corporation | To contribute to the operational costs of the art enterprise at Warmun (Turkey Creek) in the East Kimberley. | 19,860 | |
| Wiluna | Shire of Wiluna | To promote service delivery and product development at the Tjukurba Gallery in the Shire of Wiluna. | 58,990 |
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