Indigenous arts and languages
Language and art are essential to the wellbeing, culture and identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
Indigenous Visual Arts Industry...
The Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program helps fund the operations of around 80 Indigenous-owned art centres, art...
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Indigenous Languages and Arts...
The Indigenous Languages and Arts program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to revive and maintain...
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts is a celebration of the Indigenous cultures of the Pacific island nations and is held every four...
Protect, preserve and celebrate...
The Government has committed an additional $10 million to support the revival and maintenance of Australia’s Aboriginal and...
What's new
Indigenous arts and languages
We take a look at the Aboriginal Artistic Development and Performance program and how it celebrates artistic traditional...
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Indigenous arts and languages
Applications are now open for the 2018-19 Indigenous Languages and Arts grants program.
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Indigenous arts and languages
Our new video takes a look at some of the highlights from the National Indigenous Languages Convention.
Indigenous arts and languages
Tell us how technology can or is helping to revive and maintain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in your...
Funding programs
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Indigenous arts and languages
The Indigenous Languages and Arts program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to revive and maintain languages, and to develop and present art.
Carlene West (painting) Amanda Dent (photography) (detail) +
Indigenous arts and languages
The Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program helps fund the operations of around 80 Indigenous-owned art centres, and a number of art fairs, regional hubs and industry service organisations that are at the heart of Australia’s world-famous Indigenous visual art movement.
