Indigenous arts and languages
Language and art are essential to the wellbeing, culture and identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website may contain images and voices of deceased people.
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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The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019) to raise awareness of the crucial role languages play in people’s daily lives.
The Government supports the repatriation of ancestral remains and secret sacred objects to their communities of origin to help promote healing and reconciliation.
Funding is available through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program and the Indigenous Languages and Arts program.
What's new
Indigenous arts and languages
Community-based organisations can now apply for funding through the 2020-21 Indigenous Languages and Arts program open...
Indigenous arts and languages
A small Indigenous community from Cape York is gaining notoriety for its creative use of rubbish.
Indigenous arts and languages
‘In the same way the butterfly emerges from the cocoon, we are now witnessing a beautiful renaissance of language through song’...
Indigenous arts and languages
Indigenous artist Sid Bruce Short Joe speaks nine Indigenous languages, but the Pormpuraaw Elder says there is one English word...
Funding programs
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Indigenous arts and languages
The Indigenous Languages and Arts (ILA) program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to express, preserve and maintain their cultures through languages and arts activities around Australia.
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.
