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.
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Indigenous arts and languages
Kirli Saunders is on a mission to celebrate, share and preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages with...
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Indigenous arts and languages
Reflecting on the importance of reviving and maintaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages during NAIDOC Week.
Indigenous arts and languages
During NAIDOC Week we look at how the Erub community, from Darnley Island on the Torres Strait, is harnessing digital resources...
Photo by Naomi Fillmore (detail) +
Indigenous arts and languages
A focus of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages is to recognise the work underway in communities across...
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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.
Courtesy of Jerrinja Exposed (detail) +
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.
