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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Indigenous arts and languages
The Government will fund 96 projects through the 2018-19 Indigenous Languages and Arts program.
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Indigenous arts and languages
In 2018–19, the Government will support more than 90 organisations through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS)...
![Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program - IVAIS. Martu elder Maywokka Chapman [front] works on a collaboration with her sister Ngarnjapayi Chapman while daughter Doreen Chapman [top] works independently, Spinifex Hill Studios, July 2018.](https://www.arts.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1761/f/styles/grid_stream_medlrg/public/whats-new-839x410px-ivais_v2.gif?itok=iHzZrjFi×tamp=1531717731)
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Indigenous arts and languages
Australia’s oldest continuously operating Indigenous art centre, Ernabella Arts, turns 70 this year and has revisited an...
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Indigenous arts and languages
The recipients of the 2018 National Indigenous Arts Awards have been announced.
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Funding programs
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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.
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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.
