- Liam ___________________________ . In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse http://itsoch.hypermart.net KOLA Action Group http://kola-hq.hypermart.net Journey of Healing http://www.journeyofhealing.com .___________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Webcentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:59 AM Subject: [atsic] Media Release: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Centres - their story told in new report >Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Centres - their story told in new report > >An important new report about to be released on Aboriginal community arts >centres, The Arts and Crafts Centre Story , was pre-viewed in Cairns today. > >The Arts and Crafts Centre Story is a series of four research reports which >surveys and documents best practice in 39 Aboriginal Arts and Crafts >centres operating in remote area Australia. > >Delegates at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts >Conference being held this week in Cairns were given a preview of the first >volume of the report, by Andrea Nungarrayi Martin, executive member of >Desart, the Central Australian organisation which began the project in 1996. > >Welcoming the report which is about to be released, ATSIC Commissioner Ian >Delaney said The Arts and Craft Centre Story is a vital document which >will boost the operations and ultimately the success of indigenous >community art and crafts centres across the country. > >"It assesses how centres are currently run, identifies best practices as >well as problems that need addressing, and will develop indicators to assess >centre's performance. > >"Arts and crafts remain critically important "centres" of economic and >cultural life for many thousands of indigenous people and communities. >Particularly in remote areas but also in urban and regional centres too. > >"Anything that helps make our arts and craft centres strong and successful >also helps make our artists, our communities and our cultures strong." > >Commissioner Delaney said the ACCS report is an important new guide and >planning resource for not only arts and crafts centres but also for policy >setting and funding bodies. > >Over four volumes, the report gathers together for the first time basic >information and profiles of Aboriginal Arts and Crafts centres, their role >in communities and their relationships with both commercial and government >sectors of the Aboriginal Arts industry. > >The ACCS project was designed and managed by Desart with the majority of >funding provided by ATSIC, with supplementary funding provided by the >Australia Council and the Northern Territory Department of Arts and Museums. > >Desart Inc is the association of 26 Aboriginal community art centres in >Central Australia, and represents more than 3000 artists from the NT, SA and >WA. > >Media Contact: ATSIC Commissioner Ian Delaney Mobile: 0419 418 336 >Further Information: Gaylene Whenmouth, ATSIC Cairns, 07 4042 8295 > >Craig Sproule >A/g Administration Manager >Office of Public Affairs - ATSIC >Ph: 02 6121 4952 >Fax: 02 6282 2854 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
