Welcome to the First Nations Arts Roundtable

Festivals

12 June 2020 australiacouncil.gov.au Welcome and introduction to your panellists

Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin Deputy Chair, Council for the Arts

Wesley Enoch AM Chair, First Nations Arts Strategy Panel Artistic Director, Sydney Festival

2 First Nations Arts Roundtable Key Focus

• Connect • Share • Ideas • Networks • Navigate

Tracks Dance Company. 2019 Milpirri Jurntu. Male dancer Tarkyn Japangardi Tasman. Credit: Peter Eve. 3 Agenda​

• Housekeeping

• Key themes arising from last week’s webinar

• Guests - Franchesca Cubillo - Sarah Bell - Nici Cumpston, OAM

• Resources – industry, website, facebook

• Next Roundtable

4 Housekeeping​

5 Badu Gilli, Sydney Opera House. Artist: Alick Tipoti. Credit: Daniel Boud. Key issues and questions arising from last week’s webinar • Sienna Mayutu Wurmurri Stubbs spoke of the work she does with the Mulka Project, documenting historical material and footage, while also providing opportunities to create new works using current technoologies such as AR and VR. Siena spoke of the Mula Project work Watami Manikay showing at the Art Gallery of NSW as part of the Biennale of Sydney. Siena also discussed her enrolment in a Bachelor of Communication at QUT, and her passion to work with, and give back to her community in Yirrkala. • Emily Johnson spoke about her role at Carriageworks, as Program Coordinator of the Solid Ground project, which is an art education program, working with young people in schools. Solid Ground focuses on youth education, but also provides a paid platform for the teaching artists, allowing for a two-way learning process. Emily also gave an overview of her social media presence, and visual arts practice and how she explores her own lived experience through these mediums, which she described as “political activism through art”. • Rhyan Clapham (Dobby) spoke of his honor at receiving the Australia Council’s First Nations Emerging Career Development Award, and the project Marshmallow which he will be working on as a result of the award. Rhyan also discussed his growth as an artist and the connection between music, culture and family – and his use of music to connect with a culture he didn’t grow up knowing about. Rhyan spoke about the effects of COVID-19 on his music, home and work, and how it has forced him to take some breathing space to connect with his family, and country in Brewarrina.

6 7 Guest panellists Franchesca Cubillo Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia & Chair, Darwin Aboriginal Art Foundation (DAAF)

Sarah Bell First Nations Lead Associate Producer, ILBIJERRI Theatre and the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM)

Nici Cumpston, OAM Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of Artistic Director, Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art

8 Franchesca Cubillo Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia & Chair, Darwin Aboriginal Art Foundation (DAAF)

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Image credit: Saul Steed

Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art

Tarnanthi (tar-nan-dee) a word from the traditional owners of the Plains Meaning: to come forth or appear, as in the first emergence of light

Guiding Principles • Let the artist’s voice shine • Open mind and open heart • Challenge perceptions • Artistic excellence • Grow, share, respect Tarnanthi 2019 Launch – Thursday 17 October, 6pm

Image: John Montesi. Tarnanthi at a glance

Since Tarnanthi launched on the national stage in 2015:

1.3 million people have attended Tarnanthi exhibitions and events. 20,000 people have attended the Tarnanthi Art Fair generating $3.4 million in sales direct to artists and art centres. Nearly 4000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists have been supported to create and exhibit their works of art. Supporting an increase of 14% of artists who are now represented in the State’s collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, providing important pathways for future representation and inclusion in other prestigious opportunities. Nearly 23,000 students and teachers have attended Tarnanthi exhibitions at AGSA. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Classroom

Photo: Mimi Crowe Tutini Tiwi artists

Tutini, earth pigments on wood; Courtesy Jilamara Arts, Ngaruwanajirri Arts and Munupi Arts Tarnanthi Art Fair Ngaityalya

Thank you Panel discussion

30 Bangarra, 30 Years of Sixty-Five Thousand, ‘To Make Fire’. Sydney Opera House. Credit: Daniel Boud. 2020 Cherish Fund for First Nations

Round open: Tuesday 9 June 2020, 10am (AEST)

Closing date: Monday 15 June 2020, 12pm (AEST)

Includes three streams:  Living Libraries: supporting our cultural knowledge  Creative Practice: supporting artistic creative expression  Creative Workforce: supporting our arts workers in the digital world

Check Australia Council website www.australiacouncil.gov.au email [email protected] Grants update Our Response Package, at this stage, includes:

Reporting and Adjustments to Suspending current other grant Four Year Funding investment programs conditions relief 2021-2024 and introducing new ones

Online First Nations Sector learning support roundtables series

Digital Sector Research and analysis to support development identify immediate and long initiatives term impacts of COVID-19 on Australia’s cultural sector Contact your Grants Officer at the Australia Council or email [email protected] Legal advice contact: Arts Law Centre of Australia 02 9356 2566 or www.artslaw.com.au Resources Australia Council website www.australiacouncil.gov.au/ www.australiacouncil.gov.au/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander- arts/First-nations-roundtables/ www.australiacouncil.gov.au/programs-and-resources/creative- connections/

COVID-19 information https://www.australia.gov.au/ https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus

Facebook Groups Arts and creative industries: digital support 33 Australian Arts amidst COVID-19 Resources

Lotterywest COVID- 19 Grants www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/lotterywest/covid- 19/covid-19-grants

Theatre Network Australia (TNA) Crisis Cash - $1000 for independents www.tna.org.au/1000-x-1000-crisis-cash-for-indies/ Click ‘Request Support’ Designed to support artists who don’t have access to financial support (via JobKeeper, JobSeeker, family or savings) 34 Resources

Beyond Blue and links to other national help lines https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/national-help-lines-and- websites

Resources in Indigenous languages: https://covid-19-indigenous-languages-translations.dropmark.com/793396

Resources in English aimed at Indigenous communities in remote areas https://covid-19-indigenous-languages-translations.dropmark.com/793398

35 Next Roundtable Friday 19 June 2020 2pm – 3.30pm, AEST Signature Works - Andrea James - Zane Saunders - Gina Williams

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