Ku Arts Symposium Program Schedule 2019
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SYMPOSIUM Strong arts, strong culture, strong communities W E D N E S D A Y 1 6 T H O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9 1 0 : 0 0 A M - 4 : 0 0 P M E L D E R H A L L , U N I V E R S I T Y O F A D E L A I D E , N O R T H T E R R A C E , A D E L A I D E SCHEDULE 9 : 3 0 A M REGISTRATION 1 0 : 0 0 A M WELCOME TO COUNTRY – JACK BUCKSKIN 1 0 : 1 0 A M WELCOME FROM KU ARTS CHAIR DAVID MILLER & CEO MARIE FALCINELLA 1 0 : 2 0 A M OPENING ADDRESS FROM JENNIFER LAYTHER, DIRECTOR, ARTS SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 0 : 3 0 A M TARNANTHI FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ART- NICI CUMPSTON 1 1 : 0 0 A M ARALYA PROJECT - NINUKU ARTS 1 1 : 3 0 A M NEXT GENERATION ART PROJECTS - ERNABELLA ARTS 1 2 : 0 0 P M NO BLACK SEAS - ARTS CEDUNA 1 2 : 3 0 P M LUNCH 1 : 0 0 P M IWIRI CHOIR PERFORMANCE 1 : 3 0 P M GUILDHOUSE CATAPULT + TARNANTHI MENTORSHIP - SANDRA SAUNDERS, JESS WALLACE & DEBBIE PRYOR 2 : 0 0 P M STATEWIDE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY ARTS DEVELOPMENT (SICAD) PROJECT 2 : 3 0 P M RUNNING A DEADLY DESIGN BUSINESS - RACHEAL SARRA FROM SAR.RA 3 : 0 0 P M WHAT ARTISTS ARE ASKING - PANEL AND Q&A WITH – STEPHANIE PARKIN (COPYRIGHT AGENCY), MATT WARD (OUTSTATION GALLERY), GABRIELLE SULLIVAN (INDIGENOUS ART CODE LIMITED) 3 : 3 0 P M CLOSE PRESENTERS ARTS CEDUNA Arts Ceduna is situated at the Ceduna Aboriginal Arts & Cultural Centre, which supports 130 artists in the Far West Coast region of South Australia from communities including Koonibba, Scotdesco, Yalata and Oak Valley. No Black Seas is their exhibition for TARNANTHI exhibiting at ACE Open. Presenters Sherrie Jones and Collette Gray. DEBBIE PRYOR Trained in ceramics and glass, Debbie Pryor is an Adelaide based artist, curator and writer. She has worked across Adelaide, Sydney and Victoria since 2000; running galleries and programs at key craft and design institutions. As Guildhouse Artistic Programs Manager she champions the voice of the artist and programs opportunities around studio and professional development. DRE NGATOKORUA (MC Dre is a broadcaster at Umeewarra media) and aspiring DJ, he is the youngest member of the team and the host of the Straight Out Show. His shows give focus to youth issues and voice to young people in the Port Augusta community. Dre works across many aspects of media and is also an emerging photographer and filmmaker. ERNABELLA ARTS Ernabella Arts is Australia’s oldest art centre and is located in Pukatja Community, APY Lands. With strong practice across both their painting and ceramic studios, Ernabella Arts have been exploring new ways of creating and storytelling to engage a younger generation of artists. Presenters Alison Milyika Carroll and Mel George. Image: Anne Thompson, Elizabeth Dunn, Melissa Thompson, Marissa Thompson, Alison Milyika Carroll, Imitjala Lewis, Image courtesy of Ernabella Arts Inc GABRIELLE SULLIVAN Gabrielle Sullivan is the CEO of the Indigenous Art Code (IartC) where she works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists across Australia as well as dealer members of the IartC. Prior to her role as CEO of the IartC, Gabrielle was the inaugural manager of Martumili Artists in East Pilbara Region of WA, establishing the art centre with the artists from the Martu communities of the East Pilbara. PRESENTERS IWIRI Iwiri was established in 2018 to acknowledge continuing connections to Country, cultural heritage and family by Anangu living in Adelaide. JACK BUCKSKIN (WELCOME TO COUNTRY) Jack is a Kaurna and Narrunga man, whose homelands include the Yorke Peninsula and the greater Adelaide plains area. Jack is a Cultural Mentor at Tauondi Aboriginal College in Port Adelaide and is the Principal Consultant/Manager of Kuma Kaaru Aboriginal Dance Group. JESS WALLACE Jess Wallace the Guildhouse Catapult + Tarnanthi mentor and is a filmmaker and writer with a background in visual arts. She lives in Nhulunbuy with her family. MATT WARD Matt Ward is the Director of Outstation Gallery, Darwin. He established the gallery in 2008 after many years of experience in the Indigenous art industry, working for and in conjunction with Indigenous communities, their art centres and Indigenous arts peak bodies. NICI CUMPSTON Tarnanthi is led by Artistic Director Nici Cumpston, the Art Gallery of South Australia’s Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. Of Afghan, English, Irish and Barkindji heritage, Nici is a descendant of the Darling River people of northern NSW and is culturally affiliated with the River Murray people in South Australia. PRESENTERS NINUKU ARTS Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 in Kalka community, APY Lands. The Aralya Project is an intergenerational artistic and cultural expedition forged by artist, cultural leader, and Ngangkari healer, Josephine Watjari Mick. Aralya is exhibited at Light Square Gallery for TARNANTHI. Presenters Josephine Mick David Miller and Mandi King. Image: David Miller and Josephine Mick, Aralya Project, APY Lands. Photo by Meg Hansen, courtesy of Ninuku Arts RACHAEL SARRA Rachael Sarra is an artist and designer whose work is an extension of her being and experiences. As a contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng Country, Rachael uses art as a powerful tool in storytelling to educate and share Aboriginal culture and its evolution. Rachael’s work often challenges and explores the themes of societies perception of what Aboriginal art and identity is. SANDRA SAUNDERS Sandra Saunders is a Ngarrindjeri artist and activist. A champion of Aboriginal rights, she was a vocal leader of the protests over the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Through her paintings, Saunders communicates historic narratives and continued resistance to colonisation. STATEWIDE COMMUNITY ARTS DEVELOPMENT (SICAD) PROJECT The Statewide Indigenous Community Arts Development (SICAD) project is a Ku Arts initiative. SICAD strives for arts outcomes that are culturally positive and of benefit to wider regional communities by supporting Aboriginal leadership, project ownership and community wellbeing through the arts. Artists Mickey Barlow, Cedric Varcoe, Marli McCumba and Lavene Ngatokorua talk about their recent SICAD professional development experience in Darwin. STEPHANIE PARKIN Stephanie Parkin belongs to the Quandamooka People of Minjerribah (Nth Stradbroke Island) and is currently the Indigenous Engagement Manager at the Copyright Agency, assisting artists with licensing and resale royalties. Stephanie is a board member of the Indigenous Art Code and also completing research at QUT on the issue of fake Aboriginal art and craft products in the souvenir market. s t r A u k u n i N f o y s e t r u o c , n e s n a H g e M y b o t o h P . s d n a L Y P A , t c e j o r P a y l a r A , k c i M e n i h p e s o J ABOUT KU ARTS Ku Arts is the South Australian support organisation for Aboriginal art centres and artists. We have a twenty-year history of providing advocacy, support services, creative skills and professional development opportunities for artists and arts workers across all stages of their careers in support of a strong and vibrant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts sector. Email: [email protected] / Phone: 08 8227 2788 / www.kuarts.com.au .