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Connecting Marks &
Country
A
24
week
artist in residence with the artist spending 4 weeks
in each of the 6 designated towns. Participants will
be introduced to research material (collected by
Curator of Koori History and Culture from The
Powerhouse Museum) on traditional and customary
forms of artistic expression relevant to their
particular indigenous nations in the Outback Arts
Region. Workshops were completed in Cobar, Warren
and Coonamble in 2009. The project had a change in
delievery in January 2010 and is now being
delivered by the Regional Indigenous Cultural
Development Officer (RICDO) program in the remaining Shires of Bourke,
Brewarrina and Walgett with weekly workshops to utilise the research
material collected for those Shires. Workshops are
currently being carried out within those communities
and local schools. Art groups already established by
the RICDOs are reaping the benefits of the project
as their works have been inspired by the reference
'marks' and this can be seen in the finished
product. Using the 'marks' also gives credibility
and forms a drawcard for indigenous art investors as
the product is authentic to the region.
Many of
the groups have developed further and have moved on
from print making to painting and carving. Some
groups are 'carving' into the paint as their
ancestors did and producing amazing results.
The project is a great stepping stone for the RICDO program as it
provides the foundations for the development of
indigenous art and the sharing of resources, within
in the Outback Arts region.
The
Connecting Marks & Country RAF funded project will be
completed 30th August 2010.
Schools Out Circus
Skills Program
Building on
the success of circus in the Outback Arts region and the
identified need for organised school holidays activities in
the region this project will seek to build skills and
develop and identify a community circus network which can
continue to foster a culture of circus arts in each location
in partnership with young people.
After last years success the project is
again planned for the September school holidays in 2010.
Indigenous
Visual Arts Special Initiative
The "Living Arts &
Culture" online resource and marketing space for
Indigenous artists in the region nears completion.
The unique site aims to promote but also connect
artists in the region while celebrating Indigenous
arts and cultures - alive in western NSW!
R.I.C.S. Strategy/RICDO
Program
Work continues on the
Outback Arts Regional Indigenous Cultural Development
Strategy (RICS) which seeks to support the development of
Indigenous arts and culture through a number of initiatives,
the main of which is the employment of a "Regional
Indigenous Cultural Development Officer (RICDO)"
Outback Arts continues to source funding to operate this
program that has been running for nearly a decade. In the
last year the position has been split into 6 part time
positions with a RICDO operating in each of the Outback Arts
contributing Shires with excellent outcomes.
OUTBACK ARTS RICDOs
Cobar - Anita Burcher
Warren - Peter Browne
Coonamble - Jamie Lea
Hodges/Margie Pye
Bourke - Bruce
Turnbull
Lightning Ridge -
Karin Thurston
Walgett - Sue Lawrence
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