Home

Recurring Projects
Current Projects
Planned Projects
Past Projects
Feedback

Current Projects


Water Marks

Winners Announced... Click Here for more info

For more information email rado@outbackarts.com.au


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

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring Projects

CASP Country Arts Support Program
Creative Volunteering
ArtStart Youth Arts & Skills Program
Gatineau Jackson Collection
Outback Arts Cultural Fund
WPCC Regional Art Space

Current Projects

Water Marks
Connecting Marks & Country
RICS Strategy/RICDO Program
Indig Visual Arts Special Initiative