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View this email in your browserANKA E-BULLETIN MAY 10TH 2018
Welcome to the ANKA E-Bulletin, April 19th 2018 Edition
This issue includes:
ANKA CalendarArt Centre News
PrizesGrant Information
ANKA Updates, including new ANKA staff
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH: Lyn Yu-McKay, Maxine Charlie, Kerry Horgan, andRhonda Dunne at Raw Cloth with clothes made of Nagula Jarndu textiles during the
ANKA Textiles Forum.
ANKA Calendar 2018May 29-31: ANKA Directors'Meeting, Face-to-Face, Darwin(TBC)June 8-10: Barunga FestivalJuly 9-July 20: Art Worker ExtensionProgram/Specialist Certificate inCross Cultural Conservation &Heritage, University of Melbourne(TBC)July 5: Mowanjum FestivalAugust 10-12: Darwin Aboriginal ArtFair
Welcome to the new WarmunGallery Coordinator Ali Buckley! You
can email Ali onmailto:[email protected]
Munupi and Jilamara have anexhibition at Aboriginal Signature inBrussels, Yati Ratuwati Yatuwati-
Please donate to the Injalak ArtsPozible campaign to print their
beautiful, fully illustrated book aboutthe history and rock art of Injalak
Hill. Donate here.
Congratulations to Mowanjum Arts,who have received funding from
Lottery West to build their interactivegallery space. Stay tuned for
updates!
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One Island One Side- Munupi andJilamara Working Together. More
information here.
Mangkaja Arts have an exhibition atShort St Gallery in Broome, 'Living
Water'. More information here.
Congratulations to all of the artistsfrom ANKA-supported Art Centreswho are finalised in the NATSIAAwards and the Wynne Prize!
Pictured here are Mabel Juli (finalistin the NATSIA) and Phyllis Thomas
(finalist in the Wynne Prize) fromWarmun Art celebrating.
Karungkarni Art are renovating theirbuilding! Check their Facebook page
for updates on the process.
Maningrida Art and Culture areexhibiting 'Outstation', an exhibitionexploring the legacy of artists wholed the outstation movement in the70s to the west of Maningrida. Theexhibition is at Outstation Gallery in
Darwin. More information here.
Expressions of interest are nowopen for the National Indigenous ArtGallery Reference Group. More info
here.
The Grants Hub not-for-profitSponsorship Program is now open.
More information here.
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Charles Darwin University togetherwith the Australian Indigenous
Language Institute is offering twoshort Intensive Yolŋu Language andCulture courses in July 2018. More
information here.
Ngukurr Arts have been doing fabricprinting workshops in Katherine this
week. Watch this space!
Vitalstatistix is seeking proposalsfrom Australian First Nations artists
(solo artist or group) for a newcommission. The selected work willpremiere in Tarnanthi in 2019. More
information here.
The biannual Future Generations ArtPrize is now open. More information
here.
NATIONAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
The AMP Tomorrow FundAMP’s Tomorrow Fund is offering amazing Australians doing great things the chanceto share in $1million in grants. Individuals of all ages, abilities and interests who needhelp to reach a goal with community impact can apply on or before 17 May 2018.More information here.
NT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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Arts NT Professional Development FundThe Professional Development Fund grants offer support for professional artists andarts workers in the Northern Territory (NT) to access development opportunities.More information here.
Arts Trail Regional Stimulus Grant ProgramYou can get up to $100,000 to upgrade your Northern Territory (NT) art centre,gallery, museum, library or keeping place.More information here.
Remember to subscribe to Bite Size Arts through Arts NT!
WA GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Drug Aware YCultureDrug Aware YCulture Regional is a funding initiative dedicated to regionally-basedyoung people, aged 12 to 26, to assist in actively creating, planning, and deliveringtheir own arts projects.More info HERE
ANKA UPDATES
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Welcome to new ANKA Program ManagerWe are delighted to introduce ANKA's new Program Manager - Laura MartinezOliveras. Laura has a decade of experience working in the arts and culture in
Australia and internationally. This includes 5 years in Alice Springs as the GeneralManager of Red Hot Arts Central Australia (RHACA) and more recently as theProject Manager of the Northern Territory Major Events Company (NTMEC),
managing Parrtjima - A Festival in Light, a public event that celebrates IndigenousArts and Culture using the newest technologies in video projection and lights. Prior tothis she was the Cultural Advisor for the Consulate General of Spain in Melbourne. Laura was born in Barcelona, Spain. She has a a law degree from Pompeu FabraUniversity in Barcelona, a masters degree in Copyright and Intellectual Property Lawand a postgraduate diploma in Arts Management. Laura has consulted extensively
on copyright law for the arts in Australia and Spain and volunteers for ChaikuniInstitute, a non for profit that works to advance environmental and social justice by
empowering and partnering with Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon. Laura speaks Catalan, Spanish, English and French.
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Farewell to Interim Program Manager Lorna MartinANKA thanks Lorna Martin for her great work and wishes her well for the future.
Lorna held the interim program manager position for a year over 2017/18 and workedon a number of projects including the ANKA Art Centre Sustainability Plan. She will
continue doing project work with ANKA.
ANKA Textiles Forum
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At the 2017 ANKA Regional Meetings, Art Centres expressed a need for a textilesforum to discuss issues such as licencing and to share technical knowledge. ANKA
went ahead with the forum and it was held on the 27th and 28th of April at theMAGNT Theatrette in Darwin. 40 arts workers, artists, and managers attended from16 art centres, including Anindilyakwa Art, Babbarra Designs, Bula Bula Arts, Elcho
Island Arts, Injalak Arts, Jilamara Arts, Mangkaja Arts, Marrawuddi Gallery, MerrepenArts, Mimi Arts, Munupi Arts, Nagula Jarndu Designs, Ngukurr Arts, Tiwi Design,
Waringarri Arts, and Yarliyil Art Centre. The forum was facilitated by consultant DionTeasdale. Content included sessions exploring licencing, intellectual property, and
off-site printing, as well as a site visit to Raw Cloth and a panel discussion. The paneldiscussion was titled 'Indigenous textiles: a cultural product or a commercialproduct?', and panellists included Alan Keriniauia and Steve Anderson (Tiwi
Designs), Felicity Wright (Injalak Arts), Maxine Charlie (Nagula Jarndu Designs),Karen Rogers (Ngukurr Arts), Tim Growcott (independent screenprinter), Brigida
Stewart (Batchelor College), Claire Summers (Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair), and JayneNankivell (GYRACC).
Out and About: Where are the ANKA staff over the next three weeks?
Christina Davidson-DarwinLaura Martinez Oliveras- Darwin
Frances Grant- DarwinBelinda Foster- DarwinJohn Saunders- Darwin
ANKA Support for Art CentresANKA Recruitment SupportA reminder that ANKA offers the following recruitment support:Reviewing of recruitment documentsAssisting with recruitment advertisementsFacilitation of the interview processes and performance reviewsANKA has also developed general use position descriptions and contracts that ArtCentres are welcome to use. ANKA also maintains a database of people interestedin Art Centre work (interim & permanent).
Confidential, Professional Counselling Support for Managers & Art Centre StaffANKA has a partnership with EASA, which provides confidential, professionalcounselling sessions. Counselling support is available during and after working incommunities (for up to 3 sessions free per calendar year). This service can beaccessed confidentially by contacting EASA:TOLL FREE 1800 193 123 (NT only)DARWIN (08) 8941 175KATHERINE (08) 89411752
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http://www.easa.org.au/No personal names/details are passed to ANKA.
ANKA Phone: 08 8981 6134ANKA Fax: 08 8981 6048
ANKA Website: www.ankaaa.org.auANKA Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/ANKAAA.Aboriginal.Artists
ANKA Staff:Christina Davidson, CEO: [email protected]
Laura Martinez Oliveras, Program Manager: [email protected] Foster, Operations Manager: [email protected]
Frances Grant, Resource and Development Officer: [email protected] Saunders, Resource and Development Officer: [email protected]
Dion Teasdale, AWEP Project Officer: [email protected]
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