Presentation Topic: Artist Presentations (2)

ABSTRACT:

This paper would highlight the major areas of experience that I have dealt with. I have run restaurants; sat on the board of the National Gallery; ran a shop, Designer Aboriginals, Rozelle, Sydney, 1985/1990; was a founding member and subsequent chairperson of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-op in Sydney; and heavily involved with the protection of artists rights as the Chairperson of the National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association, where we established the precedent of Cultural Damages for the first time in colonialist history . I believe that many artists find it difficult to embrace a white concept of selling, promoting their art and It would be of assistance to have the tiered hierarchy of the artworld demystified ,even in the smallest of ways. I am positive that I can illuminate issues for other ATSI people that they may find helpful in their artistic journey .

BIONOTE:

I am from the Bundjalung Nation, Northern New South Wales. I have been practicing and Studying as an Artist since 1976. I attended the Canberra School of Art and completed my diploma on 1981. I am a committed Aboriginal woman and have been involved in many organisations and heavily involved with education and workshops that in some small way may assist in the greater understanding of Indigenous issues in this country and further afield.