Presentation Topic: Remote Community Issues

ABSTRACT:

Keringke Arts has been operating for 12 years. The artists have established themselves and their commercial arts enterprise firmly through dedication, hard work and their own genre within the indigenous arts industry.

In the last two years their business plan took on a new aspect - youth and the arts. The committee has supported and managed the bush toy artists and musicians of the community. The results of these initiatives have been quietly growing into CDC outcomes and we wish to demonstrate the importance of youth support through the arts and the impact it can have on community and individuals outlooks.

BIONOTE:

Kathleen Wallace is an eastern Arrernte elder and one of the founding members of Keringke Arts and guiding force in the development of the Keringke Style. She is a traditional owner for the Ltyentye Apurte area and her works are widely collected both publicly and privately both in Australia and overseas. She has contributed to both books - Keringke - eastern Arrernte contemporary art and Bush Toys - a Living History. She is a story teller and historian for her people.

Susan Graham has worked on the Ltyentye Apurte community for 4 years. She has been working at the Art Centre for 3. She has worked with community arts in Victoria through dance, music and visual arts at a grass roots level and has worked widely in small business practices. She is a home educator and jack of all trades.