Presentation Topic: Gallery issues & Public art practices

ABSTRACT:

The Queensland Art Gallery exhibition Indigenous Art of cape York (working title) will help to redress the lack of awareness by a wider public through exhibiting the rich culture and continuing traditions of the region. Developed in collaboration with the major art making communities of Cape York, the exhibition will celebrate and explore the intrinsic links between artworks, ceremonies, dance and beliefs. Associated with this project an Indigenous Traineeship program has been established for ten traineeship positions and a Community Projects and Trainee Coordinator to work on aspects of the exhibition based on the Gallery and the Cape York region. Importantly the successful completion of the traineeships will produce community members able to organise professional exhibitions and the promotion of Indigenous arts further encouraging self determination.

BIONOTE:

Trish Johnson, BVA, presently a Curatorial Assistant in Indigenous Australian Art Department and the Project Officer and Community Trainee Coordinator for the Indigenous Art of Cape York project. Trish is also a Yamibina woman from Queensland. Peter Denham is the Travelling Exhibitions Officer and the Curator of the Indigenous Art of Cape York exhibition, at the Queensland Art Gallery