THE FOURTH NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER VISUAL ARTS CONFERENCE

Masonic Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5-7 March 2002

PRESENTERS

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Vernon Ah Kee, Queensland College of Art , BVA Indigenous Art Program
The BVA in Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, QCA Brisbane
Topic: Tertiary and other further learning models

David Andre, Senior Project Officer, Visions of Australia, Dept of Communications IT and the Arts
Getting it on the road: Funding for touring exhibitions
Topic: Govt funding bodies - federal

Ali Baker, Filmmaker. Yunggorendi, Flinders University
Transmission of Nunga Heritage through video: Identity like my Nan's Squeezebox has Hidden Folds
Topic: Cultural heritage: access and control - personal context

Bronwyn Bancroft, Bundjalung Nation, Northern New South Wales
Who is the boss of me?
Artist Presentations (2)

Maroochy Barambah, Songwoman & Law-woman, Turrbal Association Inc
Vanessa Fisher, Visual Artist & Storyteller
Public Art process in Queensland - the Turrbal Traditional Owners' experience and perspectives
Topic: Gallery issues & Public art practices

Rosie Barkus
Torres Strait Islander textiles
Topic: Artist Presentations (3) Textiles & Fashion

Richard Bell, Artist
Aboriginal Art. It's a white thing: Blackfella art in Austria

Mervyn Bishop, Artist
Topic: Artist issues (3)

Chris Bonney, Vi$copy
Copyright, licensing and reproductions
Topic 1: Copyright, licensing and reproductions
Topic 2: Whats your copyRIGHTS

Professor Silvester J. Brito, The University of Wyoming
From Hopi Kachinas to Navajo Folk Art
Presentation Topic: First Nations (USA) perspectives: by and about

Michelle Broun, Arts Western Australia
Cultural centre issues
Topic: Govt funding bodies - state

Delia Browne, Executive Director, Arts Law Centre of Australia
Taking care of business: All you need to know about artists/gallery relationships

Alison Carroll and
Ernabella Artists, Ernabella Arts Inc
Topic: Remote Community Issues

Christine Christophersen
Topic: Artist issues (1)

Susan Congreves, ANKAAA
SEE: Marawili & Congreves
Topic: Cultural Advocacy groups and support

Vicki Couzens, East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation
SEE: Darroch & Couzens
Indigenous Arts Co-operative - A working model
Topic: Artist issues (2)
Topic 2: Community arts and cultural centre - urban, regional and remote

Cynthia Coyne, Philosophy Doctoral Student, SAGES, The University of Melbourne
Aboriginal art history and tradition of the West Kimberley Coast: Representations of place, space and identity
Topic: Cultural heritage: access and control - personal context

Cathy Craigie, Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council (ATSIAB)
Topic 1: Govt funding bodies - federal
Topic 2: Keynote Address - Discussing Conference Resolutions

Brenda L Croft, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia
Topic 1: Protecting heritage: export issues
Topic 2: Keynote Address - Albert's Gift: the legacy of Albert Namatjira

Franchesca Cubillo, Acting Director, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Program, National Museum of Australia
Sisters, Yakkananna, Kahui Mareikura
Topic: Public galleries and museums - controlling presentation

Ash Dargan, Larrikia Tribe, Visual Artist, Creative Director
First Breath
Topic: Multimedia Presentations

Lee Darroch, Koori Arts Officer
Vicki Couzens, East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation
Indigenous Arts Co-operative - A working model
Topic: Artist issues (2)
Topic 2: Community arts and cultural centre - urban, regional and remote

Destiny Deacon
Topic: Going places - international links

Lenore Dembski
Fashion the Indigenous way
Topic: Artist Presentations (3) Textiles & Fashion

Julie Dowling, Yamatji/Badimaya Artist
Painting all the way home
Topic: Artist Presentations (2)

Ernabella Artists, Ernabella Arts Inc
SEE: Carroll & Ernabella Artists
Topic: Remote Community Issues

Vanessa Fisher, Visual Artist & Storyteller
SEE: Barambah & Fisher
Public Art process in Queensland - the Turrbal Traditional Owners' experience and perspectives
Topic: Gallery issues & Public art practices

Jenny Fraser, Artist/Curator, Cybertribe
Topic: Ink to inkjet - paper to the net

Ernst Fries, Sculptor
Exhibition of Aboriginal Art in Germany
Topic: Going places: international links

Nicholas Garrett, University of Western Australia
Pathways - Reconciliation and art
Topic: Cultural heritage: access and control - personal context

Ron Gidgup, Fashion designer
Indigenous innovations
Topic: Artist Presentations (1)

Michele Gollan
Camp Coorong Cultural and Race Relations Centre, Meningie, South Australia
SEE: Jenkins & Gollan
From little things, big things grow: The challenges and successes of touring an exhibition from a national institution to regional keeping places coupled with a mentorship program
Topic: Cultural heritage: access and control - Institutions

Susan Graham, Coordinator - Keringke Arts Aboriginal Corporation
Kathleen Wallace, Chairperson, Elder, Senior Artist Keringke Arts Aboriginal Corporation
Keringke Arts - Working with young people and community cultural development
Topic: Remote Community Issues

Ribnga Green, Tandanya Director
Topic: Cultural institutions - roles and responsibilities to communities

Lola Greeno, Program Officer Aboriginal Arts, Arts Tasmania
Topic 1: Keeping culture alive - maintenance and connections
Topic 2: Govt funding bodies - state

Helena Gulash, Manager, Australian Indigenous Cultural Network, AIATSIS
Topic: Cultural heritage: access and control - Institutions

Tamelyn Hall, Representative for ATSIC, National Art, Culture, Broadcasting and Language Program, ATSIC
Topic: Govt funding bodies - federal

Janina Harding
Please leave your whiteness at the door
Topic: Keeping culture alive - maintenance and connections

Sandra Hill, Curtin University
Topic: Tertiary and other further learning models

Gordon Hookey
Topic: Artist issues (3)

Bevan Howard
Inspired by my Grandmother...
Topic: Artist Presentations (1)

Terri Janke, Solicitor, Terri Janke and Associates
Topic: Keynote Address - Indigenous Intellectual Property

Susan Jenkins, Assistant Curator, ATSI art, NGA
Michele Gollan, Camp Coorong Cultural & Race Relations Centre, Meningie, South Australia
From little things, big things grow: The challenges and successes of touring an exhibition from a national institution to regional keeping places coupled with a mentorship program
Topic: Cultural heritage: access and control - Institutions

Trish Johnson, Project Officer, Indigenous Art of Cape York, Queensland Art Gallery
Indigenous Art of Cape York
Topic: Gallery issues & Public art practices

Dr Vivien Johnson, Australian National University, Centre for Cross Cultural Research
Cultural Terra Nullius?
Topic: Protecting heritage - export issues

Dianne Jones, West Australian Artist
Topic: Ink to inkjet - paper to the net

Elisabeth Jones, Senior Arts Officer, Arts Victoria
Esmai Manahan, Manager, Koori Business Network
Stimulating Business Acumen in the Indigenous Sector
Topic 1: Deadly Arts Business in Victoria
Topic 2: Govt funding bodies - state

Phillip Jones, Museum of South Australia
Topic: Protecting heritage - export issues

Francine Kickett, Textile Designer/Artist
History of Indigenous Fashion
Topic: Artist issues (1)

Yvonne Koolmatrie
Topic: Keeping culture alive - maintenance and connections

Esmai Manahan, Manager, Koori Business Network
SEE: Jones E & Manahan
Stimulating Business Acumen in the Indigenous Sector
Topic: Deadly Arts Business in Victoria

Djambawa Marawili, Chairman, Arnhem and Northern Kimberley Aboriginal Artists Association (ANKAAA)
Susan Congreves, Manager, ANKAAA
Topic: Cultural Advocacy groups and support

Banduk Marika, Artist
Mawalan Marika project and native title
Topic 1: Cultural heritage: access and control - Institutions
Topic 2: Whats your copyRIGHTS

Vic McGrath, Freelance consultant/researcher. TSI Arts Overview and Cultural Centre
Bridges And Barriers To Art Development In The Torres Strait
Topic: Community arts and cultural centre - urban, regional and remote

Prof John Vincent Stanley Megaw, Department of Archaeology, Flinders University
Whose art is it anyway?
Topic: Public galleries and museums - controlling presentation

Doreen Mellor
Topic: Protocols, ethics, and appropriation

Djon Mundine, Curator, Former Arts Centre Advisor
Topic: Cultural institutions - roles and responsibilities to communities

Lesley Murray, Midland TAFE
Topic: Tertiary and other further learning models

Rupert Myer
Update on the Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry as it relates to Indigenous arts
Topic: Short presentation

Adrian Newstead, ArtTrade representative
Topic: Commercial interests - whose interests?

National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association (NIAAA) Representative (TBA)
The Label of Authenticity Project
Topic: Cultural Advocacy groups and support

John Oster, Arts Consultant, Desert-ec
The tax system, citizenship and a new paradigm for community art centres
Topic: GST and tax issues - Tax workshop (2)

Rachel Perkins
Topic: Film and video - representing culture correctly

Nicole Phillips, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Boomalli and future directions
Topic: Community arts and cultural centre - urban, regional and remote

Avril Quaill, Associate Curator, Indigenous Art, Queensland Art Gallery
Topic: Gallery issues & Public art practices

Wayne Quilliam, Director, Tribal Vision Photography
Back to the Future: Indigenous arts on the internet
Topic: Multimedia Presentations

Senator Aden Ridgeway, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats
Topic: Keynote Address - Indigenous Arts and Moral Rights

Cheryl Moodai Robinson, Public Artist
Importance of Indigenous Art in Public Places
Topic: Gallery issues & Public art practices

Connie Rovina, Indigenous Research Support Officer, Artworkers Alliance, Far North Queensland
North Queensland Issues
Topic: Remote Community Issues

Dr Brajesh Sawnhey, Senior Lecturer, Kurukshetra University,India
Literature and photography in "Storyteller"
Topic: First Nations (USA) perspectives: by and about

Sonia Smallacombe, ATSIC
Topic: Protocols, ethics, and appropriation

Dr John E. Stanton, Director, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia
Meeting artists and making friends: the role of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology in the promotion and contextualisation of contemporary Indigenous art
Topic: Cultural institutions - roles and responsibilities to communities

Jared Thomas, Arts South Australia
Topic: Govt funding bodies - state

Christian Bumbarra Thompson, Artist
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Topic: Ink to inkjet - paper to the net

Alick Tipoti
Topic: Artist issues (2)

Brian Tucker, Accountant
Topic 1: Tax Workshop (1)
Topic 2: Tax workshop (2) GST and tax issues

Kathleen Wallace, Chairperson, Elder, Senior Artist Keringke Arts Aboriginal Corporation
SEE: Graham & Wallace
Keringke Arts - Working with young people and community cultural development
Topic: Remote Community Issues

Rose Wallis, Desart
SEE: Williams & Wallis
Topic 1: Cultural Advocacy groups and support
Topic 2: Commercial interests - whose interests?

Ken Watson, Assistant Curator, Art Gallery New South Wales
Topic: Public galleries and museums - controlling presentation

Maureen Williams and Rose Wallis, Desart
Topic 1: Cultural Advocacy groups and support
Topic 2: Commercial interests - whose interests?

David Wilson
Topic: Film and video - representing culture correctly

Tamara Winikoff, NAVA
Topic: Whats your copyRIGHTS

Pedro Wonaeamirri, Jilamara Arts and Crafts
Topic 1: Artist issues (1)
Topic 2: Community arts and cultural centre - urban, regional and remote

Felicity Wright, Consultant
Indigenous community art centres: the future. Does the Indigenous arts industry need a development plan?
Topic: Cultural Advocacy groups and support

	CHAIRS:
	Mervyn Bishop, Artist Michelle Broun: Project Officer, Indigenous Arts, Arts Western Australia Cathy Craigie, Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council (ATSIAB) Brenda L. Croft, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia Lola Greeno: Program Officer, Aboriginal Arts, Arts Tasmania Anita Heiss, Publicist, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council (ATSIAB) Jackie Huggins, Director, Reconciliation Australia, and University of Queensland Carol Innes, Indigenous Program Manager, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council (ATSIAB) Djambawa Marawili, Chairman, Arnhem and Northern Kimberley Aboriginal Artists Association (ANKAAA) Karen Mills, Visual artist and Curator, Northern Territory Hetti Perkins: Curator, ATSI Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) Avril Quaill, Associate Curator, Indigenous Art, Queensland Art Gallery Sonia Smallacombe, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Commissioner Preston Thomas of Kalgoorlie, Portfolio Commissioner for Culture and Heritage Ken Watson: Assistant Curator, Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) Maureen Williams, Chairperson, Desart Inc, Northern Territory
	WELCOME, OPENING, KEYNOTE AND GUEST SPEAKERS
	Jackie Huggins, Director, Reconciliation Australia, and University of Queensland: Conference Opening - Introduction Kaurna People: Conference Opening - Welcome to Country Klynton Wanganeen, Chairperson of Patpa Warra Yunti Regional Council (Adelaide): Conference Opening - Speaker Commissioner Preston Thomas of Kalgoorlie, Portfolio Commissioner for Culture and Heritage: Conference Opening - Speaker Richard Walley, ATSIAB Chair Richard Walley, ATSIAB Chair: Conference Opening - Speaker Brenda L Croft, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia: Keynote Address - 'Albert's Gift: the legacy of Albert Namatjira' Terri Janke, Solicitor, Terri Janke and Associates: Keynote Address - 'Indigenous Intellectual Property ' Senator Aden Ridgeway, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats: Keynote Address - 'Indigenous Arts and Moral Rights' Cathy Craigie, Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council (ATSIAB): Keynote Address - 'Discussing Conference Resolutions'