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Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Awards
Nominations are now open for the third Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Awards which recognise the valuable work that volunteers contribute to the artistic and cultural lives of their communities. Arts NT is now seeking Northern Territory nominees for the 2012 Awards.
Northern Territory artist and arts worker Franca Barraclough was awarded the Sustained Contribution Award in 2010 in recognition of her outstanding commitment and contribution to the development of the arts as well as her focus on the celebration of Central Australian artists.
It is well recognised across the arts community that volunteers play a vital role in delivering art and cultural events across Australia, without volunteers the arts and cultural sector would literally come to a standstill. RAA wishes to recognise this valuable workforce by acknowledging exemplary volunteer leadership over the past 2 years.
The Awards aim to recognise, reward and encourage regionally-based arts and cultural volunteers who have made a substantial contribution to the arts in regional communities across Australia.
The Regional Arts Australia Volunteer Awards Program is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body, through its Community Partnerships section.
If you know of a Territory artist or arts worker and volunteer who has shown outstanding leadership in the arts, we encourage you to nominate now!
Nominations close 31 May 2012 and nomination forms are available (including full terms and conditions) from www.regionalarts.com.au
Artists head to bush schools in the Northern Territory
Artists will be placed in remote schools around the Northern Territory as part of an
$800 000 initiative to boost students’ confidence, creativity and inter-personal skills.
Federal Minister for School Education Peter Garrett and Northern Territory Minister for Arts and Museums Gerry McCarthy announced the joint initiative, with the Gillard Government committing $500 000 and the Northern Territory Government committing $300 000. - View Media Release
Funding injection for Territory arts
Member for Fannie Bay, Michael Gunner announced that Territory arts organisations would share in more than $6 million dollars in grants under the latest round of NT Arts Programs and Services Funding. - View Media Release
Twelve Territory Arts Projects given the green light through 2011 Regional Arts Fund
The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, Local Government and the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean MP, has announced $183,920 to twelve Northern Territory applicants under the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund (RAF).
Funding will support four activities to take place in the very remote communities of Nhulunbuy, Oenpelli, Alyangula and Tennant Creek. Seven activities were supported from Alice Springs, Katherine and Ntaria and two from Darwin.
The successful applicants will be working across a broad range of art forms including music, theatre, dance, radio, weaving, printmaking and storytelling.
For more detailed information, see the full list of grant recipients.
Being a Territory - schools digital art competition for centenary year 2011
Being a Territory; schools digital art competition for centenary year 2011 invited all schools across the Northern Territory to use digital arts to explore changes that have shaped their Territory. The centenary theme – 100 years of the Territory, more than 50,000 years of stories – encouraged Territory students to present their own view of the events, themes, places and people who have contributed to the communities story.
The 5 school winners of the competition, announced in May 2011, worked with experienced digital arts practitioners in an Artist-in-Schools initiative. A compilation of their artworks were presented in outdoor places during the Darwin Festival in August and Alice Desert Festival in September. Arts NT, Darwin Community Arts, Red Hot Arts Central Australia and Charles Darwin University (School of Creative Arts and Humanities) contributed to the project with assistance from the Department of Education and Training and the Northern Territory Library.
The Being a Territory collection of artworks and images of the public presentations is now available on the Territory Stories website of the Northern Territory Library. This digital repository holds a variety of digital records representing an incredible diversity of stories about the Territory. To have a look follow the link: www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/232661
Schools will use the Being a Territory collection to demonstrate a variety of approaches to the project’s themes and innovative use of digital production techniques. Being a Territory is a snapshot in time showing how young Territorians saw the development of their Territory in centenary year 2011, and their visions for the future.