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Fast track for indigenous arts workers
Ashleigh Wilson | August 11, 2009
Article from: The Australian
OVER the past 15 years, Peter White's career in the arts has coincided with an explosion of interest in Aboriginal culture.
But as an Aboriginal man in a senior arts role, the 38-year-old acknowledges, with some sadness, that there are very few others like him.
"There's more and more appreciation of Aboriginal culture out there," he said yesterday. "But the difference is behind the scenes. If you look at most major museums and art galleries in Australia, there's maybe only one or two (indigenous) people."
White, who spent several years as an Aboriginal heritage officer at the Australian Museum in Sydney before moving in 2005 to Arts NSW, said the challenge was to attract talented indigenous people to the arts.
"One of the issues is that there's been a lack of leadership opportunities for people to progress their careers," he said.
Yesterday, in an announcement at the Garma festival of Aboriginal culture in northeast Arnhem Land, White was named as one of the three inaugural recipients of a creative leadership program designed to support indigenous workers in the arts.
The program, called Accelerate, was set up by the British Council and the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Culture, part of the Victorian College of theArts.
Winners were chosen from 69 applicants, and organisers plan to increase the number of recipients in future years.
British Council director Rebecca Matthews said the program would help prepare the three recipients for senior arts roles in Australia.
"What we're really looking for is the next generation of cultural leaders," she said. "Often it's very hard to make the jump from administrative positions or as an artist into a senior role in the creative sector."
The program includes an all-expenses paid trip to Britain, where all three recipients will do leadership and professional development courses and explore cultural policy at several large arts organisations.
Another recipient is Torres Strait Islander Alisa Duff, who works in an indigenous student support program at Sydney's University of Technology.
Duff, a dancer who has performed in Europe, said more work needed to be done to ensure the sustainability of Aboriginal performing arts, in particular. She, too, has seen how few Aboriginal people are employed at senior levels. "The further up the chain you go, the more you realise there's a lack of people at that level," she said.
The third winner is Tina Baum, a visual arts curator at the National Gallery of Australia.
Lydia Miller, executive director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts at the Australia Council, said the winners would be given access to some of the world's leading creative minds.
"It is time to see indigenous creative leaders accelerated around Australia and the world," she said.
Article from: The Australian
OVER the past 15 years, Peter White's career in the arts has coincided with an explosion of interest in Aboriginal culture.
But as an Aboriginal man in a senior arts role, the 38-year-old acknowledges, with some sadness, that there are very few others like him.
"There's more and more appreciation of Aboriginal culture out there," he said yesterday. "But the difference is behind the scenes. If you look at most major museums and art galleries in Australia, there's maybe only one or two (indigenous) people."
White, who spent several years as an Aboriginal heritage officer at the Australian Museum in Sydney before moving in 2005 to Arts NSW, said the challenge was to attract talented indigenous people to the arts.
"One of the issues is that there's been a lack of leadership opportunities for people to progress their careers," he said.
Yesterday, in an announcement at the Garma festival of Aboriginal culture in northeast Arnhem Land, White was named as one of the three inaugural recipients of a creative leadership program designed to support indigenous workers in the arts.
The program, called Accelerate, was set up by the British Council and the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Culture, part of the Victorian College of theArts.
Winners were chosen from 69 applicants, and organisers plan to increase the number of recipients in future years.
British Council director Rebecca Matthews said the program would help prepare the three recipients for senior arts roles in Australia.
"What we're really looking for is the next generation of cultural leaders," she said. "Often it's very hard to make the jump from administrative positions or as an artist into a senior role in the creative sector."
The program includes an all-expenses paid trip to Britain, where all three recipients will do leadership and professional development courses and explore cultural policy at several large arts organisations.
Another recipient is Torres Strait Islander Alisa Duff, who works in an indigenous student support program at Sydney's University of Technology.
Duff, a dancer who has performed in Europe, said more work needed to be done to ensure the sustainability of Aboriginal performing arts, in particular. She, too, has seen how few Aboriginal people are employed at senior levels. "The further up the chain you go, the more you realise there's a lack of people at that level," she said.
The third winner is Tina Baum, a visual arts curator at the National Gallery of Australia.
Lydia Miller, executive director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts at the Australia Council, said the winners would be given access to some of the world's leading creative minds.
"It is time to see indigenous creative leaders accelerated around Australia and the world," she said.
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