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Artist-run initiatives, spaces, community and student galleries in Australia
A listing of artist-run initiatives, spaces, and community and student galleries in Australia compiled by the visual arts board.
Visual arts: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian visual arts
The Australia Council for the Arts fully revised second edition of its Visual arts protocol guide, designed to help Australians better understand the use of Indigenous cultural material.
The great indoors: developing audiences for contemporary art and craft in Australia
A national study on existing and potential audiences for contemporary art and craft. It also examines audience-related services provided by a wide range of exhibiting institutions, indoors and out.
An innovative series of four articles commissioned by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design on behalf of the visual arts board.
Report of the contemporary visual arts and craft inquiry
Provides valuable insight into the contemporary visual arts and craft sector and details proposals to enhance the sustainability of the sector for the consideration of governments, cultural organisations and the contemporary visual arts and craft community.
Similarity and difference: craftspeople and visual artists in Australia
Explores and describes the similarities and differences between craftspeople and visual artists in Australia.
Copyright and the arts: growth in royalty payments
The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) was formed in 1926 to protect and collect the royalties owed to songwriters, composers and music publishers. The Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) was established in 1979 as a music copyright collection society representing music publishers and music writers in the reproduction of their music.
Attendance at public art galleries
According to a 2005-06 survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 23 per cent of people aged 15 years and over -about 3.6 million people - visited an art gallery in the 12 months before interview.
Number of public art galleries and holdings
At the end of June 2004, there were 160 public art galleries operating in Australia, holding an estimated 2.9 million artworks, according to a survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Government funding of art museums and non-commercial art galleries
In 2006-07, the Australian Government provided $47.2 million in funding to art museums and non-commercial art galleries, according to the Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group.
The five-yearly Census of Population and Housing collects information relating to the occupation and industry of each person’s main job, meaning the job in which a person usually works the most hours.
A report on the first year of a major new three-year study of visitors to galleries and museums released by Museums & Galleries NSW. The report demonstrates the value of galleries and museums to all sectors of the community and puts the lie to the common stereotype of art-lovers as ‘champagne-sipping élite’.
Australia Venice Biennale 2009 education resource
The Australia Venice Biennale 2009 education resource has been produced by an Education team formed through a collaboration between the Australia Council, the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales and the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University.
Venice Biennale 2005 essay series
A three-part series of essays on Australia's visual arts commissioned in the lead up to the 2005 Venice Biennale.