Indigenous arts
Its a given: Tracking the importance of private giving and sponsorship to key organisations
08 November 2011
This report tracks and analyses private sector income of Australia Council funded key organisations for the years 2008 to 2010.
Song Cycles
26 May 2010
Research report showing that attitudes, physical distance, training and education are among the significant barriers that prevent Indigenous artists from reaching wider audiences.
art at the heart: conference report
01 November 2008
Around 950 people met in Alice Springs from 3-5 October 2008 for Regional Arts Australia's sixth biennial conference, art at the heart. The central focus of the conference was artistic and cultural exchange and cross-cultural collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and cultural workers in regional and remote contexts.
International visitors and Indigenous cultural activities
30 July 2008
Between January and March 2006, about 200,000 international visitors experienced one or more Indigenous cultural activities while in Australia, according to Tourism Research Australia.
International visitors and Indigenous art sales
30 July 2008
According to The Arts Economy, in 1990, 30 per cent of international visitors to Australia purchased Indigenous art or souvenirs. Between 1990 and 1996, sales of Aboriginal art and souvenirs increased at a rate of about 11.5 per cent per year.
Indigenous Australian auction sales
30 July 2008
According to The Arts Economy, there was a major decline in all Australian artworks sold at auction in the early 1990s, attributed to an economic recession during this period.
Indigenous commercial art galleries
30 July 2008
According to The Arts Economy, in 1996–97, commercial art galleries sold $14.6 million worth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks.
Indigenous attendance at cultural venues
30 July 2008
In non-remote areas, 45 per cent of Indigenous people aged 15 years or over attended a movie, theatre, or concert, and 32 per cent visited a library, museum or art gallery in the three months before interview.
Indigenous creative participation
30 July 2008
About 27 per cent of Indigenous Australians aged 15 years and over participated in at least one of three Indigenous creative arts activities in the 12 months before interview.
Indigenous employment in the arts
30 July 2008
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.
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