ABOUT US
CIAF is part of the Queensland Government’s Backing Indigenous Arts program, dedicated to assisting the sustainable development and ethical representation of Indigenous artists, while preserving and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
Key projects funded by Backing Indigenous Arts include: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; 15 art centres and hubs in Far North Queensland; Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art Printmaking in Cairns; and the Building Skills and Opportunities program, which funds projects that help maintain and share cultural traditions.
Art work produced at Far North Queensland’s art centres and hubs, Djumbunji Press and through the Building Skills and Opportunities program will be on sale at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair.
Artists and performers from the Building Skills and Opportunities program will also take part in the art fair program.
For more information on Backing Indigenous Arts visit Arts Queensland: http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/funding/backing-indig-arts.html
Code of Conduct
CIAF will adhere to the Australia Council for the Arts draft commercial code of conduct for the Indigenous arts industry. The code of conduct is designed to strengthen fair and ethical trade in the Indigenous visual art industry. It specifies a set of minimum standards for dealers, agents and artists, and defines terms of trade, rights and responsibilities for the sale and management of artworks. To find out more visit: www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/news_items/consultation_on_draft_indigenous_art_code_of_conduct
View the document (PDF) Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct
CIAF steering committee
Leigh Tabrett
Deputy Director-General, Arts Queensland (Chair)
Michael Snelling
Director, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Jeremy Blockey
Director, Blockey Consulting
David Bosun
Artist and Councillor, Kubin Regional Council
Michael Eather
Director, Fireworks Gallery
Professor Sandra Harding
Vice-Chancellor and President, James Cook University
John McIntyre
Director Destination Development, Tourism Tropical North Queensland
Arone Meeks
Artist
Lisa Michl
Chair, UMI Arts
Val Schier
Cairns Regional Council Mayor
Clive Skarott
Chair, Cairns Port Authority, Chief Executive Officer, Electricity Credit Union
Mike Winer
Project Manager, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Horace Wikmunea Warram (Dugong), 2OO8. Ochres with acrylic binder on milkwood, 44 cm x 1O7 cm x 23 cm. Collection: The University of Queensland.
Courtesy Andrew Baker Art Dealer and the artist. Photograph Mick Richards.
Horace Wikmunea works out of the Wik and Kugu Art Centre in Aurukun, North Queensland.
