Arts Worker Extension Program
Art Centres do more than just make and sell art. They are keeping places of cultural knowledge and language, and they are the beating heart of the communities that own them.
We have a plan - ANKA’s Arts Worker Extension Program
The Arts Worker Extension Program (AWEP) is a professional development program that provides skill development and networking opportunities, and opens up pathways to university level training for Aboriginal arts workers. The program is offered across the Northern Territory and Kimberley regions by the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKA).
The 2018 AWEP Graduate team flew to Melbourne recently for conservation training at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne. We joined them to record their experiences of the program.
Welcome! - This is Buffy. He’s from the Tiwi Islands. If you visit Tiwi Designs on Bathurst Island, this big smile is the first thing you’ll see when you step off the ferry.
Climbing the furniture - The Grimwade Centre, Melbourne University.
“Alex is adept at working with people from diverse backgrounds, committed to telling original, powerful and engaging stories and delivering professional outcomes”
— Dion Teasdale - Art Centre Consultant