Aboriginal art under threat

Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.09.07

Brisbane Times
Aboriginal art under threat
Stephanie Peatling and Joel Gibson
September 17, 2007

Article in the Brisbane Times about the changes to CDEP and the potential impact on the Aboriginal Art industry, with quotes from several Aboriginal Art centres.

Quoted from article:

The Federal Government's intervention in remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory could devastate a lucrative industry and leave artists open to exploitation by carpet-baggers, leading indigenous art academics and artists' representatives say.

They want to keep the Community Development Employment Project, which is being scrapped as part of the intervention, because the industry depends on it to support art centres and workers who do not earn enough to live on from inconsistent art sales.

URL: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/aboriginal-art-under-threat/2007/09/16/1189881342944.html

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