Program 2017–18 funding recipients The IVAIS program, administered by the Department of Communications and the Arts, provides base operational support to around 80 Indigenous-owned art centres, as well as a number of industry service organisations, regional hubs and art fairs across Australia. These organisations provide professional opportunities for over 8,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual artists and employment for around 350 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts workers, most living in remote communities. All figures below are GST exclusive. Australian Capital Territory Organisation name Activity description 2017–18 funding amount Burrunju Aboriginal Corporation To support Burrunju Aboriginal Corporation to provide visual arts services to artists based in the Canberra region. $100,000 New South Wales Organisation name Activity description 2017–18 funding amount Armidale and Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place Incorporated To support the Armidale and Regional Aboriginal Cultural Centre to provide visual arts services to artists in the Armidale region. $80,000 Arts Northern Rivers Incorporated To support Arts Northern Rivers to provide visual arts services to artists in the Northern Rivers region. $110,000 Arts Out West Incorporated To support Arts Out West to provide visual arts services to artists based in Central West New South Wales. $80,000 Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service To support the Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery to provide visual arts services to artists based in the Dunghutti region including the town of Kempsey. $100,000 Northern Territory Organisation name Activity description 2017–18 funding amount Arlpwe Artists Aboriginal Corporation To support Arlpwe Artists to provide services to visual artists based in the Ali-Curung community and engage Indigenous arts workers. $405,000 Artists of Ampilatwatja Aboriginal Corporation To support Artists of Ampilatwatja to provide visual arts services to artists based in the Ampilatwatja community and engage Indigenous arts workers. $176,430
Tjungu Palya Aboriginal Corporation To support Tjungu Palya to provide services to visual artists based in the Nyapari, Kanpi, Watarru and surrounding homelands and engage Indigenous arts workers. $208,432 Victoria Organisation name Activity description 2017–18 funding amount Aboriginal Corporation for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Indigenous Artists To support Arts to provide visual arts services to artists based in the Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and South East Melbourne region of Victoria. $100,000 Gallery Kaiela Incorporated To support Gallery Kaiela to provide visual arts services to artists in the Shepparton (Kaiela Dhungala) region. $70,000 Koorie Heritage Trust Incorporated To support Koorie Heritage Trust to provide visual arts services to artists based in Victoria. $70,000 Western Australia Organisation name Activity description 2017–18 funding amount Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia Aboriginal Corporation (AACHWA) To support AACHWA to provide business development, training and advocacy for Indigenous art centres and artists in Western Australia. $258,000 City of Bunbury To support Bunbury Regional Art Galleries to develop and deliver a program of activities for Noongar artists based in the south-west of Western Australia, in consultation with partner organisations. $80,000 Department of Culture and the Arts (Government of Western Australia) To contribute to the delivery of the Revealed Emerging Artist’s Showcase event, which promotes Indigenous visual art, and supports the professional development of Indigenous artists and arts workers in Western Australia. $90,000 FORM Building a state of creativity Incorporated To support FORM to provide visual arts services to artists based in the Port Hedland region through Spinifex Hill Artists. $110,000 Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Aboriginal Corporation To support Mangkaja Arts to provide visual arts services to artists based in the Fitzroy Crossing region, Western Australia and engage Indigenous arts workers. $242,860