{"id":4951,"date":"2013-10-17T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2013-10-17T12:32:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T01:32:08","slug":"sa-announces-new-aboriginal-arts-festival-and-appointment-of-artistic-director-nici-cumpston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/sa-announces-new-aboriginal-arts-festival-and-appointment-of-artistic-director-nici-cumpston\/","title":{"rendered":"SA announces new Aboriginal Arts Festival and appointment of Artistic Director, Nici Cumpston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4952\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/image005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4952\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4952 fancybox\" title=\"Nici Cumpston, in front of a women\u2019s collaborative painting by the Ken Sisters from Tjala Arts - Photo Courtesy Saul Steed\" alt=\"Nici Cumpston, in front of a women\u2019s collaborative painting by the Ken Sisters from Tjala Arts - Photo Courtesy Saul Steed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/image005.jpg\" width=\"472\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/image005.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/image005-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/image005-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nici Cumpston, in front of a women\u2019s collaborative painting by the Ken Sisters from Tjala Arts &#8211; Photo Courtesy Saul Steed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday 26 September, Premier Jay Weatherill announced the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island visual arts festival to be hosted by South Australia in the Spring of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a series of exhibitions that celebrate the cutting edge dynamism of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.<\/li>\n<li>a curated Aboriginal art fair featuring recognised APY Lands artists and other selected artists.<\/li>\n<li>a national symposium that brings together collectors, exhibitors, academics and arts centres.<\/li>\n<li>an accompanying publication and events program that will provide an additional platform to hear from and celebrate Aboriginal artists and writers, both emerging and established.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The role of inaugural artistic director for the festival has been appointed to accomplished artist and curator, Nici Cumpston. Cumpston, a Barkindji person from the Darling River in New South Wales, was announced the winner of the Premier\u2019s NAIDOC award this year. She is also the first Aboriginal curator appointed to the Art Gallery of South Australia where she has been working as Associate Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and Australian Paintings and Sculpture for the past 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>In her artistic statement, Cumpston underlines exciting developments within the Aboriginal art world and the direction of the festival:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Today, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art is heading in every direction \u2013 no art form is off limits. The world\u2019s most ancient cultures are embracing the most innovative modes of expression\u2026This festival will provide an opportunity to celebrate the ground breaking vision of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.\u00a0 We will be showcasing emerging and established artists who are working within and across mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, woven and carved sculpture, textiles, ceramics, and film-making including animation.\u2019<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This exciting endeavour marks a huge step towards achieving the \u201cambitious goal of making South Australia the international hub for Aboriginal visual art\u201d as expressed by Premier Weatherill.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> \u00a0The festival aims to strengthen South Australia\u2019s leadership in the appreciation of Aboriginal art which dates back to 1939 when the State was the first to display the work of an Aboriginal artist, acquiring a work by Albert Namatjira.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This polyvalent world-class event is supported by the State Government, the Art Gallery of South Australia and BHP Billiton who have invested $4 million.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>SOURCES:<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Cumpston, Nici. \u2018Artistic Statement,\u2019 <i>Press Launch Speech, <\/i>September 2013.<br \/>\nWeatherill, Premier Jay, \u2018SA to host world-class Aboriginal art festival\u2019 <i>News Release <\/i>(26\/09\/13), Government of SA.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">References:<br \/>\n<\/span><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Cumpston, Nici. \u2018Artistic Statement,\u2019 <i>Press Launch Speech, <\/i>September 2013.<br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Weatherill, Premier Jay, \u2018SA to host world-class Aboriginal art festival\u2019 <i>News Release <\/i>(26\/09\/13), Government of SA.<br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Premier Jay Weatherill , \u2018SA to host world-class Aboriginal art festival\u2019 <i>News Release<\/i> (26\/09\/13), Government of SA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 26 September, Premier Jay Weatherill announced the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island visual arts festival to be hosted by South Australia in the Spring of 2015. <\/p>\n<p>The festival will feature:<\/p>\n<p>    a series of exhibitions that celebrate the cutting edge dynamism of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.<br \/>\n    a curated Aboriginal art fair featuring recognised APY Lands artists and other selected artists.<br \/>\n    a national symposium that brings together collectors, exhibitors, academics and arts centres.<br \/>\n    an accompanying publication and events program that will provide an additional platform to hear from and celebrate Aboriginal artists and writers, both emerging and established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[723,832,765,449,582,764,580],"class_list":["post-4951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islanders","tag-aboriginal-art","tag-aboriginal-arts-festival","tag-contemporary-art","tag-naidoc","tag-nici-cumpston","tag-south-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4955,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions\/4955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}