Program overview
Protect, promote, revitalise and maintain Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal traditions and cultural heritage.
- in annual sales including artwork, jewellery and craft
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- artists and cultural practitioners engaged with Gab Titui Cultural Centre
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- for community events hosted by local councils
- $K
Initiatives
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Ensuring cultural and language preservation, maintenance, development, and promotion.
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Preserving and promoting Indigenous languages.
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Expanding the regional arts industry.
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Cultural heritage education, preservation and maintenance.
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Protecting copyright and intellectual property rights.
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Undertaking cultural values and protocols development projects.
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Integration of community- based cultural and art activities with community and social services delivery where appropriate.
Key activities
- Strengthening the cultural and arts industry
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TSRA Culture, Art and Heritage advocates, delivers and supports initiatives aimed at strengthening the region’s sustainability and growth in the cultural maintenance and arts industry, including:
- Traditional Languages Preservation
- Creative Arts Industry Development
- Conservation and Repatriation
- Art Centre support – Erub Arts, Badu Arts and Moa Arts
- The Gab Titui Cultural Centre
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The Gab Titui Cultural Centre, operating under the TSRA Culture, Art and Heritage, gives region-based artists and cultural practitioners opportunities to create, develop and promote their knowledge, skills and experience in visual and performing arts forms.
- Grant Opportunities
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We provide grant opportunities to support individuals, groups, organisations and communities to deliver art and cultural activities and events including:
Partnerships
TSRA Culture, Art and Heritage encourages partnerships with stakeholders and organisations from across the region, to international platforms enabling opportunities for local Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal artists, cultural practitioners and traditional dance groups to participate in major events including:
Torres Strait Art Centres
Gab Titui Cultural Centre
The Gab Titui Cultural Centre is a contemporary art gallery and keeping place for cultural artefacts, located on Thursday Island
Badu Art Centre
BADHULGAW KUTHINAW MUDH
Torres Strait Islander Art from Badu Island
Moa Arts
Moa Arts is the trading name of Ngalmun Lagau Minaral, which means ‘our island’s design’.
Erub Arts
Founded in 2009, Erub Arts Centre was created to share cultural knowledge and perspectives and maintain a strong Erubian identity and culture through contemporary art.
