Paper short abstract:

Desart supports community art centre artworkers to develop their curatorial skills and knowledge through a range of programs. This presentation will look at past and current work in this area.

Paper long abstract:

Desart supports community art centre artworkers to develop their curatorial skills and knowledge through a range of programs, from photography and writing workshops, to museum and gallery internships and participation in national Indigenous curatorial training initiatives.

Some of the key objectives of this support are to broaden Aboriginal community artworkers' undertandings of the possibilities for art when it leaves the community and to equip them with the skills necessary to take on greater roles and decision-making agency within management of their art centres, especially in relation to special projects and exhibitions.

Desart CEO Philip Watkins will share some stories from the organisation's past and current work in this area.