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A national body for First Nations arts and culture

A new report borne out of consultations with the sector will move forward the idea of a national body for First Nations arts and culture.

7 Nov 2022

Celina Lei

Writing and Publishing

Franchesca Cubillo at the opening day of Purrumpa. Image: Courtesy Australia Council for the Arts.

In 2018 and 2019, the Australia Council responded to calls from sector participants to move forward the idea of a national body for First Nations arts and culture with the working title ’National Indigenous Arts and Cultural Authority (NIACA)’.

This was followed by a sector and country-wide consultation, involving surveys, forums, regional summits and roundtables for young people and industry. More than 500 First Nations people attended the forums with consultation findings published in a new report titled ‘Bringing It Forward’, which was launched at the recent Purrumpa: First Nations Arts & Culture National Gathering 2022.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is an arts writer and editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne.