Launched this week (21 October), the National Indigenous Visual Arts Action Plan 2021-2025 (NIVAAP) outlines the Federal Government’s support for First Nations visual arts over the next five years.
Developed by the Australia Council for the Arts, with sector and community consultation, the plan is largely in response to the 2017 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs Inquiry. It found that there was a growing presence of inauthentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ‘style’ art and craft products and merchandise for sale.
