KultureJam

KultureJam services include: Indigenous employment opportunities, Recording & Production (music & film, Musical Tuition & Training, Youth & Community Development, Project or Cultural Event Design & Coordination, Indigenous Cultural Education & Awareness Workshop packages, Art & Craft Exhibitions including traditional demonstrations, Didgeridoo Performers & Dancers, Funding Application Assistance, Administration and Management Services (Artist Agency), Cultural Tourism, Advocacy, promotion and preservation of Australian Indigenous traditional and contemporary music, art and cultural heritage.

Aims & Objectives

"To further the economic, social and cultural development of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people through the promotion and support of Australian Indigenous music, art and cultural heritage."

• To encourage economic self-sufficiency in Indigenous communities
• To develop successful cultural tourism ventures in this region
• To advocate for and on behalf of Indigenous artists across Western Australia.
• To support the development of Indigenous traditional and contemporary art forms.
• To help enrich and preserve Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island culture.
• To improve the opportunity for Indigenous youth in the music, arts & cultural tourism industries.
• To support Indigenous artists and performers in their efforts to practice and promote their cultural heritage.

1. Advocate for and on behalf of Indigenous musicians, artists and performers.
2. Promote a positive and professional approach through our services, programs and initiatives the delivery and development of independent Indigenous artists and performers in local as well as global markets.
3. Raise the level of awareness in the local as well as international community as to the high quality of Indigenous talent in this region and across the state.
4. Offer support and guidance to Indigenous artists in managing their careers and future aspirations in a culturally appropriate and professional manner.
5. Create through our services, programs and initiatives sustainable economic and employment opportunities for Indigenous people - in particular youth.
6. Be an access point for the non-Indigenous community in engaging and experiencing both traditional and contempory forms of Indigenous music, art and culture throughout Australia - to make Indigenous culture more accessible to mainstream society.

• Ensure the rights of Indigenous artists and performers to their own 'cultural heritage' is protected and maintained.
• Recognise the rights of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to be the true and original custodians of this land we now call Australia.
• Acknowledge the right of consent by Indigenous artists and performers as paramount to any work that incorporates the use of any form of Indigenous cultural heritage.
• Maintain the integrity and authenticity of cultural heritage particularly regarding the performance and exhibition of Indigenous works through close consultation with artists and communities.
• Accept the right of Indigenous people to control their own work.

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For further information

Contact	:	Craig Collins
Phone	:	0400-201-429
Fax	:	08 9444-1930
Email	:	kulturejam2004@yahoo.com.au