CANBERRA, AU – The National Gallery of
Australia
launched a 5-year initiative to boost the number of Indigenous
Australians in
professional roles in the visual arts. Ron Radford AM, Director of the
National
Gallery of Australia, said the Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship has
been
established to develop the next generation of Indigenous Australian
leaders in
the visual arts sector. Indigenous visual art plays a defining role in
the
cultural life of the nation and contributes an estimated $500 million
per annum
to the Australian economy.