NAISDA Ltd Chairperson Mayrah Sonter featured in a recent Coast Community News article on Revive, the National Cultural Policy. Read the full article here.
“The National Cultural Policy – Revive is an important step towards making Australian arts more accessible, valued and equitable for all communities and people.
We are delighted by its clear support to strengthen First Nations arts and $5M commitment to support NAISDA’s infrastructure and capacity-building on Darkinjung Land.
Revive is a strong acknowledgement that cultural infrastructure and national arts training institutes like NAISDA are critical in nurturing and empowering our future artists, storytellers and industry.
First Nations culture and knowledge have been shared through stories, movement and music on Lands across Australia for tens of thousands of years.
Revive recognises the significant contribution First Nations arts make, not only to our creative and cultural landscape, but to our understanding and celebration of personal and national identity.
It provides an exciting pathway of possibility and change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, artists and all Australians.”
Mayrah Sonter, NAISDA Ltd Chairperson