What We Do
“We want a good future for the next generation”
Ku Arts is the South Australian support organisation for Aboriginal art centres and artists. We have a twenty-five-year history of providing advocacy, support services, creative skills and professional development opportunities for artists and arts workers across all stages of their careers, in support of a strong and vibrant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts sector
Advocacy
We make sure the voices of our member art centres and artists are heard. Ku Arts has lobbied on behalf of its membership on a range of issues including sustainable funding, employment opportunities in the arts and cultural sector and major infrastructure upgrades for art centres.
Art Centre Support
Practical, on the ground support for art centre boards, staff and artists, including governance, staff inductions, best practice management, arts worker training and development as well as supporting strategies for the engagement of emerging and young artists and cultural practitioners.
Professional Development
Ku Arts provides professional and creative skills development opportunities for artists and arts workers across all stages of their careers, in support of a strong and vibrant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts sector.
SICAD Project
Ku Arts developed the Statewide Indigenous Community Arts Development (SICAD) Project in 2006, a program stream to support artists outside of APY Lands where there are typically no Aboriginal art centres.
Our Strategic Plan
Ku Arts Strategic Plan 2019 -2023
Ku Arts Strategic Plan 2023 -2026