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Arts funding in the spotlight

By Sam Cook, May 31, 2012

NATIONAL: The federal government’s National Cultural Policy consultations has opened up a can of worms about the Australian Council of the Arts, writes SAM COOK*.

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KISSmyBLAKarts: An international focus for the arts

By Sam Cook, April 2, 2012
UN-painting

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* is ready to advocate for Indigenous arts at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues.

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KISSmyBLAKarts: Protest lives through art

By Sam Cook, February 12, 2012
A protestor at the Survival Day rally in Canberra this year.

NATIONAL: The recent events at the tent embassy got SAM COOK* thinking about the history of protest art.

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Art Diary

By Sam Cook, November 1, 2011

NATIONAL: Sam Cook’s monthly round-up of the Aboriginal arts circuit.

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Giving Hip Hop a bad rap

By Sam Cook, November 1, 2011
Torres Strait Islander Hip Hop artist Patrick Mau, or MauPower.

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* believes Hip Hop should be a celebrated part of modern Indigenous culture, not a ridiculed one.

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KISSmyBLAKarts: Artfully hiding lateral violence

By Sam Cook, September 7, 2011
Sam Cook writes on the problem of lateral violence in the Indigenous arts sector.

NATIONAL: When investigating lateral violence in the Indigenous Australian arts sector, I was struck by three key findings, writes SAM COOK.

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ARTS DIARY: Desert art blooms

By Sam Cook, September 7, 2011
CAPTION: Blue King Brown are due to appear at the Alice Desert Festival. (AAP IMAGE)

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* travels around the country to bring you a comprehensive guide to the latest happenings in the Aboriginal arts world.

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KISSmyBLAKarts: Celebrating a black history

By Sam Cook, August 10, 2011
Aboriginal tightwire artist Con Colleano.

NATIONAL: For the past four years, Australia has been celebrating Blak History Month in July. It’s been a grassroots movement free of government influence, rhetoric, funding guidelines and agenda.

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KISSmyBLAKarts: Putting a price on the arts

By Sam Cook, June 1, 2011
Another year, another federal budget. And this one flew by with barely a scrap for the Indigenous art sector.

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* has waded through the 2011-12 budget documents, and has been left overwhelmed by its lack of Indigenous arts funding.

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KISSmyBLAKarts: More than a tune

By Sam Cook, May 10, 2011
We should not speak for other people’s country when debating whether a woman has the right to play the didgeridoo, writes Sam Cook.

NATIONAL: SAM COOK* explores the use of the didgeridoo by women, and confronts the worrying trend to speak for another person’s country.

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