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Jalajilpa, one of the many
local bands that work with Barkly Regional
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Hi, we are Barkly Regional Arts. We are here to support
community, artistic and cultural pursues in the Barkly
region. This may include: visual arts, dance, music,
theatre and media arts.
You see, we are where people say, ‘in the middle
of nowhere’, and a long way from the movies, the
theatres, colleges, shopping malls- all those facilities
city folks take for granted. Barkly Arts tries to make
things happen here- creative and community development
that makes life in the outback just as enjoyable and
worthwhile as anywhere else.
Barkly Regional Arts ‘make things happen’
in several ways. We organise both local and visiting
performances, exhibitions and art workshops for all
ages and sizes. We also want people like you to recognise
our talents, so we assist local artists and musicians
in promoting their work, developing markets and obtaining
grants to further their works. Barkly Arts also want
to build community, so we work closely with other community
organisations and government councils (as in remote
communities) and act as an advisory body in cultural
and artistic development.
Why do we do it? We have something great in the Barkly,
a strong sense of arts and cultural base that we want
to harness and to let the rest of Australia and the
world to know. Here, we have a large population of the
oldest culture on Earth- the Australian Aboriginals.
We need to provide people here the opportunities and
resources to develop arts and culture.
And, we want people of the Barkly to be happier, more
purposeful individuals as well as a community. Developing
artistic and creative interests, along with a sense
of community can help people achieve more satisfying
lives. We have a range of problems here, relating to
history, geographical isolation, lack of educational
and employment opportunities. We really hope that our
work would act as antidotes to some of the social problems
here.
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