Desart Inc

Desart, as the peak body for Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres continues to maintain, develop and deliver programs relevant to our art centre membership. Our program of activities are guided by our strategic goals and are aimed at strengthening the operational and business priorities of art centres while simultaneously building the existing skills, knowledge and capacities of governing committees, management and art workers. Over the past 32 years Desart has built a strong national reputation as an organisation responsive to needs arising from the challenges and opportunities art centres in our region are faced with. Desart, in consultation with our members strive to develop programs and services that facilitate good business practices, provide a range of professional development activities for art centre staff, as well as being a strong unified voice advocating for the needs of our member art centres. The Aboriginal Art Worker Program has over the past 15+ years developed a suite of professional development programs aimed at growing skills and knowledges relevant to their art centre role and place within the broader Indigenous arts industry while simultaneously providing pathways for Aboriginal art workers to have increased agency within their art centre.