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The first stage of Asialink Arts' pilot Eastern Indonesia - Northern Territory Partnership took place in early 2007, with promising results. Building on the successes of the Northern Territory's Indigenous arts sector, the program brought together arts practitioners working with and in remote communities to develop strategies to encourage the transmission of traditional culture to future generations. The program encompassed a variety of culturally significant art forms that inform and complement the broader cultural systems of the two regions.

Through this program our aim has been to foster the creation of regional, national and international networks and markets that will provide long-term support for the communities involved and promote confidence and pride in their artistic traditions.

This Asialink project is part of the Eastern Indonesia-Northern Territory Partnership Program, funded by the Ford Foundation, Jakarta and Arts NT, and produced in partnership with Yayasan Kelola, Nomad Art Productions, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Charles Darwin University, Yilila, Red Flag Dancers, and supported by the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia, Darwin.

Three projects form the core of this partnership:

• Arts Management Internship Program
• Visual Arts Project
• Performing Arts Project

Please read Engaging Cultures Across the Timor Sea [pdf, 308kb,1 page], a recently published article in the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Journal for background information on the project.

Arts Management Internship Program

Since 1998, Asialink has worked closely with our Indonesian partner, Yayasan Kelola, to manage the Indonesia-Australia Arts Management Program. To date, this program has provided significant experience to 22 Indonesian arts practitioners by placing them on internships with Australian arts organisations. It has also provided specialist training for over 70 Indonesian arts practitioners through skills development workshops in Indonesia led by senior Australian arts managers.

Evaluation of the program with participants and their Australian hosts has identified the program's success in promoting the professional skills development of Indonesian arts practitioners. The networks, knowledge, skills and - most importantly - the ongoing relationships that result from their residencies have enabled the Indonesian arts managers to make contributions toward the development of valuable arts infrastructure and resources for the Indonesian arts community. This has resulted in a multitude of ongoing and new cultural initiatives for Indonesia.

Supported by the Ford Foundation, the program adds to Asialink's overall vision of assisting Australian and Indonesian arts managers to extend their frames of reference, inspiration and opportunities through an exchange of skills, ideas and networks. 

Information on past program participants.

Theatre director Joned Suryatmoko with Liz Jones at La Mama, Melbourne 2007.

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For further information regarding this program, please contact:

Ms Sarah Robins
Arts Program
Asialink
Level 4, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, 3010

Telephone: (03) 8344 3581
Email: s.robins@asialink.unimelb.edu.au