I still think this is a great idea, although a bit ahead of its time when this was first posted - with the recent recognition of Indigenous arts globally - this project could get funding from a number of national arts councils.  

Understanding Aboriginal Arts in Canada Today: A Knowledge and Literature Review

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/publications_e/research/art_abo/hb129665365781446818.htm

Welcoming your comments

Hi everyone - we welcome your comments, ideas and thoughts on the pros and cons regarding the development of an Indigenous Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Happy Blogging
Jim Logan 

Jim Logan, Michelle LaVallee, David Garneau, Bonnie Devine

and Ryan Rice at the 2008 Sydney Biennale

The Canada Council for the Arts Aboriginal Curators Delegation to return to the 17th Sydney Biennale.

 The 2010 Aboriginal Curators Delegation will have the opportunity to visit New Zealand this year prior to the visit to the Sydney Biennale. Creative New Zealand in conversation with Kelly Langgard of Audience and Marketing Development discussed the possibility of such a visit this past summer after learning of the 2009 Aboriginal Curators Delegation to the Venice Biennale and Art Basel.
The Delegation will be visiting New Zealand’s major art galleries in as well as major Maori art centers in this years visit beginning in May 2010. The Delegation is scheduled to tour and meet with officials of the Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand) in Wellington as well as the Pataka Museum of Arts and Culture in Porirua City. The Delegation will then travel to Rotorua to visit with officials of the Te Puia Arts Centre before heading to Auckland with visits to the Auckland Art Gallery, contemporary art galleries such as Fresh Gallery Otara, Manukau Arts Collective, and Toi Maori Aotearoa.

The Delegation then travels to Sydney to take in the 17th Sydney Biennale, where they have been invited to attend all the major openings and will be participating in an International Indigenous Symposium. The Delelgation will also visit regional centres such as Casula Powerhouse, Penrith Art Gallery, Parramatta Artist Studios, and Campbellton Arts Centre as well as Sydney based Boomali Artist Run Centre and Artspace. The Delegation will co-host with the Canadian Consulate in Sydney a dinner for Canadian artists and Australian Aboriginal curators and artists who will be present at the Biennale.

Members of the 2010 Aboriginal Curators Delegation are: Candice Hopkins, Catherine Mattes, David Garneau, Michelle Lavallee, Patricia Deadman and Tania Willard.

Canadian Aboriginal Curators in Venice 2009

Hi Everyone

The Canada Council for the Arts will be sending four Aboriginal curators to this years’ Venice Biennale.

For any of you heading to Venice this year please contact me and perhaps we can get together in Venice to talk more about the Shared House Project.

This year we will be staying in the San Marco district, at an apartment named Bolovo, we arrive on June 3 and depart June 11th.
http://www.veniceapartment.com/bovolo.htm

keep in touch!!

Hi everyone

Have any of you heard of IFACCA? Its an international organization whose members are from Art Councils around the world. Here is their link : http://www.ifacca.org/acorns/

Mandate and info on their email newsletter.

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Regards Jim Logan