Goolarri Media and Kimberley TAFE at BIG Skills 2009
Goolarri Media Enterprises and Kimberley TAFE are to present an exhibition of Indigenous students' work at the upcoming BIG Skills Conference in Sydney
A team of trainers and students from Kimberley TAFE and Goolarri Media Enterprises will travel to Sydney early next month to host an exhibition of student work. The exhibition will be a prominent feature of the landmark BIG Skills Conference 2009, the premier national conference on skills, education and training for 2009. Goolarri Media Enterprises and Kimberley TAFE are increasingly working together on a number of training partnerships in order to provide a more varied and accessible training pathway for students in the Kimberley region.
A group of five Aboriginal women from Bidyadanga and their art lecturer, Karen Morgan, will be involved in showcasing some of the work that they have completed as part of their coursework for Certificate III in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft. This group will also be working on a new collaborative artwork over the duration of the three day conference which will be completed by the close of the exhibition.
Goolarri Media Enterprises will co-host the display with Kimberley TAFE, and will use this opportunity to display to a national and international audience many of the television programs that have been the focus of Goolarri’s media trainees. Clint Dixon, an up and coming director with Goolarri Media, who is currently studying Certificate IV in Screen and Media will travel to Sydney with two of his trainers to present the Goolarri Media Enterprises component of the display.
The BIG Skills Conference is hosted by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and is the first major national conference on skills and training hosted at the Federal level in recent times. The Conference will be forward looking and it will bring together major national and international players with an interest in skills and training to debate issues, think differently and stimulate change in the Australian tertiary sector.
Karen Morgan, Art Lecturer at Kimberley TAFE, was happy to see the hard work of both trainers and students being recognised at a national level,
“In the Kimberley we just get on and do what is necessary to make it happen, we don't realise how unique our training is. The quality and standard of Kimberley Artist's is right up there on a global level."
Kevin Fong, Managing Director of Goolarri Media Enterprises said it is a fantastic opportunity for our trainers and trainees to display their creative and technical talents on the big stage and the experience gained will enhance their skill and confidence levels enabling them the “wings to fly”.Mr Fong said it was also important to recognise that enabling organisations in the information and knowledge economy such as Goolarri Media are extremely important in closing the gap and ensuring social inclusion and wellbeing and need to be adequately resourced to bridge the digital divide and reduce the incredibly high incarceration rate of Indigenous peoples.
