Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
cairn indigenous art fair ciaf pronounced kiaf art cultural event northern australian city cairn showcase art contemporary indigenous australian artist established art fair opening event cairn festival cairn indigenous art fair ciaf pronounced kiaf first held august tank art centre cairn exceeding expectation attracting people three day fair visitor came throughout australia united state europe korea japan almost one third visitor cairn indigenous art fair identified aboriginal australian andor torres strait islander visitor estimated per cent attended take advantage free cultural programming view art work exhibiting organisation sold artwork value event art market initiative queensland government million backing indigenous art program committed strengthening indigenous art sector far north queensland production market michael snelling artistic director ciaf fair brings together indigenous art centre commercial public gallery artist collective studio art organisation sell exhibit art work queensland recognised leading emerging indigenous australian visual artist art fair presented queensland government opening event cairn festival threeday event also feature academic symposium traditional contemporary dance music program artist talk demonstration childrens art station family art activity dedicated indigenous art market australia exclusively profile art work queensland born based aboriginal torres strait islander artist art fair includes art centre commercial gallery single location ciaf adheres indigenous australian art commercial code conduct dennis stokes man wardaman luritja warramunga people northern territory wagadagam people torres strait island ceo ciaf september stokes appointed member first nation art newlyestablished division government art funding body australia council focused aboriginal torres strait islander art term four year cairn indigenous art fair featured work aboriginal torres strait islander artist born based australian state queensland exhibiting artist included alick tipoti dennis nona billy missi judy watson vernon ah kee richard bell tony albert joanne currie nalingu arone meeks gordon hookey ricardo idagi george nona sally gabori full listing artist exhibitor available cairn indigenous art fair catalogue musician dancer took part cairn indigenous art fair christine anu king kadu seaman dan kepa aurukun dancer songmen ariw poenipan kulkal baba blooded feather baiwa dance company proppanow mounted exhibition dark disturbing gordon hookey proppanow dark disturbing curatorial project artist vernon ah kee darwin aboriginal art fair tarnanthi adelaide official website cairn indigenous art fair art exchange digital story state library queensland