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Q&A
Janina Harding
CIAF Artistic Director
2 What does CIAF mean to you
Q&A personally and to the broader
3 community in 2020?
Nicole Chatfield CIAF is important to me as
Designer for fashion it’s providing our artists and
performance “Water is Sacred” communities with a sense of pride
and cultural identity. It is a great
What does CIAF mean to you platform for our mob to share
personally and to the broader their stories and lived experiences.
community in 2020? Through the various presentations
For me personally it’s an and events, the new platform
opportunity to showcase a will retain all the excitement
Yirrganydji perspective and and inclusiveness that engaged
to let the broader community audiences in a pre-COVID-19
know that we have a cultural physical event, only this time
practice and a traditional history around the audience will have a
here in Cairns. inclusive insight into artists and
their communities.
What are the new opportunities
you see for the festival and for What are the new opportunities
artists with the pivot to digital? you see for the festival and for
Having a digital platform, the artists with the pivot to digital?
festival can provide access It’s like we’ve opened up a whole
to a state, national and global new world of opportunities for
audience. The arts industry and artists, curators and communities
tourism play a massive role in to create their own virtual content.
supporting the economy and We are broadening our capacity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait to enhance sales and further
Islander creatives maintain their promote artists. When CIAF
cultural expression in north returns to delivering a physical
Queensland which includes event, livestreams and videos
the Gulf, Cape and Torres Strait will continue to be produced for
Island communities. the CIAF website, ensuring that
audiences can continue to access
What are you most looking artists and communities.
forward to seeing at this year’s What are you most looking
event? forward to seeing at this year’s
Each program will offer event?
something new and exciting
for every Aboriginal and Torres I know that everyone who has
Strait Islander visual and contributed has an amazing gift
performance creative, their of talent. I’m really excited by the
communities and audiences but diversity of the virtual program
I’d especially love to see how and that we are able to share it
powerful each designer’s pieces with the world. Given that we are
turned out and the opportunity all experiencing uncertain times,
to have my pieces curated by I’m curious to see the response
Bernard Singleton and Simone we receive nationally and from the
Arnol for CIAF’s 2020 fashion wider world regarding Queensland
performance, Water is Sacred. First Peoples’ arts and cultures.
1. 3M Pride
2. Obery Sambo
3. Nicole Chatfield Collection
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