Education
Dharug Collective
December 2024
Dharug CollectiveThe Dharug Collective is a professional development, mentoring and administrative activism program for Dharug artists on Dharug land. Artists or collectives can contact Utp for support with grant writing, project administration and development for new ideas. Utp will assist with auspicing and realising self-determined projects led by Dharug artists.
Several artists and collectives supported through the Dharug Collective model have continued to pursue major presentations of new work.
ARTISTS
Current projects supported through Utp’s Dharug Collective model includes:
- Final development of Leanne Tobin’s script Bulunggayi produced by Utp.
- Residency support for Jannawi Dance Clan’s final development of major work Garrigarrang Badu executively produced by FORM Dance Projects.
Our curatorial model ensures projects are self-determined by artists and/or communities, challenging the dominant methodology of the lead Artistic Director to give rise to truly artist/community led projects. Utp is a unique commissioning and producing organisation. We make long-term investments in collaborations with artists and communities from outside the dominant culture to give form to new ideas.
If you are a Dharug artist or group who would like to get in touch please contact [email protected] and mention the Dharug Collective.
The Dharug Collective was conceived as part of Utp’s 2024 provocation First and Last affirming our strong commitment to First Nations Peoples having the first and last word, now and into the future. Utp has a 10-year aspiration for the Dharug Collective project.
PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Cover image: Billy Bain, Studies of Athletes, 2019