Lockhart River artist Doris Platt

The Lockhart River Art Centre is using BIA funding for artists-in-residence as well as for operating costs.

Artists from the region also have an opportunity to benefit. Lockhart artist Silas Hobson will mentor young apprentices in carving over three weeks while Torres Strait Islander artist Alick Tipoti is sharing his artistic talents through printmaking masterclasses in Townsville.

Workshop coordinator Vicki Salisbury said the masterclasses were absolutely awesome with the quality of the work, the dedication of Alick Topoti as facilitator and the commitment from the nine participants truly remarkable In a double win for Hope Vale, the art centre is filling a position for a full-time trainee program manager with a local resident, providing a Hope Vale resident with an employment opportunity and the art centre with much needed support.

In July, Hope Vale also saw the opening of the state's 17th Indigenous Knowledge and Technology Centre.

The Hope Vale Indigenous Knowledge and Technology Centre is a central hub to share information, knowledge and cultural heritage within the local community and throughout the State Library of Queensland's wider Indigenous Knowledge Centre network.

These centres provide a place for the community to come together, socialise, learn and celebrate. They combine traditional library services with conserving and collecting the traditions, songs, language, stories and art work of Indigenous communities across the state.

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