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Bibididen Wilin: 'Sparking' A Fire, Michelle Evans

Michelle Evans

The Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) presented an address by the Head of the Wilin Centre Michelle Evans framed by a traditional welcome to country by the Chair of the Wilin Centre Senior Elder of the Wurundjeri people, Aunty Joy Wandon Murphy, an introduction by the Patron of the Wilin Centre, Mr Mark 'The black' Olive, and a short duologue by Ms Maurial Skuthorpe Spearim and Ms Uraine Mastrasavas, Indigenous drama students of the Faculty.

Fan Their Flames: A Collaborative Model For Information Delivery To Indigenous Students At The Victorian College Of The Arts Library, University Of Melbourne, Michelle Evans, Georgina Binns

Michelle Evans

In 2006, a new postgraduate course in Indigenous Arts Management was offered by the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, in association with the School of Production at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne. This Graduate Certificate course aims to provide applied education in the area of Indigenous Arts Management and to facilitate empowerment and self-determination amongst Indigenous artists and community leaders who seek to manage, market and protect Indigenous arts product in local, national and international contexts.

This paper will examine the collaborative model used to provide library orientation, information literacy training, information services and …