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Calls for arts and crafts stalls interest for this year’s CIAF

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) has issued a call out to First Nations’ artists and craftspeople to showcase their wares to thousands of visitors at this year’s Cairns Convention Centrebased marketplace between 13 and 16 July this year.

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The successful applicant must be an 18-year-old Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and be willing to live and work from Thursday Island, have enthusiasm and drive to help tell our community stories.

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Diat Alferink – Editor in Chief, Torres News Email: editor@torres.news

Phone: 0497 618 738

CIAF Artistic Director Francoise Lane said the event’s Art Market was traditionally one of the most popular and most visited attractions of the annual event and, importantly, provided an inclusive, ethical platform to present and sell a very diverse and culturally rich range of arts and craft.

“We are looking to feature a new and diverse range of authentic Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander arts and crafts at a range of price points from gifts with meaning to artefacts and collectibles,” she said.

“From screen printed linen tea towels and handmade jewellery, ceramics and weaving to textiles and fashion, CIAF art market is perhaps the best shopping experience people can have.

“Not only can they snag something beautiful or bag a bargain, they get to meet and talk with the artists and that to me is somewhat priceless and truly special.”

The marketplace will feature the work of approximately 300 visual artists and 150 performers across a multifaceted program of mostly free and family friendly events.

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