The Payment Standards chapter of the Code of Practice has been updated to reflect the recent national minimum wage increase. The changes apply to the National Minimum Wage, superannuation, and Award minimum wages and allowances drawn from the Live Performance Award. Learn more: nava.net.au/news-opinion Link in bio Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole @claudinsky ID: A graphic illustration in shades of orange of a person grasping money, to the side there are four bubbles with drawings of a clock, paint supplies, a van and calculator in them. #NAVACodeOfPractice #NAVAmember

“Art has been the ultimate journey in terms of being able to have a balance in mental health, being able to speak about my Country, where my family were massacred in 1840 and the resilience of my family to continue to be in our Traditional Land.” @bronwynbancroft Watch NAVA’s latest Artist File with Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft on @nava_visualarts reels or our website. Photo by Josh Howlett @shotbyjoshua ID: Photo of Bronwyn Bancroft in her studio. She is wearing dark purple framed glasses, a light brown hat and a blue apron covered in paint. In the background are 4 large artworks painted with bright blue, green, some pink and a rusty orange/red. In the foreground, more large paintings lay on the table. #NAVACodeOfPractice #NAVAmember #NAVAArtistFile #NAIDOC2023

NAVA Artist File: Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft Bundjalung woman Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft @bronwynbancroft is an artist, activist, mentor, and writer. She works with a range of mediums to create visual narratives about caring for Country. Her practice extends from public artworks to paintings and award-winning children’s book illustrations. In this video, Bronwyn chats to NAVA about copyright infringement and the protection of artist rights, the importance of making art about Country, and the resilience of her family. Video production by Atypical @atypical_creative_studio #NAVAmember #NAVAArtistFile #NAIDOC2023 NAVA acknowledges the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which this was filmed and pay respects to First Nations communities’ Ancestors and Elders. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Image: ENOKi @grumpyenoki, For Our Elders 2023, commissioned by NAVA. Held from 2 – 9 July 2023, NAIDOC Week celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. This year’s theme – For Our Elders – encourages all of us to celebrate, acknowledge and honour their knowledge, experience and guidance, ‘not only through generations of advocacy and activism but in everyday life and how to place ourselves in the world.’ Join NAVA in celebrating NAIDOC Week and the significant contributions and leadership of First Nations visual artists and storytellers by attending local NAIDOC community and arts events and supporting First Nations artists, organisations and fundraisers. Link in bio. Artist Statement by ENOKi For this year's theme 'For Our Elders' I wanted to illustrate the love that elders deserve for everything they do for the community, they are keepers and sharers of knowledge, they've fought so hard and continue to fight even harder for us so we can get the opportunities they didn't have the same privilege to have. Our Elders give us so much love and set us straight when we need it most, they deserve so much respect and care and to be celebrated this year and every year going forward. ID: Graphic illustration in bright neon shades of green, blue, pink, purple and orange depicting people holding hands and dancing around large figures representing elders. Above them is a wedge tailed eagle hugging the elders and dancing with a crow on their shoulder. #NAIDOC2023

New ‘Love Your Local’ toolkit to help artists engage with local government. Explore how artists, arts workers and organisations can build win-win collaborations, from grants and studio space to professional development, marketing and brokering relationships with businesses. The toolkit is a practical guide to working with Local Government Authorities (LGAs) to achieve creative and professional development goals and deliver on local council policy drivers. nava.net.au/love-your-local Link in bio Image: Laurel Nannup, First Contact, 2016. Five-metre tall cast aluminium sculpture, Perth’s Elizabeth Quay waterfront precinct. Commissioned for the Perth Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) and coordinated by FORM @formwa and Urban Art Projects (UAP) @uapcompany. Photo by Robert Frith, Acorn Photo.

“Most of my studio practice has been quite solitary. Part of the reason I'm so excited about making video and, hopefully, cinema is that I have started working with people, and that's a really exciting thing. Kind of pushing that frontier of what my skills are and what I can offer in terms of collaboration brings me a lot of joy.” @tarik.ahlip Watch NAVA’s latest Artist File with Tarik Ahlip on @nava_visualarts reels or our website. Photo by Anna Kučera @annakucera.au ID: Photo of Tarik Ahlip sitting on a black chair in front of a timber wall frame. He has a stubble beard, is smiling and his hands are gently clasped together. He is wearing a black t-shirt, an open blue and grey striped shirt with sleeves rolled up, and black jeans and shoes. #NAVACodeOfPractice #NAVAmember #NAVAArtistFile

NAVA Artist File: Tarik Ahlip Tarik Ahlip @tarik.ahlip is a multidisciplinary artist working on Dharug and Gadigal land. Working across film, sculpture, verse and sound, Ahlip’s practice considers poetics as capable of driving epistemic change. In this video, Ahlip reflects on his path as an artist and his exciting transition into making filmic and collaborative works. Video production by Playground @the.playground.group / ArtVid 2022. #NAVAmember #NAVAArtistFile NAVA acknowledges the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which this was filmed and pay respects to First Nations communities’ Ancestors and Elders. Sovereignty was never ceded.

NAVA challenges ABC's decision to dissolve its standalone arts unit. The most recent restructure marks the end of an online editorial dedicated solely to arts coverage. Two of ABC’s most senior dedicated arts journalists, Arts Digital Editor Dee Jefferson and Managing Editor Arts Edwina Throsby, both deeply respected across the sector, were made redundant. ‘At a time when interest in the arts in Australia has never been higher, it makes no sense for ABC to diminish its specialist editorial staff. The job of coordinating and curating arts stories nationally will now fall to just two remaining arts journalists with no specialised editorial support,' said NAVA Executive Director Penelope Benton. 'The redundancies will undoubtedly have a detrimental impact on both the quantity and quality of arts content shared by the ABC. 98% of Australians engage in the arts in some way. Now is the time to boost ABC’s team of specialist arts reporters, programmers and editors.' Read media release: nava.net.au/news-opinion @withmeaa @penelopebenton

Meet the Code of Practice writers ✍️ Robyn Gawenda (@__rockin_robyn) and Daniel Santangeli (@d_santangeli) are the co-writers of the Community Engagement section of the Code. Robyn is the former Executive Director and Co-CEO of Footscray Community Arts. She is a strategic business leader and problem solver who is passionate about culture, equity, sustainability and access. Daniel Santangeli is the Artistic Director and current Co-CEO of Footscray Community Arts (@footscrayarts), where he brings a strong commitment to community-engaged practice with diverse communities alongside governance experience and an understanding of organisational culture. code.visualarts.net.au 🔗in bio Image: L-R: Robyn Gawenda, photo by Cheralyn Lim; Daniel Santangeli. ID: Two portrait photos of Robyn and Daniel side by side in black and white. Both are wearing polo shirts, smiling into the camera and standing in front of a black and white painted wall. #NAVACodeOfPractice #NAVAMember

Repost @artguideau • The Australian arts is so deflated that celebration ensued when the current Labor government merely recognised artmaking as worthwhile labour. Although we can now call art “work”, it doesn’t mean the battle for fair working conditions is over—as Madeleine Thornton-Smith @madeleinethorntonsmith explains. Read the full article via the link in @artguideau bio. @madeleinethorntonsmith #madeleinethorntonsmith @realjobexhibition #realjobexhibition #ArtIsARealJob

NAVA launched its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in March, outlining our commitments for January 2023 - January 2024. Read NAVA’s progress against our eight RAP commitments for January - April on our website 🔗 nava.net.au/news-opinion Image: Songlines & Sightlines, 2022, photographed by Raf Flores @createdby.raf, featuring works by Leanne Mulgo Watson @mulgo_watson, Erin Wilkins @ezwilco, and Peter Rush @peter_rush_drawings, curated by Tian Zhang @tianzhanggg and A’isyiyah Prahastono. Courtesy of Blacktown Arts @blacktownarts and Blacktown City Council @blacktowncitycouncil ID: Photo of the back of a person sitting on the ground and holding a marker against a collaborative mural on a white wall.

NAVA defends Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao (@badiucao) and his upcoming exhibition in Poland, Tell China’s Story Well, against censorship by the Chinese government. Artistic freedom is integral to accountability and equity, allowing artists to critique systems of injustice and propose alternatives. Freedom of expression without government censorship must be upheld. nava.net.au/news-opinion Link in bio Image: Badiucao, 'Devouring Children No. 1' and 'Devouring Children No. 2' 2023. Oil on canvas. [ID: Two portrait paintings of Vladimir Putin, President of Russia and Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. They are each depicted eating flesh off dismembered limbs. They are wearing dark suits and ties, the backgrounds are deep red.]