Selling Yarns

Australian Indigenous textiles and good business in the 21st century

 

Speakers

Tim Acker: Biography

Senior Project Officer, Aboriginal Economic Development, Department of Industry and Resources

Tim Acker has worked with Aboriginal artists and art centres across Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He began his connection to Aboriginal art at Warlaryirti Artists in Balgo, working as Coordinator for three years. Subsequent years have seen him working in a variety of industry development, support and mentoring roles, for agencies such as ANKAAA and Desart. This work has led him to working with artists and art centres on the Tiwi Islands, the Kimberley region and the central and western deserts.

Tim Acker is currently Senior Project Officer for Aboriginal Economic Development, within the Deptartment of Industry and Resources in Western Australia. He manages the arts program, working with communities and artists on creating sustainable arts enterprises in the Kimberley, East Pilbara and Ngaanyatjarra regions.

See also: Abstract of Tim Acker's paper:
It's all art, but still we have a fibre problem: Economic reality, contested value, and Indigenous Art