ABSTRACT
This chapter flows from a discussion of the historical situation of art marketing in remote townships to the emergence of a new kind of organisation – the remote community-based art centre. Central to the exploration of the Injalak Arts community is an understanding of the nature of the organisation that draws artists (and others) together. Injalak Arts was part of a widespread movement of art centre establishment across Australia. I argue in this chapter that this movement was largely the result of Commonwealth Government initiatives directed at remote Aboriginal townships. The history of government interactions with art centres provides the “external” story to Injalak Arts or, in other words, gives context to this study's specific discussion of one art centre and its community of artists.
