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Cultural Arts

Express your culture and turn your passion into a career in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts industry. Our courses will help you develop your understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity and learn to apply this knowledge to an arts context.

Study cultural arts

For thousands of years, Indigenous Australians have been using art to build community, tell stories, share culture, and understand and explore Country and history. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts are a rich contribution to Australia’s diverse contemporary culture and national identity.

Our courses will help you gain a well-developed command of technique in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural arts. The training will support you to develop yourself as an artist and produce work that expresses your cultural identity.

You will learn from industry experienced educators and access dedicated cultural arts training facilities and equipment. Our courses will help you develop drawing skills, explore use of colour, produce paintings, prints and ceramics, prepare stencils and screens for textile printing and much more.

Career outcomes

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studio Artist
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Arts Centre Assistant 
  • Visual artist
  • Production Assistant
  • Textile Artist
  • Gallery assistant
Our grandfather showed us how to draw from a very young age. My sisters and I wanted to study cultural arts to learn more about our Aboriginal culture and at the same time learn more about art.
Chantel Sturgeon-Walsh, Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts (CUA40620)
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As my career progressed, I kept putting my work forward for art awards and eventually I was shortlisted and even ended up winning a Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
Robert 'Tommy' Pau, Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts (CUA40620)
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No matter how old you are, if you have a passion for art, the TAFE training is the best thing you could do. I've learned new skills and new ways of doing things which I've been able to apply to my art. Because of my training, I now have more courage and confidence to speak up about my work.
Lara Fujii, Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts (CUA40620)
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