Director And Founder Of Idaia, Joins The Board Of Elected Directors Of The Indigenous Art Code, Ensuring Fair Trade With Indigenous Artists
As the Founder and Director of IDAIA - International Development for Australian Indigenous Art, Solenne Ducos-Lamotte is delighted and honoured to be part of the Board of Directors of the Indigenous Art Code, the national regulatory body for the fair and ethical trade in works of art by Australian Indigenous artists.
- (1888PressRelease) September 18, 2013 - Director and Founder of IDAIA, Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, joins the Board of elected Directors of the Indigenous Art Code, aiming to ensure fair trade with Indigenous artists, during well attended AGM in Alice Springs, Australia.
Solenne Ducos-Lamotte was honoured and excited at the announcement of the results of the vote at the Indigenous Art Code AGM in Alice Springs, on Friday 6 September. On Saturday 7, the same day as the Australian federal elections, Mrs Ducos-Lamotte attended her first Board of Directors meeting to discuss the next steps for the code and take action on complaints and disputes. Along with Mrs Ducos-Lamotte, five new Indigenous Directors are coming on board by appointment: Dr Mark Bin Bakar, Maree Clarke, Bindi Cole, Glenn Iseger-Pilkington and Carly Lane.
In her speech in front of a large audience of members of the code and the general public, including representatives from the Office for The Arts (OFTA), Solenne acknowledged "the Traditional Owners of the land" and paid her "respect to the elders past and present" before showing her engagement in the code's value and practice. "The Indigenous Art Code is entering a new vital and exciting phase with growing numbers of Code Members especially overseas, the ever increasing international markets for Australian Indigenous art, and the arrival of new Indigenous directors", says Solenne Ducos-Lamotte.
As the Founder and Director of IDAIA - International Development for Australian Indigenous Art, Solenne has over ten years of experience in the international trade and promotion of Australian indigenous art. She is passionate about protecting and developing the best ethical practices, and a fervent defender of the Aboriginal-owned art centres model. She believes in a stronger industry in which cultural maintenance and sustainability need to be strengthened and nurtured. Fairness for both the artists and the consumers is paramount for her. Solenne Ducos-Lamotte is bringing to the Board her knowledge and skills, her international experience and connections, and above all her unconditional love for the Indigenous art and culture … plus maybe her Franco-Australian determination!
Solenne Ducos-Lamotte joins the Board of the code at critical times as "There continues to be significant unethical and unfair treatment and exploitation of Indigenous artists by some dealers in the Industry. […] The nature of the misconduct has not changed significantly since the Senate report was published in 2007", as per Ron Merkel QC, Chair at The Indigenous Art Code comments in April 2013.
Created in 2008 to provide answers to recommendations of the 2007 Senate Inquiry report: Indigenous art - Securing the Future, the Indigenous Art Code is the national regulatory body for the fair and ethical trade in works of art by Australian Indigenous artists. The Code was publicly launched on 29 November 2010. A public company - Indigenous Art Code Limited (IartC) - was established to administer the Code. IartC is lead by a Board of Directors, drawn from the Indigenous visual arts industry and the wider community, with now a majority of Indigenous Directors and the objective to have an Indigenous co-Chair in the near future.
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