Deadline: 12 January 2025
The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Foundation’s Indigenous Fashion Projects (IFP) is inviting applications for its Pathways Program to empower and elevate First Nations designers, nurturing their businesses and careers while celebrating the richness of First Nations cultures.
Through combining shared knowledge and resources, the program provides participants with opportunities in capacity building, professional development, and showcasing talents on prominent platforms. These initiatives aim to foster successful and sustainable businesses and careers for First Nations designers now and for future generations.
Benefits
- Through combining shared knowledge and resources, the program provides participants with opportunities in capacity building, professional development, and showcasing talents on prominent platforms. These initiatives aim to foster successful and sustainable businesses and careers for First Nations designers now and for future generations.
- Two way learning which includes listening and the sharing of culture and stories, as well as developing a better understanding of the practicalities of growing a label in the global fashion industry.
- Access to valuable industry knowledge to grow your fashion label.
- Opportunity to present at an Australian fashion industry runway event.
- Build networks and connections with fashion industry leaders and expertise.
- Raise awareness & profiles of Indigenous designers.
- Gain a greater understanding of the business of fashion, buyers, cycles, nationally and internationally.
- Promote and elevate your brand.
- Grow your capacity for a successful and sustainable business and career.
Eligibility Criteria
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designers, labels and/or Art Centres aspiring to develop their fashion business and brand.
- If you are looking to learn more about the workings of the industry, to strengthen your brand identity, and self determine how you would like to place yourself in the industry – then this program is for you!
- When reviewing applications, the IFP panel will consider:
- The length of time your label has been established
- How many collections you have produced
- What your commercial activity has been in the last two years
- Indigenous agency in your business/label
- Appropriate cultural authority to produce and present garments and accessories (if relevant)
- Ethical, environmental and sustainable practice considerations
- Desire to grow your business.
For more information, visit IFP.
