The Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centre (TATSICC) is a cultural exhibit venue for the Indigenous community in North Queensland, located in the Reef HQ Complex in Townsville's City Centre, it showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, traditions and heritage to the local, national and international markets. The centre hosts performance and visual arts events, presenting daily performances of dance, music, story telling and presenting insights into the indigenous people of the North Queensland region. The centre also provides small business training to Indigenous artists.
TATSSICC hosts an Interpretive Gallery which houses a selection of historic and contemporary artefacts and information collected from North Queensland. Also included are commercial fine arts gallery exhibits including a selection of works by Indigenous artists of regional and national acclaim. A primary aim of the centre is to provide facilities for Indigenous performance/dance groups to practice and display their craft. Guided tours of the Gallery and art exhibits are provided for group tours and there are two public dance performances each day.
The Centre has five full-time staff and offers 12 one-year traineeships for unemployed Indigenous people with grant funds of $400,000 from the State and Federal Government. It includes performance space, an artisans' gallery and work area, a cafe, retail space, courtyard, green room for VIPs, and a steel sculpture collection of indigenous silhouettes.
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