Carol Martin - Survival of all things is in our hands

My Soul, My Heart, My Home
First Parliamentary Term Series
An On-Line Exhibition by Carol Martin MLA
Acrylic on Canvas 500 mm x 750 mm

Story: The future is for our children, we must leave them something, and the survival of all living things is in our hands, we are caretakers of their future.

Detail: My green side coming out, although I like to think of myself as a Brownie.

This painting is for sale online. Price: $4,500.00 plus $450 GST

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A Message from Carol Martin, MLA to prospective purchasers of Indigenous Art

Thank you for coming to my on-line exhibition and for considering the purchase of one of my paintings. It is always very difficult for someone to show their own works and it took a great deal of courage for me to mount my first public exhibition last December.

Our purpose in putting this online exhibition together is to highlight a new ethical awareness amongst investors in Indigenous art.

Already there are many tremendous things happening all over the country through galleries and auctions. With this exhibition we are creating another option for Indigenous art investors to put something back into Indigenous arts and culture and community development. Rather than wait for a law to compel buyers of Indigenous art to repay royalties to communities we are asking you and other purchasers of Indigenous art right now to consider investing or supporting Indigenous communities through donations or gifts or by creating your own ideas for supporting Indigenous communities.

My suggestion is to make a minimum donation or support payment back to an Indigenous community equivalent to 20 per cent of the purchase price of any Indigenous artwork you purchase.

You can do this in any number of ways and my suggestion is that you create a provenance document and attach it to the back of the painting, sign it, and make a list of the donations or investments made in the name of that artwork. If you sell the artwork explain this idea to the purchaser and ask them to make a similar commitment.

If you purchase the painting above the ISX has created two options to help you make a commitment back. You can make a a donation of $900 to the Indigenous Art and Culture Development fund held by the Broome Aboriginal Media Association and administered in consultation with me (non tax deductible gift) or alternately you can make tax deductible gift to the Broome Aboriginal Media Association.

If you want to take up one of these two options just click on the links below, alternately create your own provenance document and take up the challenge of supporting Indigenous communities with your own ideas which may even be non-monetary.

Thanks once again for your support and for so generously considering my painting and "my soul, my heart, my home"!

Carol Martin

I will make an online $900 donation to the Australian Indigenous Art and Culture Development Fund (non-tax deductible gift)

I will make an online gift of $900 to the Broome Aboriginal Media Association (tax deductible gift)

Model Provenance Document & Voluntary Agreement to Donate to Australian Indigenous Arts and Culture Development Fund

As the purchaser of this artwork I agree to voluntarily donate 20 per cent of the purchase price of this painting to:

the Australian Indigenous Art and Development Fund held by the Broome Aboriginal Media Association and administered in consultation with the artist (non tax deductible gift)

or alternately,

to the Broome Aboriginal Media Association as a voluntary gift (tax deductible). or (list your idea or organisation)

I will only sell this painting to someone who is prepared to voluntarily donate 20 per cent of the agreed purchase price to the Australian Indigenous Art and Development Fund held by the Broome Aboriginal Media Association in consultation with the artist (non tax deductible gift) or to the Broome Aboriginal Media Association as a voluntary gift (tax deductible) or to an Indigenous cause of their choice.

The names below form an honour roll of owners of this painting who have voluntarily donated to support the development of Indigenous arts and culture.

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The purpose of the Australian Indigenous Art and Development Fund is to support the artistic and cultural development of Indigenous communities through profits returned from sales of Indigenous art works. The purpose of Broome Aboriginal Media Association is to work towards the prevention of ill health, suffering and disadvantage within Indigenous communities.

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