Community
The Torch
Amtek proudly supports The Torch, a First Nations-led arts organisation that provides art, cultural, and arts industry support to First Nations people with lived experience of incarceration in Victoria. The Torch assists artists to reconnect with culture and earn income from art sales (with 100% of the artwork price going directly to the artist), licensing, special projects and exhibitions.
Their vision is to support First Nations people to reclaim cultural connections through art and cultural practice. This enables personal and community healing and empowerment coupled with economic elevation through connection to the arts industry. Recidivism rates have more than halved for those connected to the program.
Tiddalick, 2023
Jaffel, Kalkadoon people
Tiddalick was the largest frog in the world. One warm morning he woke up very thirsty so he drank and drank until all the water in the billabong was gone. When the other animals arrived, there was no water left for them.
They decided they needed to make Tiddalick laugh so that all the water would come spilling back out of him. The echidna, the wombat and the kookaburra tried to make him laugh but Tiddalick didn't laugh. He just sat there with his belly full of water.
Then the snake had a try, dancing and wriggling so much that she tied herself into a knot and got stuck! Tiddalick started to chuckle and then he let out a huge belly laugh. The water gushed out of his mouth and filled up the billabong. The other animals jumped for joy and drank their fill.
Three Tribes, One Way, 2024
Mukjarawaint, Yorta Yorta people
When one journey ends, another begins. This is the circle of life within the Gunditjmara, the GunaiKurnai and the Yorta Yorta peoples, surrounded by our Ancestral spirits and our Elders.
Guiding Our Food, 2023
Jay, Gunditjmara people
Bunjil the creator is guiding the eels to our Gunditjmara traps for food and farming as has been the way for thousands of years.
A Brighter Future, 2024
Kathleen, Kamilaroi/Barkindji people
The circles in the painting represent the revolving circles I get caught up in. The bright colours represent my hope to create a brighter future. Like a brolga, I hope to change my journey, to fly proud and free.
Kinaway
We are a proud partner of Kinaway, whos focus is on changing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s lives through a strength-based model of business ownership and participation in the Victorian economy.
Kinaway Chamber of Commerce is an established charity with the purpose of advancing Victorian Aboriginal businesses to actively participate and excel in both national and international economies.
Jakobs Day
The Jakob’s Day Charity Golf Day is all about having fun and a few laughs for a good cause. The genesis of the day was Lou and Anna’s family’s desire to honour their son Jakob’s memory, who tragically passed away in 2000 at the age of nine months after a short illness.
It’s goal is to do so by supporting the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal, and is now in its 16th year.