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Jack Andrew Jans or Jack Andrew Wilkie-Jans is a contemporary Australian artist and Aboriginal Affairs advocate from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Born in Cairns, far north Queensland in 1992 Jack is of mixed heritage (British, Danish & Indigenous Australian- Waanyi, Teppathiggi and Tjungundji tribes). Jack made his introduction to the local art scene in 2011 after having been a successful applicant of the Youth Arts Queensland Starbust grant. This opportunity he extended to Cairns-based young and emerging artists to exhibit their works. In October 2011 Jack became an alumnus of, and was one of 10 indigenous Australian artists and artsworkers to travel to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra to participate in, the second Wesfarmer's Indigenous Arts Leadership Program. From 2011-2014 Jack held three solo exhibitions. In 2012 Jack organised a charity art auction to raise funds for the cause of Suicide Prevention for the Declan Crouch Fund. In 2013 he was nominated for the Cultural Award for the Cairns Region's Australia Day Awards for his work in the creative sector. As a part of the 2013 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair's CIAF Presents official programming Jack organised and presented the Art for Autism exhibition which raised funds for Autism Queensland〔http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2013/08/15/246778_entertainment.html〕 In 2015 he was made an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.〔https://www.thercs.org/international-network/associate-fellows-of-the-rcs/#International%20Networks〕 He is also a recipient of the Senator Jan McLucas Volunteer Initiative Award and was a nominee for the Cairns Region Australia Day Awards for the Cultural Award, both for his work with supporting local charities and the arts. == Criticisms == In 2011 the then Editor at Large of The Cairns Post and now Member for Cairns and Assistant Minister for Tourism Gavin King MP wrote an editorial, calling Jack a "bizarre candidate". The article was published shortly after Jack had announced to the Cairns media that he intended to run for Local Government for the local Division Seat, Division 9, on the Cairns Regional Council. Due to his short-lived campaign a local political blog, Hillbilly Watch, and blog readers further criticised Jack of being "uninterested" in Local Government concerns and of self-promotion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Wilkie-Jans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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