Arts Development - February 2009

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ARTS DEVELOPMENT PANEL GRANTS – February 2009

36 out of 86 applications supported to a total of:  $638,127

Total amount requested:  $1,601,966

MUSIC

Festival Baroque Australia      $30,901
A festival showcasing WA musicians through the presentation of Baroque music (Auspiced by University of WA, School of Music)

Decibel New Music Ensemble      $14,925
Two concerts of new music by new music ensemble "Decibel" featuring WA composers and performers (Auspiced by Tura New Music Ltd)

DANCE

Martin, Ms Bianca        $34,631
A second development period for the Company Upstairs dance theatre installation work HOME ALONE

Leach, Ms Paea         $19,068
Undertake a 5 week period of professional development with a focus on interdisciplinary skill building by engaging with a select group of arts practitioners.

WRITING

Silvey, Mr Craig        $15,000
Produce a novel length work of contemporary Western Australian fiction.

McKinlay, Ms Megan        $9,841
Write the first draft of a junior novel entitled Surface Tension.

Taylor, Mr Alfred      $21,769
Complete a book of poetry for publication by Salt Publishing in 2011

VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFT

Nayton, Ms Jennie       $10,017
Develop a range of techniques to translate ideas & aesthetics into metal sculptures for a solo exhibition

Goulder, Mr Jon         $17,234
Development and Creation of a body of new work intended for a major solo exhibition.

Pryor, Mr Gregory        $14,774
Make a site specific installation in King's Wood, Kent, UK & publish an accompanying artists book about the project

Tait, Mr Andrew     $25,038
Travel to London to design and build a five stringed Double Bass.

Coakley, Ms Jane Elizabeth      $10,293
Development and publication of a satirical book of illustrations.

Australian Centre for Concrete Art Inc    $9,762
Production of 20 boxed sets of serigraph prints with designs by 8 international & West Australian artists, depicting large scale wall-works in Perth & Fremantle

Richards, Mr Trevor        $6,750
Production of two editions of small scale painted metal sculptures and a catalogue for an exhibition at Turner Galleries, July 2009

Black, Ms Sandra        $23,070
Development of a new body of individual and collaborative works for an exhibition at Perth Galleries, November 2009.

Versluis, Ms Tunya     $10,743
New body of work developed by mixing photography with encaustic (wax) processes.

Art Monthly Australia        $5,000
Publication of Arts Monthly, including features by and about Western Australian artists.

Coates, Ms Erin      $12,768
Development and production of a new body of work for an exhibition at the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China.

Clay Feet Exhibiting Group Inc      $3,500
Promote Clay Feet Exhibiting Group Inc on a national & international level at the Australian Ceramics Triennale 09, Sydney.

Moora Fine Arts Society Inc.   $17,782
A series of 14 artistic & cultural workshops held for the benefit & development of artistic skills in the Moora region.

FotoFreo Inc         $29,500
Preparation of FotoFreo 2010 marketing material, improvements to the website, and other 2010 festival improvements.

Grey-Smith, Mr Mark     $22,630
Development of a new body of work exploring issues of perception and two and three-dimensional visual representation.

Ms Holly Story   $16,176
An artists exchange between senior Indigenous Warburton women artists & established non Indigenous Perth women artists to develop new works for exhibition.

Heine, Mr Martin        $20,000
Design & publish 750 copies of an artist's book about two decades of artwork in collaboration with Dr David Bromfield & Brown Art Consultants.

Macchiusi, Jamie         $7,153
Exhibition of contemporary art in a non-traditional gallery space with an accompanying catalogue.

Bureau of Ideas, The        $8,320
Open a dialogue with a series of 3 forums interrogating the idea of Visual Art in WA.

Honey, Mr Bevan         $9,885
Exhibit a new body of work in a solo show at PICAS's West End Gallery in December 2009.

The Photography Gallery of WA Inc    $16,074
A group exhibition of 3 contemporary Indigenous photomedia artists, production of a catalogue & artist seminars.

Bennett Miller   $20 401
Develop a work for inclusion in the 2010 Next Wave festival.

THEATRE

Knight, Mr Ingle        $13,800
Research, write & perform an initial rehearsed reading of a new work of drama for solo performance.

Robson, Ms Julie        $3,340
Creative development towards a new music theatre work about risk called "Falling Like a Bird"  (Auspiced by Tura New Music).

Corazon de Vaca        $51,721
A physical theatre work on the themes of immigration and bridges with Australian and Spanish performers, titled "Bridging Puentes"  (Auspiced by Deckchair Theatre Co).

The Pinjarra Project     $43,850
Reinterpretation and restaging of "Bidnjareb Pinjarra" for the 175th anniversary of the Pinjarra massacre (Auspiced by Deckchair Theatre Co).

MULTI-ARTS

Australia China Institute for Culture & Arts Inc.    $28,500
A delegation of artists to visit China with a view to establishing an ongoing program "WASh" and participate in the Shanghai Festival.

pvi partners        $24,181
Operational costs for six months for CIA Studios a new initiative of pvi collective.

SHORT TERM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Scitech Discovery Centre      $10,000
Toogarr Morrison to work with groups of children for the creation and exhibition of large canvas panels depicting themes drawn from Aboriginal cosmology