Arts Development - July 2009
Approvals
29 out of 93 applications were supported to a total of $642,964
Total amount requested: $2,199,350
Music
Five of nine applications funded
Australian Classical Era Orchestra Ltd $19,000
Stage three concerts titled Fire and Adventure in January 2010.
Boyup Brook Country Music Club Incorporated (Regional) $10,800
Celebration of regionally based West Australian Country Music at the 25th Boyup Brook Country Music Festival.
Mr Callum Moncrieff $10,000
The commission of new music for the vibraphone by local and nationally recognised composers.
Mr Ross Bolleter $47,860
Compose and record five songs to be backed by string quartet, ruined pianos and song/spoken word.
Ms Rachael Dease $8,930
Write and workshop a new song cycle for manipulated string quartet and vocals based on the photographs and reports in City of Shadows.
Dance
Three of seven applications funded
Ms Susan Peacock $15,210
Three weeks of research and development for a new solo work Sprung.
Mr Sam Fox – "Hydrapoesis" $24,060
Auspiced by Artrage Inc T/A Artrage Festival. Performance of new dance works Personal Political Physical Challenge and Screen tests for New World Gods (Auspiced on behalf of Hydra Poesis).
Ms Dawn Jackson $14,783
Undertake a creative development period through an international choreo-lab at Sampad, South Asian Arts Organisation, Birmingham, UK
Writing
Five of 13 applications funded
Ms Frane Lessac $5,890
Attend the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference and the Children's Book Fair in Bologna, Italy.
Westerly Centre T/A University of Western Australia $36,000
Publish two issues of Westerly, Western Australia's premier literary journal in 2010.
Ms Sarah Hay $17,027
Produce the first draft of a novel called Mount Ragged and undertake two research trips.
Tactile Books $20,792
Publication of two volumes of Indigo Journal devoted exclusively to WA writers.
Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation Inc $20,550
Annual funding for Writers in Residence, Youth Program and Author Talks as core activities for an annual literary program.
Visual Arts and Craft
10 of 37 applications funded
FotoFreo Inc $9,850
Facilitating workshops with four magnum photographers and providing scholarships for WA photographers to curate an exhibition.
Jewellery & Metalsmiths Group of Australia (WA) Inc $9,050
Stage a conference, workshop and exhibition showcasing WA presenters and artists.
Ms Patrizia Tonello $20,491
A web-based, six-part series of animated graphic short stories based on artwork by artists Patrizia Tonello and Stuart Elliott titled, Hollow City Chronicles.
Ms Rebecca Dagnall $10,754
A solo exhibition of the series Paradise in Suburbia at the Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne, 2009.
Ms Jane Whiteley $10,113
Attend the opening and participate as an artist in the Quilts 1700-2010: Hidden Histories, Untold Stories at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Perth Centre for Photography $63,309
An annual exhibition program consisting of group shows and annual awards by emerging and established, national and international artists.
Bunbury Regional Arts Management Board. (Regional) $24,000
Exhibition of South West contemporary arts practice.
Mundaring Arts Centre Incorporated $45,000
Present an annual program of exhibitions and two festivals.
Sculpture by the Sea Incorporated $10,000
Stage a temporary, outdoor sculpture exhibition at Cottesloe Beach and a sculpture conference at the State Library of WA.
Wirnda Barna (Regional/Indigenous) $19,790
Auspiced by Mid West Development Commission.
Creation of an Arts Development Program which will deliver materials, support, professional developoment and mentoring to artists throughout the region (Auspiced for Wirnda Barna).
Theatre
Two of 18 applications funded
PlayWriting Australia $20,000
Annual program of activities, 2010.
Stalker Stilt Theatre Inc. (Regional/Indigenous) $38,464
Final rehearsal stage of Buru, Marrugeku's new physical performance work, based on contemporary youth experience and traditional indigenous culture.
Multi-Artforms
Four of eight applications funded
Denmark Arts Council Incorporated (Regional) $14,671
Collaboration of 10 Denmark artists to carry out North of Us, a regional arts project (Auspiced on behalf of Mr Tony Docherty)
Ms Tarryn Gill and Ms Pilar Mata Dupont $26,086
Development and production of a performance based work for the 17th Biennale of Sydney
pvi Partners $60,000
Annual program of activities and management of CIA Studios
Mr James Berlyn $10,484
Auspiced by Performing Arts Centre Society Inc T/A The Blue Room Theatre. A Creative development of a one-person, interdisciplinary performance exploring notions of learning, potential and brain plasticity.
