2022 Funding Recipients


Arts Activities Funding $5-50k Round 1 - 2022

Applicant Grant purposeAmount
A Gender Agenda To support Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Intersex creative writing workshops $8,570
Emma Batchelor To develop a new fiction manuscript for publication $28,800
Christopher Carroll For production of original play 'I Have No Enemies' $45,944
Contour 556 To support the Canberra art biennial ‘Contour 556’ $50,000
Glitoris To support production and promotion of social justice themed album $42,110
Hannah Gason To purchase equipment for the development of a solo exhibition at the Canberra Glassworks $10,608
Aislinn King To support exhibition and participation at the ‘World Stage Design 2022’ event in Canada $10,000
Ruth Pieloor To present a new play 'Demented' at the Q Theatre $43,172
Storytorch Press To support a publishing and promotion program of local writers $25,000
Eliza Sanders To support the premiere season of a new dance work 'That Was Friday' $25,000
Hiroe Swen To develop content for a website resource 'The world of Hiroe Swen's ceramic art' $10,650
Bec Taylor To support ‘Bec Taylor and the Lyrebirds’ new collaborative album $27,708
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn To support an exhibition at the Campbelltown Art Centre 'Spinning the Fire Sutra' $37,448
Brenda Croft For creation of a multimodal website design - artist, author, curator, educator, researcher $35,000
Seaton Rogers To support Wiradjuri hip hop artist YNG Martyr with touring costs for festival shows $11,672

Arts Activities Funding $5-50k Round 2 - 2022

Applicant Grant PurposeAmount
ARCHIEThe production and promotion of a debut EP of new songs. $25,685
Joel ArthurCreate a body of new exploratory paintings for a new exhibition. $9,463
Elliot BastianonAcquiring equipment and materials to develop a new body of copper sculptures. $15,159
Tracy BourneThe production of ‘Finale’ - a new music theatre work featuring Moya Simpson. $36,919
Ashlee ByeUndertake creative development for a new contemporary dance work. $9,187
CLUBSCOREThe development of visual design elements for a new work ‘Arena Spectacular’. $49,748
Elizabeth Cameron DalmanTo develop Mirramu; ‘Dance-in-Nature’ professional development program with local and Taiwanese artists. $19,625
Zhi Yi ChamUndertake a mentorship and to research and develop a collection of memoir and poetry works. $29,440
Luminescence Chamber SingersTo develop and premiere performances of new work for vocal ensemble 'Of the Body' in Canberra and Sydney. $27,750
Michael C. DooleyTo create a professional audio/video recording of original contemporary classical compositions for piano and orchestra. $21,450
Jess HaasThe musical development and pre-production for 'The Girl Who Glows' - a new music/theatre work. $28,520
Nicole HashamTo write a non-fiction book about the histories, ecologies, and cultural significance of Australian mountains. $18,650
Stuart McMillen To write ‘The Town Without Television’ - a non-fiction comic. $17,430
Julie Monro-Allison Residency in Cairns and the creation of ‘Oothecae’; an installation of new sculptural works. $13,778
Samantha Sly The recording, promotion, and release of an EP of new songs. $23,225
Yamile Tafur Rios Creating a series of new paintings about Canberra-based migrants. $13,203

Arts Activities Funding Up to $5k - 2022

Applicant Grant purposeAmount
Nicola Knackstredt To assist with costs of purchasing a Durston Rolling Mill for silversmithing. $3,088
Cam Michael To assist with the creation and exhibition of new visual art work at the Belconnen Arts Centre. $1,060
Luminescence Chamber Singers To assist with costs of guest conductor and mentor Roland Peelman. $3,500
Jacqui Meng Travel to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts as an exhibiting artist for Hatched 2022. $2,653
Anna Judith To assist with the KREWD Sisters’ Luna & the Evening Star costume development. $5,000
Tanya Davies To assist with undertaking a residency at Varuna Writers House. $1,145
Ikenna Enyi To assist with the live music and dance showcase of BIPOC performers in Sydney. $2,000
Max Burgess To undertake workshops at ImpulsTanz in Vienna, Austria. $5,000
Hiroe Swen To support the professional editing of Hiroe Swen's ceramic art creative process demonstration video. $4,506
Karen Cromwell To support participation in the EVOLVE 2022 ceramics mentorship program. $4,998
Liz Lea To support touring RED to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. $4,963
Gretel Burgess To support a multimedia event for National Stroke Awareness Week. $5,000
James Batchelor To support the presentation of a new dance work in Bangkok, Thailand. $5,000
Hayden Fritzlaff/Helena Popp To support recording, mixing, mastering and artwork for Helena Pop’s new album. $4,851
Melanie Olde To support the presentation of artwork at the Bridges Aalto 2022 international conference in Helsinki, Finland. $4,144
Chris Latham To assist with performing and recording the songs of the Changi Songbook. $5,000
Meg WilkinsonTo participate in a flameworking course at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York$5,000
Amanda McLeodTo assist with editorial support and mentoring from Mark Tredinnick for a manuscript of poetry and prose, with images: ‘The Time, the Place’$4,400
Sia AhmadTo perform at GIOfest XV: International Festival of Improvisation 2022 in Glasgow, UK$2,422
Stuart McMillenTo assist with the print adaptation of a non-fiction comic ‘The Town Without Television’$4,980
Vanaja DasikaTo support the performances of Parijatham, a classical Indian Kuchipudi dance performance$1,695
Susanne IlschnerTo support an exhibition in Melbourne of new print works on endometriosis by seven ACT artists$2,255
Claire JacksonTo assist with attending the IMPACT 12 International Print Conference in Bristol, UK$4,066
Alex WasonTo assist with attending the IMPACT 12 International Print Conference in Bristol, UK$4,066
Kate BuerknerTo assist with costs of purchasing a lightbox for photographic painting$1,138
Subhash JairethTo support the publication and promotion of a book of essays about places in Australia, Burma, and India$4,000
Amelia ElwickTo support attendance at the Surrey International Writers Conference in Canada$2,893
Mel DouglasTo present an international solo exhibition at Caterina Tognon Gallery, Venice, Italy$5,000
Teresa WojcikTo support professional development from two local mentors$1,320
This Is What We Have TodayTo support a multimedia new music concert presenting local emerging composers and performers$4,046
Claudia HoganTo support ‘Merging Realms’, a group exhibition of new multimedia artworks$2,242
Jacqueline BradleyTo support the exhibition of new works by Jacqueline Bradley and Rosalind Lemoh at Post Office Projects (POP) Gallery in Adelaide$4,776
Sionna MapleTo support a comedy variety performance celebrating marginalised voices$2,066
Stellar CompanyTo support the presentation of A Stellar Lineup, an inclusive dance performance at Belconnen Arts Centre$5,000
Melinda HealFor travel to the United States of America and participation in ‘Katazome Today: Migrations of a Japanese Art’ at the Whatcom Museum, Washington$4,963
Bryan FoongFor travel to and participation in Pilotenkueche International Art Program residency, in Leipzig, Germany$4,491
Elmira MohamedTo support performances by the Persian women’s dance group$2,000
Somesh PutchaTo support mentorship with jazz artist Colin Stranahan, in New York$2,624
Harriet SchwarzrockTo attend Dr Wayne Strattman’s ‘Advanced Topics in Plasma/Neon Art’ in the USA$4,069
Music Theatre ProjectsTo assist with the creative development of ‘Camelia’, a new music theatre work$2,000
Tamara HendersonTo assist with the creation of new installation works for solo exhibitions in the UK$5,000
Sparrow-FolkTo assist with the development of a new comedy show$1,000
Paul SummerfieldTo support a solo exhibition in Canberra of new visual artworks$4,167
Georgia BennettTo support the production and release of a new music video ‘Boots’$4,891
Shane Walsh-SmithTo support the development of a new TV series ‘Matchsticks 2.0’ through a digital writers’ room$4,450

ACT Screen Arts Fund - 2022

Applicant Grant purposeAmount
Prajdnik Awasthi Post-production of an animated short film ‘Marionettes (and the virtue of a lotus flower)’ $15,000
Jessica Beange Mentorship to develop scripts and pitch documents to market for Summer Camp, Leona and Victims of Crime $16,450
Nathan Collett Producing a cinematic documentary on the relationship between wild peacocks and human residents in an Australian suburb $15,229
Nick Delatovic Script development for Bleeding Heart, a supernatural neo-western feature film $7,800
Eleanor Evans Development/pre-production of stop motion short film based on the story The Fairy Woman and the Three Cockerels by Pixie O'Harris $15,000
Kite Shield Interactive Development of Legion Fall, a new role-playing game that explores Roman history and mythology in the Gallic wars of 52 BC $14,921
Christine Ryan Development of Ninja Worrier, an eight-part comedy series about anxiety and life $14,463