Cultural Arts Fund 2024
| Applicant | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tjanara Goreng Goreng with co-partner Paul Collis | Facilitate two community cultural development sessions on poetry writing and produce a showcase of this poetry through performance at two venues. | $10,000 |
| Aidan Hartshorn | Glass mentorship with Tom Rowney and Peter Nilsson, to develop works focussed on Walgalu Country and cultural objects. | $15,000 |
| Jenni Kemarre Martiniello with ACT Indigenous Textiles Artists Group | Maker sessions for First Nations participants to explore their culture and create jewellery and small-scale objects. | $14,630 |
| Emma Laverty | Performance of Project Dust dance group, continuing exploration of cultural identity and collaboration. | $15,000 |
| Violet Sheridan | Draft a manuscript for autobiographical work with support of a professional writer. Showcase at National Library of Australia. | $15,000 |
| Rechelle Turner | Expand art practice in textiles, printing and dyeing techniques and gain exposure to fashion industry at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and Country to Couture. | $15,000 |
| William Walker | Develop and present paintings in the artist’s first solo exhibition. | $4,171 |
| Yerrabi Yurwang Child and Family Aboriginal Corporation | Development of ceramics by Women's Circle and Strong Women's Group at Strathnairn Arts, followed by exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre in 2025. | $11,650 |
Arts Activities Funding $5-$50k Round 1 - 2024
| Applicant | Grant Purpose | Amount | Artform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prajdnik Awasthi | To develop an animated short film, 'The Hidden Side of the Moon’ | $35,000 | Screen |
| James Batchelor | Creative development of a new dance work inspired by the late choreographer, Tanja Liedtke | $22,000 | Dance |
| Max Burgess | Creative development for a new contemporary dance work, 'of dirt and love' | $39,153 | Dance |
| Nigel Featherstone | Pre-production creative development for ‘THE STORY OF THE OARS’, a new play with spoken-word songs | $29,086 | Theatre |
| Amala Groom | To support production costs of a new moving image work, ‘The Lodge’, for exhibition at Canberra Contemporary Art Space in 2025 | $49,756 | Visual Arts |
| Sammy Hawker | To develop a new body of work for a 3-month exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery in 2025 | $15,196 | Visual Arts |
| Judith Nangala Crispin | Completion of a new illustrated verse novel, 'The Dingo's Noctuary' | $17,100 | Literature |
| Abra Pressler | To develop a new LGBTQI+ fiction manuscript, ‘The Romance Scam’ | $16,478 | Literature |
| SAFIA | For creation, development and promotion of a new studio album | $50,000 | Music |
| Sarah St Vincent Welch | To support Stage 3 creative non-fiction development, 'We don't have words - a meditation on suicide in Australia' | $7,200 | Literature |
| Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | To support travel costs for North American tour in 2024 | $50,000 | Music |
| Nicholas Vevers | Production costs for ‘Mustard Flats’ podcast and documentary series | $21,043 | Screen |
Arts Activities Funding $5-$50k Round 2 - 2024
| Applicant | Grant Purpose | Amount | Artform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Vincent | To support the research and development of 'A Nagging Doubt', a new major work of literary true crime | $37,404.00 | Literature |
| Thomas Coen Bonson | To develop and promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inspired jewellery, celebrating culture and wearable art, for exhibition during NAIDOC Week 2025 | $45,431.00 | Visual Arts |
| Nick Delatovic | To support the development of ‘VHSXS’, a new two-channel video work in collaboration with Sydney-based artist Daniel Mudie Cunningham | $16,820.00 | Visual Arts |
| Bridget Baskerville | To undertake a residency at ZK/U, Centre for Art and Urbanistics in Germany, to develop artwork in response to the impact of human intervention on Berlin waterways | $14,890.00 | Visual Arts |
| Sally Walker | For the recording of a new album of Australian Flute Concertos with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra | $50,000.00 | Music |
| Richard Johnson | For travel costs, artist fees and promotion of ‘SoundOut’, a festival of improvised and exploratory music | $43,296.00 | Music |
| Melanie Lane | To support remount costs for the contemporary dance piece, ‘MOUNTAIN’, in collaboration with Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Canberra International Music Festival | $15,000.00 | Dance |
| Gabriel Sinclair | Further development of ‘Superposition’, an established 30-minute dance piece, working with local and interstate artists and scientists, resulting in a 60-minute dance duet | $31,309.00 | Dance |
| Declan Shrubb | To host a writers’ room to develop the series pitch document for 'Code of Conduct,' a new black-comedy drama series based in Canberra | $31,655.00 | Screen |
| Anecdote Games | To create a vertical slice for the new digital game, ‘Outpost’ | $49,989.00 | Digital Games |
| Sotirios Dounoukos | For the workshop and script development of a new play, ‘THE EYE’ | $17,474.00 | Theatre |
| John Shortis | Creative development of a new music-theatre work to mark the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam | $11,900.00 | Theatre |
Arts Activities Funding Up to $5k - 2024
| Applicant | Grant Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dionisia Salas | To support the production and documentation of a major solo exhibition in Mildura and group exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre | $3,850.00 |
| Patricia Church | To support a comedy performance at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 | $5,000.00 |
| Beau Palmer | To support artist, production, and curatorial fees for an upcoming collaborative queer exhibition in Tasmania | $4,650.00 |
| Sammy Hawker | For the design and production of a set of Chladni plates for use in the development and exhibition of new work | $4,600.00 |
| Anne-Marie Jean | To support research fieldtrip to Japan to develop paper and fabric-based collage and painting techniques | $4,639.00 |
| Paul Hutchison | To support attendance at the 2024 Australian International Documentary Conference in Melbourne, Victoria | $920.00 |
| Michele England | To support a solo exhibition at ANCA Gallery | $2,856.00 |
| Gabrielle Hall-Lomax | To support participation in a 4-month creative residency at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne, Victoria | $4,800.00 |
| Us Mob Writing Group | To support four members to attend the 2024 Blak and Bright Festival in Melbourne, Victoria | $5,000.00 |
| Masoud Varjavandi | To support attendance at the 2024 Screen Forever Conference in Gold Coast, Queensland | $2,470.00 |
| Julian Laffan | To support participation in traditional woodcut workshops, collaborations, and mentoring opportunities in Japan | $5,000.00 |
| Ruth Pieloor | To facilitate a writers’ room collaborative process for the script development of a new TV series | $4,215.00 |
| Jacqui Malins | To support next stage of development of ‘Gert By History’, a poetic and visual investigation of Gert Bradshaw | $4,500.00 |
| Ginger Gorman | To support interview costs with female Indigenous Elders for a non-fiction memoir, ‘Flying Not Falling’ | $5,000.00 |
| Brad Hoff / Plucky Wombat | To develop sound design for a new virtual reality escape room game | $3,200.00 |
| Xenia Hanusiak | To deliver a key presentation and participate in workshops and knowledge exchange at Classical: NEXT in Berlin, Germany | $4,890.00 |
| Al Munro | To support a seven-week residency and solo exhibition at MATDOT Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand | $1,916.00 |
| Eliza Sanders | To support travel and presentation of new work at the Busan International Dance Festival (BIDF) in Korea | $2,379.00 |
| Thea Katauskas | To support travel costs for an artist residency in Naracoorte, South Australia | $2,156.00 |
| Jeffrey Sarmiento | Development of glass artworks about transnational diaspora for solo exhibition at Canberra Glassworks | $4,906.00 |
| BIOPIC Creatives (Joyce Fan) | Artist fees and venue costs for a multimedia exhibition exclusively highlighting art, music and voices of people of colour in Canberra | $4,973.00 |
| Sarah Stewart | Development and travel costs to present ‘Midwife Crisis’, a solo comedy show at the North Australian Festival of Arts, in Townsville, Queensland | $2,816.00 |
| Declan Shrubb | To support the recording of six new songs for an original Canberra based comedy musical, ‘Tramdemic: The Musical’ | $5,000.00 |
| Hanne Watkins | To support attendance at a Varuna alumni residency | $985.00 |
| Prue Hazelgrove | For travel costs to the attend the opening of ‘Nabaami (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) 2019 – ongoing’, in Washington DC, as technical assistant in the creation of the works, and to undertake professional development in Rochester and New York City, USA | $5,000.00 |
| Rodolfo Caivano | To support attendance at the International Tango Festival in Buenos Aires as a Canberran representative | $3,554.00 |
| Alex Raupach | To support travel expenses to attend the Siena International Jazz Workshop 2024 | $5,000.00 |
| Caitlin Maggs | To support ‘Before and After’ - a two-women stand-up comedy show | $5,000.00 |
| Sophia Dumaresq | To support participation in Hatched (National Graduate Show) at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and the development of new work for a debut solo exhibition | $5,000.00 |
| Alice Rezende | To support mixing, mastering and marketing release for the new album, ‘Olivia's World’ | $5,000.00 |
| Legs Dance Studio | To support travel to and participation in the 2024 Tianjin International Children's Culture and Art Festival in China | $5,000.00 |
| Joseph Falsone | To support novel writing and industry engagement by participating in a development program at Allen & Unwin / Faber | $5,000.00 |
| April Widdup | To support attendance at artist residency at TAKT from November 2024 to February 2025 in Leipzig, Germany | $5,000.00 |
| Anna McDonald | For promotion and venue costs for the Jazmourian Ensemble’s debut concert | $5,000.00 |
| Canberra Repertory Society | To support promotion and production costs for ‘Away’ by Michael Gow in Canberra, ACT | $5,000.00 |
| Cathy Franzi | For travel and costs associated with attending a three-week artist-in-residence at TANK Arts Centre and the Cairns Botanic Gardens in Cairns, QLD | $2,000.00 |
| Lizz Murphy | For stage one development of ‘Wayfarer’, a new poetry manuscript | $4,500.00 |
| Nicola Knackstredt | To support travel costs to mount a new jewellery exhibition, 'Outside Our Boxes' for Radiant Pavilion in Melbourne, VIC | $3,382.00 |
| Hands Like Houses | To support touring costs to South East Asia to promote a new album | $5,000.00 |
| Julie Pennington | To support travel and participation costs to attend an artist-in-residence at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, in Kyoto, Japan | $4,500.00 |
| Saskia Scott | To support professional development and undertake research led travel to UK as a performance producer | $5,000.00 |
| Tamara Henderson | For the development of ‘Slug in the Mug’, a new solo exhibition at Artspace, in Sydney, NSW | $5,000.00 |
| Judith Nangala Crispin | To support professional development by attending the group exhibition "Under A Southern Star: Identity and Environment in Australian Photography," at Princeton University Art Museum in New Jersey, USA | $5,000.00 |
| David Drynan | To support touring costs for the band Lucifungus to Europe in 2024 | $5,000.00 |
| John Brookes | To support exhibition and promotional costs for ‘Unconditional’, a new exhibition | $1,931.00 |
| Lucy Neave | To support research and professional development for a new novel, ‘True War Animal Music’ in New York City, USA | $4,608.00 |
| Jarrod Farquhar-Nicol | To support travel and attendance at Melbourne International Games Week 2024 | $3,454.00 |
Regional Arts Fund 2024-25
The ACT Government receives funding through the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund to provide funding for high-quality arts projects benefiting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and communities.
| Applicant | Grant Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Stellar Company | To undertake a series of dance and exercise classes for older Canberrans of migrant backgrounds living in the Gungahlin, Whitlam and Woden regions | $19,994 |
| QL2 Dance Incorporated | To provide a safe and inclusive dance outreach program for young participants, aged seven to twelve, in the Gungahlin region | $20,000 |
| Luminescence Chamber Singers Ltd | To provide a free and accessible avenue for participants to experience the health, wellbeing and social benefits of communal singing in the Gungahlin and Woden regions | $14,500 |
| Rebus Theatre | To deliver activities that will include the creation and implementation of a free four-day school holiday program for migrant and refugee youth, aged eight to twelve, in theatre and other performing arts | $18,236 |
| Tuggeranong Community Arts Association | To deliver a series of First Nations multi-artform workshops held in South Canberra | $20,000 |