Page 764 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 19 March 2019
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Arts activities funding is available to ACT-based artists at all stages of their careers and to organisations providing the Canberra community with opportunities to engage in the arts. The total pool of arts activity funding available for this financial year is $775,000. I am pleased to highlight just some of the talented young Canberra writers who have recently been able to secure funding for the development of their careers.
Young writers funded include Emilie Morscheck for the creative development of a young adult fiction manuscript; Lucy Mathews for script development; Callie Doyle-Scott for finalising a manuscript draft; Patrick Mullins for researching for a manuscript; Rosanna Stevens to undertake writing mentorships; and Hayley McQuire to run an Indigenous youth writing workshop.
Young visual artists supported recently via arts activity funding include Daniel Savage, Kate Smith and Benjamin Harb. Young performing artists funded this year include Miriam Pickard to research and write a performance piece; Emily Sheehan to develop a theatre script for production; Christopher Carroll to tour his theatre production; Alison Plevey to create and present a new contemporary dance work; Lydia Monzo to attend residencies and instrumental training; Emma McManus to develop and present a new theatre work; Marianne Mettes to develop a puppet theatre production; and the Griffyn Ensemble to create an all-ages musical playground.
The ACT government also funds the You Are Here arts festival, which features majority young and emerging artists, including writers, and offers an artist development stream for emerging practitioners, who work alongside professional arts producers to further develop their practices and their new works. While almost all of our ACT government-funded arts organisations have significant programs that develop our young and emerging artists, I am happy to highlight some of these for the benefit of those who may not realise, or who may choose not to realise, how heavily we invest in Canberra’s creative future.
Through community outreach funding the ANU School of Music receives $511,000 per year for its music programs, including for young artists and students. The ANU School of Art and Design currently receives $284,000 over three years for visual arts, including for young artists and students. The QL2 centre for youth dance provides nation-leading youth dance programs and productions for young artists, from primary school to recent graduates and emerging practitioners, and currently receives $332,000 per year in government funding.
The Canberra Youth Theatre, which provides theatre programs and productions for young artists, currently receives $250,000 per year in government funding. Warehouse Circus, which runs physical theatre programs for young artists, currently receives $180,000 per year in government funding. The ACT Writers Centre, which promotes and supports writers across the community, including young artists, currently receives $168,600 per year in government funding. Notably the Writers Centre runs the New Territory program, which fosters new and emergent writers in the field of arts criticism; and manages the Anne Edgeworth young writers fellowship, which is offered annually.
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