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$150,090 of new regional arts funding provided to South Australian communities
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$150,090 of new regional arts funding provided to South Australian communities
5th July 2010
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Chair of Country Arts SA, Mr Lew Owens today announced that regional South Australian communities have been provided with $150,090 to support arts initiatives thanks to the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund.
“In total 20 projects involving South Australian communities will be supported after the Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced the latest round from the Regional Arts Fund” he said.
“Through the Regional Arts Fund, communities are finding new ways to express themselves and their local stories” said Mr Owen.
“The current round of funding will support work in a variety of artforms from writing to sculpture to performance and film making whilst bringing communities together across regions, across generations and across cultures”.
Initiatives supported in the new round of funding include:
Feral Foods - a community project involving people of the Central Flinders Ranges contributing stories, interviews, research and film materials for a collaborative film project exploring traditions, subcultures and stories of life that revolve around foods and flavours.
Reflections - Tasmanian artists Ruth Rees and Pam Thorne will conduct workshops on creating papier-mâché sculptures as a community art project, reflecting the culture, diversity and historical development of Peterborough and District. The community will collaborate with the project artists to fabricate sculptural works depicting significant local characters and events that reflect local culture and the diversity of the local communities.
The Regional Arts Fund assists community-based cultural development in regional, remote and isolated areas in Australia. The Fund aims to achieve sustainable cultural development by facilitating partnerships and networks, assisting the professional development and employment of regional artists, and by funding community projects.
Country Arts SA manages the Regional Arts Fund in South Australia on behalf of the Australian Government. Assistance is available across all art forms for projects that encourage community participation in regional arts development.
The next funding round closes 15 August 2010, for projects which commence from 1 January 2011. More information about the Regional Arts Fund is available from Country Arts SA on 8444 0400.
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For media enquiries contact Country Arts SA’s Manager Corporate Affairs on 8444 0406 or 0401 999 633 or email kylie.kerrigan@countryarts.org.au
REGIONAL ARTS FUND – South Australia March Round 2010
Ophelia's Shadow Theatre $12,000
Ink Pot Arts Inc
Ophelia's Shadow Theatre is an inter generational Puppet-Theatre project, celebrating the elderly. Puppetry artists Tis Milner-Nichols and Tony Hannan are key artists. Young people will work with project artists and elderly residents.
PressureLands - Stage 1 - Community Consultation & Early Creative Development $3,000
Alysha Herrmann
A professional development opportunity for emerging Riverland Theatre and Community Artist Alysha Herrmann to lead community consultation followed by creative development with a youth theatre ensemble towards the first draft of script called, 'PressureLands’.
Ripples in the Water (working title) $18,300
Kungan Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Steering Group
A professional curator will assist the Murray Bridge community to conduct workshops with Ngarrindjeri artists and also mentor a young Aboriginal artist to curate an exhibition - 'Ripples in the Water - working title' as an outcome of the project.
Historical Novel based on life in 1880's Kadina - 'Secrets' $500
Roger Norris-Green
To assist writer Roger Norris-Green to conduct research, including travel costs associated with completing a trilogy of fiction works about Kadina and the Yorke Peninsula. The final work entitled 'secrets' will incorporate local Indigenous stories and people, never published in a novel before.
5X5 $6,000
Riverland Youth Theatre Inc
5X5 is five x-art, x-generation and x-community youth arts projects converging into a celebration of 25 years of art by young people. The projects will include stories, artworks, dance and movement, circus skills, writing and group devised performances.
Feral Foods $9,000
The Feral Foods Collaborations Team
Feral Foods is a community project involving people of the Central Flinders Ranges contributing stories, interviews, research and film materials for a collaborative film project exploring traditions, subcultures and stories of life that revolve around foods and flavours.
Arid Sculptural Event #4 – Workshops $3,300
Port Augusta City Council
This project covers the In The Bin Short Film Festival/Workshop and a basket making workshop with Virginia Kaiser and is part of the Arid Sculptural Event #4 program.
MusoMagic $4,540
Ceduna District Health Service
A musical experience involving 60 youth from the community, writing, producing and recording a song that is ready to be played over air.
Andamooka Bohemian Cabaret $3,200
Edge2Centre
The Bohemian Cabaret matches local musicians with visiting professional musicians to produce a concert of Australian music as part of the Andamooka Opal Festival.
Murray Bridge Children's Centre Community Arts Project 'As part of the 'Murray Bridge Regional Centre of Culture'. $14,788
Murray Bridge South Kindergarten
The 'Murray Bridge Children Centre's Community Arts Project' will provide an opportunity for individuals of all ages, physical abilities and cultural backgrounds to engage in design and construction of mosaic pillars, murals and seats that will be situated at the Murray Bridge Children's Centre.
'Do you remember when....?' $4,602
District Council of Tumby Bay
This Centenary project will bring together past, present and future visual imagery of this region, depicted in a public artwork, on a significant site at Tumby Bay.
Youth Versus Alcohol $5,000
Youth Versus Alcohol Committee
This project will engage the big hART team to undertake an extensive community consultation and research process throughout the Limestone Coast Area.
2010 Fleurieu Folk Festival 'Step into the Music' Workshops Program $8,500
Fleurieu Folk Festival Inc
A feature workshop program within the Fleurieu Folk Festival that enables performers in the local community and Fleurieu Region to access the unique skills, experience and knowledge provided by visiting professional performers through a series of workshops. We expect them to gain expertise that will assist them to further develop their own careers and help create further performance opportunities.
Writing for the Stage $9,113
Dudley Writers Group
To develop local writing for the stage and produce 'Island Life 2011' a performance of theatre pieces written specifically for the stage.
Real 2 Real OskaBrightSA $5,000
Tutti Ensemble Inc
Tutti Ensemble will consult with regional communities and disability organisations and artists to develop a film making project similar to the Oska Bright model & involving disabled artists.
Earth to Spirit Spring Fair $2,775
Spirit Women
The Earth to Spirit Spring Fair will include performing and visual art workshop programs, which will contain a culturally diverse range of art practices through hands on participation in a 'village type fair' environment.
UpRaw Workshops $1,700
JamaeRaw School Of the Arts Incorporated
A program to develop the skills of 70 young people in circus skills, clowning/stage combat, dance and acting for preparation towards a performing arts festival.
Queer Gifted and Blak 4 (QGB4) $18,540
Feast Lesbian and Gay Cultural Festival
'Queer Gifted and Blak' is a project of Feast Festival. The project will provide mentoring and skills development for regional and remote Indigenous performers, dancers and songwriters who identify as transgender or queer. The project provides a series of workshops which will develop skills and provide a performance outcome on the theme of family.
'Play Me I'm Yours' Piano Murals Project $14,490
Australian Festival for Young People, aka Come Out
In 2011, the Come Out Festival will deliver 'Play Me, I'm Yours' in South Australia as a statewide community public art (mural) and music program for children and the general public; including regional and remote areas, people with a disability, young people from a variety of cultural backgrounds and Aboriginal people.
Reflections $5,742
Peterborough Art & Cultural Festival Committee
Tasmanian artists Ruth Rees and Pam Thorne will conduct workshops on creating papier-mache sculptures as a community art project, reflecting the culture, diversity and historical development of Peterborough and District. The community will collaborate with the project artists to fabricate sculptural works depicting significant local characters and events that reflect local culture and the diversity of the local communities.
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