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Funding boost for South Australia's regional arts
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the latest round of funding for South Australian arts initiatives under the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund.
'With more than $88,000 allocated to 22 projects, involving more than 50 South Australian communities, the Regional Arts Fund provides a solid base for locally determined and managed cultural development initiatives,' Senator Kemp said.
'These projects are helping to ensure that South Australia's regional communities continue to have access to the highest quality opportunities to participate in the arts and cultural development.'
Major initiatives supported in this round include:
- Silk Ceilings and Felt Walls will bring together past and present clients of the Eyre Peninsula Women's & Children's Support Centre to create commemorative art pieces through the design and creation of a silk ceiling and felt walls.
- Word of Mouth is a project that seeks to develop and support young writers from the Riverland region on a long-term basis.
- Big Country Choir is a regional community choir being developed to include people with a variety of disabilities drawn from the community of Clare and surrounding areas.
'Their ability to generate other forms of support for their projects and their capacity to see them through to completion is second to none.
'I have no doubt the current round of projects supported through the Regional Arts Fund will be no exception'.
The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional and remote Australia. Country Arts SA manages the Fund in South Australia on behalf of the Australian Government. More information about the Regional Arts Fund is available from Country Arts SA on 08 8444 0400 or on the website: www.dcita.gov.au.
A full list of projects funded in this round is attached.
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21 May 2004
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REGIONAL ARTS FUND- South Australia
2004 SA Rural Women's Gathering Multimedia Mural: $4,931
2004 SA Rural Women's Gathering Committee
The SA Rural Women's Gathering Committee will develop a multimedia mural in Yorketown, on the Yorke Peninsula, using words and images that represent what rural women juggle in their everyday lives.
Reflections of our Mosaic Lives $1,100
Arts for Us in the Valley
Reflections of our Mosaic Lives is a Barossa Valley based project that will support people with mental illness or other disabilities to develop sculptural, mosaic and life skills through participation in a community art project.
Big Country Choir $7,000
Arts in Action
Big Country Choir is a project aimed at forming a regional community choir that includes people with a variety of disabilities from the community of Clare and surrounding areas.
Faces of the Barossa $2,500
Barossa Arts Council
This project will photographically transform census data into a visual portrait representing the 'typical' face of the Barossa using photos of 100 members of the community.
Curnow's Caper $12,000
Belalie Arts Society
Curnow's Caper will see various community groups collaborate to create a unique arboreal sculpture for the Bundaleer Weekend 2005 - an annual event that features an extensive array of food, wine, bush walks and art exhibitions.
Blacksmith Mentorship $2,500
Mark (Dingo) Hill
This mentorship will support one on one training with arguably Australia's best blacksmith, to further creative skills in this unique artform.
Heart Rhythms $1,400
Rae Tanti
This project will support a series of workshops for women experiencing mental illness on Kangaroo Island. The workshops in African drumming, a capella singing and drum and dance, will encourage the development of skills and networking between participants.
Kingston Bowling Club Wall Mural $1,000
Kingston Bowling Club
A wall mural will be designed and developed through a partnership between the members of the Kingston Bowling Club and students from the Kingston Community School.
Children's novel, Moonflight, and Book Two, a sequel $2,540
Margaret Eva Bearnes
Margaret Eva Bearnes' project will enable the completion of a children's novel Moonflight with particular emphasis on editing and working on its partially written sequel, Book Two.
Basic Stagecraft and Lighting Design $1,785
Kingston Community Theatre
This project will support the development of stagecraft and lighting skills in community members and students, to allow more effective use of community theatre facilities in the Kingston area.
Out of the Shed $2,500
Corporation of the City Of Whyalla
Out of the Shed will provide mentorship and performance opportunities for young emerging musicians in the Whyalla area in order to nurture talent and recreate a local live music scene.
Silk Ceilings and Felt Walls $4,889
Eyre Peninsula Women's & Children's Support Centre Inc.
This project will bring together past and present clients of the organisation to create commemorative art pieces through the design and creation of a silk ceiling and felt walls.
12 Month Mentorship $3,840
Rohan Daw
Run over 12 months, this mentorship with established jazz guitarist, Rohan Daw, will support the development of skills, contacts, networks and provide a unique professional development opportunity.
Fountain Gallery/Arid Lands Botanical Garden Sculpture $2,500
Social Vision Unit, Corporation of the City of Port Augusta
This project will provide support to mount a sculptural exhibition in the Australian Arid Lands Botanical Garden in conjunction with an exhibition at the Fountain Gallery, Port Augusta.
What do ya reckon? $4,300
Spark Arts
The Coober Pedy community will use the What do ya reckon? project to undertake workshops, events and discussion forums in partnership with Scott Rankin and BIGhART to generate ideas for action for a long-term youth arts project.
Portrait Exhibition and Workshops $2,750
WESTART
This project will enable the development of a portrait exhibition and portrait workshops for remote Eyre region artists in the lead up to Oysterfest 2004.
Word of Mouth $3,000
Riverland Youth Theatre
Word of Mouth is a project that aims to develop and employ young writers from the Riverland on a long-term basis.
Youth, Culture, Sports and Walls $2,070
YACU (Youth and Council Unite)
This Riverland project will support young people from varying cultures, the community and service providers to work together to design and create an artistic mural, Youth, Culture, Sports and Walls.
Visual Rites $3,000
Riverland Youth Theatre
Visual Rites is a project that will develop an interactive outdoor performance that will be performed at community events in the Riverland, increasing community awareness of performing arts and youth culture.
Come Out Regional Program 2005 $10,000
Come Out (Australian Festival for Young People)
This project will build on the success of the 2003 Come Out Festival in regional South Australia and support the development of a range of community based activities and participation that enables more than 17,000 young people to access the festival in their own communities.
Creative Communities Stage 2 $5,000
Creative Communities Network
This project will support Stage 2 of the Creative Communities project which will see workshops and forums take place with the local governments of Alexandrina, Mount Gambier and Whyalla to enable the development of cultural plans.
SALA Festival Adelaide Hills $8,000
SALA Festival Inc
This grant will support the development of a series of activities and projects in the Adelaide Hills region prior to, during and beyond the 2004 South Australia Living Artists (SALA) Festival-a statewide festival where artists, galleries and communities celebrate the lives of living artists.