Chief Minister Stanhope has announced the winners of the “Start-Up” grants for young artists.
“Young artists can face a number of barriers when establishing their arts practice, most particularly in relation to the costs of buying materials, hiring a venue or staging a production,” Mr Stanhope said.
“The $500 ‘Start-Up’ grants will give young artists some of the early support they need to develop their ideas, build audiences, and pursue professional development.”
The lucky winners are:
- — James Batchelor – to assist with costs of purchasing a digital camera to make a short
dance film
— George Edwards – to assist with costs of art materials and equipment hire to create a wall
animation for a public mural
— Timothy Guthrie – to assist with costs of server fees and maintenance of a website
‘Dream Damage’ about the Canberra underground music scene
— Benjamin Harris – to assist with costs of video editing software and an external hard drive
to produce a short film Tasty for public screening
— Fiona Little – to assist with costs of the production and presentation of abstract
drawings and paintings for exhibition
— Claire Low – to assist with costs of master classes in writing at and membership of
the ACT Writer’s Centre to produce a novel
— Dorothy Peisley – to assist with costs of equipment and materials to establish a jewellery
designer studio practice
— Luke Penders – to assist with costs of preparing prints and video projections for an
exhibition in a disused public space
— Catherine Petocz – to assist with costs of touring an installation interactive performance
work, initially at the Wagga Art Gallery
— Alison Plevey – to assist with costs of purchasing video camera equipment to film and
document choreographic work
— Luke Sweeting – to assist with costs of producing a debut CD on improvised jazz piano
— Bridget Thomas – to assist with costs of creating new glass work for an exhibition at the
Canberra Glassworks
— Lachlan Thomas – to assist with costs of recording and producing original indie music
album, available for downloading
— Adam Veikkanen – to assist with costs of venue costs for an art exhibition focused on the
role of community in suburbia
— Fiona Veikkanen – to assist with costs of purchasing an overlocker to make sculptural
artworks for an exhibition
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