Funding adds momentum to arts in Queensland

Queensland artists will get the chance to bring to life exciting new works in dance, music, theatre, writing, visual arts, craft and design with support from the Bligh Government.

Arts Minister Rod Welford said 29 Queensland artists, arts groups and organisations would share in more than $595,000 in funding to develop and present new works and exhibitions.

“These grants add momentum to Queensland’s dynamic arts and cultural profile in the local, national and international arenas,” Mr Welford said.

“They also provide Queenslanders greater access to the arts, for example through support for the Cerebral Palsy League to help provide quality arts experiences for people with disabilities.”

Mr Welford said international projects included grants to take Queensland design to the esteemed Triennale di Milano Design Museum in Italy.

“In Queensland, the grants will fund a four-day youth forum in Bamaga on Cape York to be led by local community artists,” he said.

“There is also a project helping parents, young people, educators and artists in the Noosa region develop new skills in different art forms; a statewide collaborative multimedia artwork for Brisbane Festival 2008; and a contemporary sound/experimental music festival to be held in Cairns and Brisbane.

“Funding for national projects includes an Australian tour for Indigenous soul band Banawurun and CD recording projects for Jackie Marshall and Emma Dean.

“Performances will be developed for the 2008 World Refugee Day Community Festival and Festuri’s multicultural celebration on the Sunshine Coast, with funding also going to the 15^th annual 4MBS Festival of Classics.”

Mr Welford said grants were available as part of Arts Queensland’s development and presentation program, open to individual artists, collectives and not-for-profit organisations for initiatives including new work, exhibitions, productions, industry development and cultural engagement activities.

For more information, visit www.arts.qld.gov.au, email grants@arts.qld.gov.au, or contact Arts Queensland on (07) 3224 4896 or toll-free 1800 175 531.

A complete list of grant recipients follows.

Media contact: Marnie Stitz or Emma Clarey on 3237 1000

Development and Presentation Grants

Artlink Australia - $10,000 to ensure Queensland writers and artists are represented in national quarterly magazine Artlink in 2008.

Banawurun - $20,000 to promote and showcase the album launch tour for Brisbane-based Indigenous soul band Banawurun.

Contact Inc. and Industry One Dance Co. for the Brisbane City Council - $29,920 to work with young refugees to tell their stories through an array of energetic dance and visual performances as part of the 2008 World Referee Day Community Festival.

Carclew Youth Arts Centre - $7000 to support Queensland art practice through a regular state column in national youth theatre magazine Lowdown.

Christina Waterson - $20,000 to create new works that combine handmade and Queensland manufacturing/commercial processes.

Collusion - $30,000 to develop and present four dynamic live events featuring music, visual arts, photography and dance in Brisbane, Toowoomba and Mackay.

Emma Dean - $15,000 to record, manufacture, distribute and launch a full-length CD of original songs.

FESTURI-multicultural celebration inc - $29,122 to develop and celebrate the diverse artistic talents of Queensland’s multicultural community.

Fiona Hogg for Brisbane Festival - $20,000 to create Big Square Eye, a new media artwork exploring youth cultures throughout Queensland, for presentation at the Brisbane Festival 2008.

Gold Coast Arts Centre - $5,000 to produce a teaching resource for schools linking artworks from the Gold Coast City Art Gallery collection with the Queensland experience of landscape.

Hiromi Tango - $10,000 to attend a six-week residency as part of the Next Wave Festival in Melbourne and create a temporal public artwork and publication.

Jacqueline Marshall - $15,000 to produce the album thankslovesoundsgreat.

Jalberto Mihelffy-Maldonado - $15,000 towards artist fees, production and marketing of the Timbeao Planet Music series.

Jugglers Art Space Inc. - $25,000 to hold the Brisbane Artist Run Initiatives Festival including exhibitions and workshops.

LA INC - $12,000 to hold Liquid Architecture 9, a sound arts/experimental music festival in Brisbane and Cairns, in conjunction with events in NSW and Victoria.

La La Parlour - $43,871 to produce a theatre piece at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts and prepare it for local, national and international markets.

Marilyn Miller - $33,455 to assist the creation and development of Indigenous contemporary dance in Brisbane with the work Quinkan.

Markwell Presents - $28,512 to produce a three-week season of Hollow Crossing, an original and live cinematic theatre performance event.

Martin Smith - $15,000 to publish a book of photographic work to be used to support national and international exhibitions.

Museums Board of Victoria - $20,000 to present four Queensland designers at the Freestyle design exhibition of the Triennale di Milano: Ari Athans (jewellery), Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson (fashion), Alexander Lotersztain (furniture/lighting/tableware) and Brian Steendyk (architecture/urban design/interior/landscape/furniture/product).

Musica Viva Australia - $11,325 to deliver three performances of music ensembles in regional Queensland.

Noosa Longweekend - $29,448 to present improvised and set performances in places and spaces throughout the Noosa Shire.

Owirapoon Ya’Gno Wakai TSI Corporation - $30,000 to conduce a four-day youth forum in the Northern Peninsular Area and to engage local community artists in skills development and workshops.

Sofia Woods - $32,590 to create a new solo dance theatre performance which merges contemporary dance and new circus.

Thomas Hall - $8,000 to develop compositional possibilities in electronic music production resulting in a CD and performance series.

Voices on the Coast - $2,990 to produce Authors@your Local Library in conjuction with the Voices on the Coast Youth Literature Festival.

Music Broadcasting Society of Qld Ltd - $20,000 to present the 15^th annual 4MBS Festival of Classics, featuring 21 concerts in ten venues to be broadcast around Australia.

Cerebral Palsy League - $26,900 to publish a resource to help service organisations embed the arts into their regular programs for people with disabilities.

Creative Noosa - $29,980 to support Noosa Shire Council’s Coast 2 Country project between young people, parents, educators and artists to develop skills in different art forms.

Total - $595,113