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2008 Grant Recipients

Quick Response Scheme | Travel Support Grants | Project Rounds | Public Art Grants | Strategic Initiatives | Festivals Development Fund | Key Arts Organisation Program |
Arts Scholarship Scheme

 

Quick Response Scheme

Projects - NT Funding

Brown's Mart Community Arts Inc - $950
27 January - 20 February 2008
Investigation of Community Arts Development Using Recycled Materials in Bali, Indonesia 

Michael Maher - $1,016
14 - 25 March 2008
Travel support for Worldfly to play at the West Coast and East Coast Blues & Roots Festivals

Sarah Mason - $1,500
25 - 28 July 2008

Travel support for Sarah Mason, Andrew Cook and Rui Hannington Pinto to travel to Adelaide and train with Franky Charman Green to develop skills in slapstick/acrobatics.


24HR Art Gallery - $1,500 *
2 August - 6 September 2008
Support for Larrakia artist Gary Lee for his first solo exhibition Maast Maast, based on photographs taken from 1994 to 2008

Melaleuca Refugee Centre - $1,500
26 - 29 August 2008
Support towards the workshop to introduce participants to Dance Movement Therapy, creative arts modalities amd traditional healing practices.

Total Recreation NT Inc - $1,500
27 August - 7 September 2008
Total Recreation in coordination with LiveVibeMusic is creating songs for CD with young people with disabilities.

Basil Hall - $1,250 *
25 September to 3 November 2008

Mounting a survey of collaborative printmaking with Indigenous artists (1996-2008) at Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra.


Ella McHenry - $1,500
3 to 5 October 2008
Performance of Scribesisterspeaking at the 2008 Tasmanian Poetry Festival.

Kate Dunn - $489
10 to 25 October 2008

Support for printing and gallery costs for the exhibition Pattern Recognition at the Woods Street Gallery due to the short turn around time in preparing for the exhibition.


Daniel Keane - $1,500 *
12 to 19 October 2008

Employ Brazilian Capoeira Angola Master Mestre Roxinho to run workshops with Indigenous students in the Irrekelantye and the wider Alice Springs community.


Katherine Regional Arts - $1,500 *
10 September to 12 December 2008

Support for the inaugural Binjari Festival will provide the opportunity for this small Indigenous community of 150, to celebrate their community and showcase their stories, arts and cultural activities to the Katherine community.


Reggie Sultan - $750 *
1 to 31 December 2008

Assistance for the launch of Reggie Sultans' book together with an exhibition of his works at the Masons Gallery, Darwin.

*Funded through the Northern Territory Indigenous Arts Strategy Building Strong Arts Business


Professional Development - NT Funding

Kaye Aldenhoven - $500
9 - 16 January 2008
Bundanon Poetry Workshop in NSW 

Barry Benning  - $484 *
12 - 25 January 2008
Attendance at Tamworth Festival  

Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation - $1,500 *
21 - 27 January 2008
"Muyngarnbi - Songs from Walking Spirits" performance at Australia Day in Melbourne 

Marie Shilling  - $700 *
14 - 17 February 2008
Titjikala Artists Exhibtion at Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA

Lewis Lampton  - $800 *
15 - 17 February 2008
Firestick Theatre Workshop and Performance with Bangarra Dance Company

Leah Flanagan - $900 *
27-28 February 2008
Performance of the Leah Flanagan Band at the Fuse Festival Showcase in Adelaide

Gary Lang - $1,250 *
1 March 2008
Showcasing of sections of "Munuk Gapu" (Salt Water) to the public in Darwin

Jenelle Saunders - $1,200
13 - 16 March 2008
Attendance at the Annual National Ausdance directors meeting in Adelaide

Tracey Bunn - $1,200
3-5 April 2008
Attendance at the Sydney Song Summit - S3

Ali Cobby Eckermann - $1,000 *
3 - 15 April 2008
'Little Bit Long Way' - Poetry Manuscript Skills Development in Melbourne 
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Valerie Nelson - $1,500 *
15 April - 31 May 2008
Support for training of the art centre staff to set up a gallery, procedures and prepare for the opening of the Arlpwe Art and Culture Centre and the Arlpwe Art Gallery in June.

Leonie Norrington  - $800
1 - 4 May 2008
Attendance at the National Children's Book Council biennual conference in Melbourne

Andrew Ewing  - $650
3 May - 31 October 2008
Travel support for Assistant Manager/ Project Officer at the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia

Lee Frank - $550
31 July - 6 August 2008
Travel support to attend the Bite Sized Festival in Alice Springs.

Sarah Bussell - $1,500
6 to 15 August 2008
Travel assistance to attend the Village Music Circles in Hawaii.

Olivia Mei Lai Swan - $1,500
27 August to 19 September 2008
Support to undertake a program of music industry professional development activities including Music NT Industry conference (Aug 2008), Big Sound conference and Showcase (Sept 2008) and Control Music Managers Workshop (Sept 2008).

Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr - $1,300 *
1 to 8 September 2008
Weaving Lives Together Book Launch at Bawaka, North East Arnhem Land including workshop series and exhibition.

Ritjililir Ganambarr - $1,300 *
1 to 8 September 2008
Weaving Lives Together Book Launch at Bawaka, North East Arnhem Land including workshop series and exhibition.

Banbapuy Ganambarr - $1,300 *
1 to 8 September 2008
Weaving Lives Together Book Launch at Bawaka, North East Arnhem Land including workshop series and exhibition.

Joshua Gregory Boson - $1,100 *
5 to 20 September 2008
Travel support to attend the Sydney Biennale.

Mark Smith - $1,045
10 to 13 September 2008
Participation in Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) Meeting.

Worldfly - $1,498
8 to 10 October 2008
Assistance to attend Popkomm in Germany.

Carmel Williams - $1,150
2 to 6 November 2008
Travel assistance to attend the Varuna "Pathways to Publishing" Workshop in Katoomba.

Fiona Carter - $1,500
3 to 29 November 2008
Attend the 4th Mekong Performing Arts Laboratory .

Karen Beach - $1,000
10 to 23 November 2008
Travel assistance to attend the Just Us Theatre Company (JUTE) 2008 National Theatre Conference in Cairns.

Knock-em-Down Theatre - $596
18 to 24 November 2008
Travel assistance to attend the Just Us Theatre Company (JUTE) 2008 National Theatre Conference in Cairns.

Ella Watson-Russell - $891
18 to 29 November 2008
Travel assistance to attend the Just Us Theatre Company (JUTE) 2008 National Theatre Conference in Cairns.

Alison Copley - $1,000
19 to 24 November 2008
Travel assistance to attend the Australasian World Music Conference in Melbourne.

* Quick Response grants are funded through the Northern Territory Indigenous Arts Strategy Building Strong Arts Business

Projects - RAF Funding

Debra Carter - $ 1,440
21 - 26 March 2008
Performance of EmDee at East Coast Blues & Roots Festival

Rod Moss - $1,500
23 April - 24 May 2008

Exhibiting of recent works at Fire-Works Gallery in Brisbane.


Centre for Youth Music - $800
2 May - 5 May 2008

Employment of musician Frank Rogers to conduct an ensemble for a youth residential workshop and concert


Knock-em-Down Theatre - $700
28 September to 3 October 2008
Travel assistance to attend the workshop for 'Half way There'.

 

Professional Development - RAF Funding

Pru Gell - $800
6 January - 1 February 2008
Attendance at Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Intensive in NSW 

Robert Hoad - $800
6 January - 4 February 2008
Zen Zen Zo Stomping Ground Summer Intensive and Masterclass Week in NSW

Robert Curgenven - $1,000
15 January - 15 March 2008
Transit Lounge Residency in Berlin, Germany 

Tanya Lagdon - $663
21 - 24 March 2008
Attendance of the Ozfrank Suzuki Training Easter Intensive

Olivia Mei Lai Swan - $1,000
2 - 6 April 2008
Attendance & Performance at the Sydney Song Summit

Elliat Rich - $1,000
7 April - 3 June 2008
Participation in the Springboard Entrepreneurship program for designers in Melbourne

Elliat Rich - $1,000
16 - 24 April 2008
Attendance of Design Event in Milan, Italy

Natalie Jenkins - $1,000
15 - 19 May 2008
Visit Poatina Tasmania, a site of recycled glass public sculpture, with the Poatina arts coordinator

Pamela Lofts - $1,000
15 - 31 May 2008
Exhibiting of work at the Silvershot Gallery in Melbourne.

Adrienne Kneebone - $667
17 to 19 August 2008

Attendance and participation in the forum 'Infuse' at 24HR Art - the NT Centre for Contemporary Art.



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Travel Support to attend the 2008 Regional Arts Australia national conference
art at the heart

Heath Baxter
$1,000
 
Barbara Ambjerg Pedersen
$971
 
Karen Beach
$1,000
 
Barry Benning
$785
 
Tim Bishop
$1,000
 
Kelly Blumberg
$740
 
Georgia Bracken
$785
 
Wayne Buckley
$1,200
 
Esther Bulumbara
$1,200
 
Angus Cameron
$1,000
 
Penny Campton
$1,200
 
Fiona Carter
$1,000
 
Jan Cole
$1,200
 
Alison Copley
$1,000
 
Toni Tapp Coutts
$1,040
 
Teresa Cummings
$1,200
 
Wendy Daylight
$1,200
 
Joanne Duffy
$1,000
 
Margaret Bowngyii Duncan
$971
 
Anne Dunn
$1,000
 
Louise Amy Flaherty
$785
 
Lauren Flannery
$1,200
 
Patricia Forbes
$1,200
 
Jenny Fraser
$1,200
 
Melanie Rarrkiwuy Herdman
$1,000
 
Roseanne Holmes
$780
 
Holt, Lex James
$785
 
Lionel James
$785
 
Cerise King
$1,040
 
Adrienne Alice Kneebone
$1,200
 
Janice McEwen
$1,000
 
Jeffrey McLaughlin
$785
 
David McMicken
$1,000
 
Marilyn Nakamarra
$971
 
Jayne Nankivell
$1,050
 
Tess Nekrasov
$1,040
 
Alison Nelson
$785
 
Jennifer Nelson
$1,000
 
Valerie Nelson
$780
 
Jo Nicol
$1,040
 
Manuel Pamkal
$971
 
Rhonda Plummer
$750
 
Sarah Price
$1,000
 
Alice Rae
$932
 
Christian Ramilo
$1,000
 
Kate Riedel
$1,000
 
Peggy Napaljarri Rockman
$971
 
Michael Roseth
$1,200
 
Viv Rosman
$1,000
 
Tess Ross
$750
 
Jenelle Saunders
$1,000
 
Bilha Smith
$740
 
Marita Anne Smith
$950
 
Mark Smith
$1,000
 
Sandra Thibodeaux
$1,000
 
Amy Jo Vickery
$1,000
 

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Project Rounds

March 2008 Project Round - Arts Development

Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation - $14,650
Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts – Permanent Collection Development   

Happy Yess Community Arts Inc - $15,000
Happy Yess – Stage Five Project

Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation - $12,760
Punttu II – Visual Arts Project

Dani Powell- $15,000
Under Today – Media and Dance Performance Installation

The Neo - $9,800
The Neo Dreaming Tracks – Music Workshops


March 2008 Project Round
- Presentation and Promotion

Darwin Chorale Inc - $7,500
Handel’s Messiah

Knock-em-Down Theatre - $14,940
Production of Half Way There

Gary Lang - $15,000
Munuk Gapu – Dance Production

Olivia Mei Lai Swan - $10,000
Single Release and National Single Launch Tour

Tashka Urban - $10,000
Human Canvas Project


March 2008 Project Round - RAF Networks and Partnerships

Scott Large - $14,893
Bush Bands Bash 2008

Northern Territory Writers’ Centre Inc - $11,500
Out There – Writers in Regional Northern Territory

NPY Women’s Council - $11,785
Injalak Arts and Crafts Association and Tjanpi Desert Weavers Fibre Art Workshops

Watch this Space - $12,500
Alice in View – Multi Arts Showcase  


March 2008 Project Round - RAF Skills Development

Artback NT Arts Touring Inc - $14,000
Developmental work for Chooky Dancers for DanceSite 2008

Australian Dance Council Ausdance (NT) Inc - $7,038
Terrain – Indigenous Dance Residency

Brown’s Mart Community Arts Inc - $11,624

Pathways – Workshops


RedHOT Arts Marketing Inc - $9,900
Imagine Alice Artist Symposium


March 2008 Project Round
- RAF Artist to Artist Support

Jo Dutton - $4,600
Skidmore College New York Summer School

Finn O’Branagain - $2,160
Two Hundred K’s Creative Development


October 2008 Project Round - Arts Development

Alice Springs Beanie Festival Inc - $10,000
Community Beanie Making Workshops  

Mary Anne Butler - $$7,970
A Love Story Without Judgement – Script Development

Gary Lang - $10,000
Goose Lagoon

Business Unusual Theatre - $8,042
The Memory of Water

Happy Yess Community Arts Inc - $10,000
Stage 6 Project

Northern Territory Writers’ Centre Inc - $15,000
Make A Scene  

Catherine Peattie - $$5,000
Life and Art of Billy Benn Perrurle

Min Wong - $5,032
Trans 2 Me

Wutunurrgurra Aboriginal Corporation - $10,000
Wutunurrgurra Community Exhibition


October 2008 Project Round
- Presentation and Promotion

Mardijah Simpson - $8,000
A Second Anthology of Central Australian Writing

Steven James Tranter - $15,000
Jagit – 2 nd Album

Corrugated iron Youth Arts Inc - $10,000
Play Time

Pamela Lofts - $4,300
Requiem for Another

Ngukurr Arts Aboriginal Corporation - $7,000
Marranbala Country Exhibition

Genevieve O’Loughlin - $9,950
Ronny Reinhard FUJIMOTO Project

Assessment Report, October 2008

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Assessment Report, March 2008

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Assessment Report, October 2007

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Assessment Report, March 2007
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Assessment Report, October 2006

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Assessment Report, March 2006

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Assessment Report, October 2005

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Assessment Report, March 2005

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Assessment Report, October 2004

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Assessment Report, March 2004

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Assessment Report, October 2003

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Public Art Grants

Public Art 2008 March Round - Major Works

Toga Group of Companies  - $34,000
Matt Huttlestone Public Art Work at the Darwin Waterfront

Alice Springs Town Council  - $150,000
The Gathering Garden

Irrkerlantye Art Centre  - $46,760
Mozaic Project

Public Art 2008 October Round - Development

Corrugated Iron Youth Arts Inc - $5,737
Development will enable the consultative stage of partnership and design for a collaborative performance project between Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Darwin Chorale, Darwin Theatre Company and 24HR Art

2007 Public Arts Grants Recipients (pdf 16Kb)
2006 Public Arts Grants Recipients (pdf 20Kb)

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Strategic Initiatives


Darwin Festival Association Inc - $14,000
1 November 2007 - 30 August 2008
Economic Impact Appraisal

Darwin Theatre Company Inc - $20,000
1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008
Regional Arts Fund Recipient Initiated Project: Theatre to the Edge 2007-2008

Northern Territory Writers' Centre Inc - $3,058
1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008
Varuna Mentorship workshop support for 4 NT Writers

Toga Group of Companies - $5,000
1 January - 30 October 2008
The Togart Contemporary Art Award Catalogue

Katherine Regional Arts Inc - $26,000
1 January - 30 December 2008
Regional Arts Fund Recipient Initiated Project 2008 to continue communities partnerships program

Barkly Regional Arts Inc - $20,000
1 January - 30 December 2008
Regional Arts Fund Recipient Initiated Project 2008 to continue remote communities partnerships program

Asialink - $22,500
1 January 2008 - 31 December 2010
Arts Residency Program 2008 to 2010

Department of Education and Training (DET)- $20,000
1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009
2008/2009 Artists in Schools

Red Dust Theatre Inc - $10,000
24 July 2008 - 30 April 2009
The Magic Coolamon - Stage 3  

RedHOT Arts Inc - $47,500
1 October 2008 - 30 June 2010
2008-2010 Anchor License - RedHot Arts

Northern Territory Writers' Centre Inc - $90,180
1 October 2008 - 30 June 2010
2008-2010 Anchor License - Frogs Hollow Centre for the Arts

Darwin Patchworkers and Quilters Inc - $19,250
1 October 2008 - 30 June 2010
2008-2010 Anchor License - 96a Winnellie Road

Central Australian Territory Craft Inc - $4,250
1 November 2008 - 28 February 2009
Central Craft Strategic Plan

 

Strategic Initiatives as part of the NT Indigenous Arts Strategy Building Strong Arts Business

Strategic Initiatives for 2007/2008 as part of Building Strong Arts Business

Strategic Initiatives for 2006/2007 as part of Building Strong Arts Business

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Festivals Development Fund

Remote Festivals Fund

2006 - 2008

Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation - $15,000 pa*
Walking with Spirits

2007 - 2009

Nauiyu Nambiyu Community
Government Council - $10,000 pa*
Merrepen Arts Festival
 
Nyirranggulung Mardrulk Ngadberre
Regional Council - $15,000 pa*
Barunga Festival
 
Pine Creek Community Government Council - $5,000 pa*
Pine Creek Gold Rush
 
Injalak Arts and Crafts Association Inc - $10,000 pa*
Gunbalanya Cultural Open Day
 
Milingimbi Community Inc - $10,000 pa*
Gattjirrk Cultural Festival
 
Galiwinku Community Incorporated - $15,000 pa*
Galiwinku Gumurr Marthakal Health Festival
 
Milpirri Festival Committee - $15,000 pa*
Milpirri Festival

2008

Walingurru Council Inc - $7,500
Kintore Arts Festival

2008 - 2010

Ramingining Community Council Inc - $15,000 pa*
Ramingining Yindi Bungul

Regional Festivals

2006-2008

Seabreeze Festival Nightcliff - $10,000 pa *
Seabreeze Festival
   
Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation - $10,000 pa *
Mahbilil Festival

2007-2009

Alice Springs Beanie Festival Inc - $20,000 pa*
Alice Springs Beanie Festival

2008

Darwin Community Arts - $15,000
Fist Full of Films  
   
Katherine Town Council - $10,000
Flying Fox Festival
   
Barkly Regional Arts - $10,000
Desert Harmony Festival

2008/2009

Charles Darwin University - $50,000
2009 International Guitar Festival (Darwin)  

2008-2010

Palmerston City Council - $15,000 pa *
Palmerston Festival  

Major Festivals

Alice Springs Festival Inc - $160,000 pa*
Alice Desert Festival
   
Darwin Festival Association Inc - $471,500 pa*
Darwin Festival
   
Yothu Yindi Foundation
Aboriginal Corporation - $50,000 pa*
Garma Festival (Yirrkala )

* Please note that multi year agreements also attract compound indexation paid annually, which is not included in the above funding amounts.


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Key Arts Organisation Program


Annual Funding 2008

Artback NT Inc - $260,000  
Ausdance NT Inc - $65,000  
Brown's Mart Community Arts Inc - $115,000  
Central Australian Territory Craft Inc - $40,000  
Darwin Theatre Company Inc - $100,000  
Darwin Visual Arts Association Inc - $17,000  
Incite Youth Arts Inc - $45,000  
NT Writer's Centre Inc - $120,000  
Red Dust Theatre Inc - $65,000  
Territory Craft Inc - $56,000  
Watch This Space Inc - $50,000  

Triennial Funding

2006-2008

Katherine Regional Arts Inc - $60,000 pa*  
Tracks Dance Company Inc - $190,200 pa*  

2007-2009

Corrugated Iron Youth Arts Inc - $108,710 pa*
Music NT Inc - $260,000 pa*

2008-2010

Barkly Regional Arts Inc - $100,000 pa*

Strategic Funding - Annual and multi-year agreements

2007/2008

Darwin Entertainment Centre - $380,000  

Desart Inc - $150,000

 

2008

24HR Art - The NT Centre for Contemporary Art Inc - $96,000
Top End Arts Marketing Inc - $50,000  
RedHOT Arts Marketing Inc - $40,000  

2007-2009

Darwin Symphony Orchestra Inc - $210,000 pa*  

* Please note that multi year agreements also attract compound indexation paid annually, which is not included in the above funding amounts

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Arts Scholarship Scheme

  • Applications to the 2009 Arts Scholarship Scheme close 31 January 2009.

 

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