Announcement of $512,000 investment in the Arts

11/7/99
Arts Minister Peter Foss today announced the outcome of the latest round of State Government investments in the arts totalling $512,000.
Eighty four applications were recommended for State Government support by ArtsWA's three peer assessment panels:
Aboriginal Arts Panel $85,000 (14 applications supported)
Young People and the Arts Panel $42,000 (11 applications supported)
Arts Development Panel $385,000 (59 applications supported)
The Minister said that the investments pointed to the growing diversity and excellence of arts practise in Western Australia.
"Although many of the Government's regional and community arts funds have been devolved to Country Arts WA and the Community Arts Network, it's also pleasing to see that projects occurring outside of the metropolitan area continue to receive strong support," Mr Foss said.
"Centres such as Albany, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, the Kimberley, Murray Districts and Moore River have all had funds awarded for projects that will engage these communities in a very direct way.
"I'm also delighted that the panels have supported an excellent range of research and development proposals, including the production of new theatre, music and dance works, as well as new visual arts and craft works and literature.
"I would like to thank the panel members for their significant contribution to the assessment process. This is the final round they will assess before new panel members are appointed for the next two-year term. Panel members have the difficult task of assessing many quality applications.
"This round was particularly competitive with 159 applications submitted for a total of approximately $1.6 million.
"The Government invests in the arts because the arts add meaning and value to the lives of countless Western Australians.
"I believe this latest round of investments in arts projects reflects both the range and quality of the arts in this State, and the interest in the arts held by the people of WA."
Media contact : Chris Morris (08) 9321 2222
Successful applicants
Metropolitan
Ballajura
Ms Jodi Cant
$11,500 for the production of two new West Australian one-act plays through workshopping and group collaboration.
Carine
WEB
$2, 850 for a series of readings and performances by women writers.
Cottesloe
Ms Nina Danko
$3,250 for a solo exhibition at Soho Galleries in Sydney.
Ms Sarah Ward
$5,500 for development and performance of two new contemporary dance works based on the theme of journey, drawn from personal experiences encountered during the participants' own journeys.
Fremantle
Mr Anthony Evans
$4,250 to complete a new biography of C. Y. O'Connor for the UWA Press in time for the centenary of the Kalgoorlie pipeline.
Ms Joanne Foley
$6,350 for intensive workshopping and development of a puppet theatre production of Morris Lurie's "A Beacon in the Night".
Melodeon Pty Ltd
$5,500 to tour the UK with British act "Chipolata 5" to promote the "Reality Check" album recorded in Perth in 1998.
Prawns With Horns
$4,500 to record, manufacture and release a new compact disc and promotional video.
Mr Bruce Russell
$5,500 to write an account of a vision quest in the form of a journey through the Pilbara gorges, taken by a young man in final year of high school, from the viewpoint of an older man, his mentor.
Ms Elizabeth Sanderson
$7,250 to record a three concert series at the Subiaco Theatre Centre, featuring original music and West Australian musicians.
Mr Karl Wiebke
$4,500 to travel to India as invited artist-in-residence as part of an ongoing India/WA exchange program.
Mr Jurek Wybraniec
$4,500 to design and develop a series of multiples and installations.
Joondalup
Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association
$2,000 to commission the composition of a new music work for performance by several school level wind ensembles principally at the 2000 West Australian Schools Concert Band Festival.
MU MAGAZINE
$2,000 for 2 to 4 magazine pages promoting young WA artists at a national and international level.
Mr Ashley de Prazer Photographic
$15,750 to research and develop "Saltlands", a production based on mermaid mythology.
Kingsley
Musician's Union of WA
$1,500 for a series of orchestral masterwork performances by current tertiary students and recent graduates.
Maylands
Ms Antoinette Carrier
$2,500 for a solo exhibition at Craftwest.
Ms Monica Main
$3,000 for the creation of a high quality video and subsequent marketing of the one-woman play "The Insect Spinster".
Old Bakery on 8th Gallery
$2,835 to provide an exhibition "Taking Tea", showcasing teapots and related vessels.
skadada
$22, 000 assistance towards the program of activities of skadada for the period July to December 1999.
Midland
I Cellisti
$4,500 for the production and distribution of the group's first compact disc.
Nedlands
Callaway International Resource Centre
$3,900 for introducing composition to isolated children though establishing a Composer-in-Residence program with Meekatharra School of the Air.
Mr Geoffrey Drake-Brockman and Mr Richie Kuhaupt
$7,500 for "Chromeskin", a multi-media project utilising various technological processes to produce a two part composite artwork.
Ms Tary Fiebig
$8,750 for intensive vocal study of renaissance and 20th century performance practice with Evelyn Tubb and Jane Manning in the United Kingdom.
Ms Donna Fulton
$2,000 for a solo exhibition at the Verge Gallery
Mr Ian Wilding
$8,750 to write and develop a full length stage play.
Perth
Mr John Aitken
$2,480 to research the writing of a new play on the life of the Russian Poet Anna Akhmatov.
Amber Dance Collective
$7,600 for a season of six community workshops and five performances of contemporary dance.
Mr Wayne Ashton
$4,500 to create a novel set in Chittagong, East Pakistan in 1967.
Mr Alan Becher
$29,000 to produce a stage adaptation of "The Mule's Foal".
Ms Alice Cummins
$7,250 to research and develop a performance/installation work in the Williams area; investigating the memories of decaying buildings and relating them to the human body.
Ms Rakini Devi
$20,500 to stage a production of 'Mindimi', a cross-cultural dance work integrating video and text.
Ms Alwyn Evans
$4,500 to write a novel for adolescent readers which, through an intriguing mystery, addresses many contemporary issues.
Gibber
$5,000 to undertake a series of workshops and the production of one edition of GIBBER Magazine.
Ms Erin Hefferon
$4,250 to research and develop a new solo performance work.
The Hole in the Wall Theatre Company
$22,000 to prepare, rehearse, market and present a public production of Medea of Euripedes for West Australian audiences.
John Curtin Gallery
$10,250 to tour an exhibition of new art and craft works, which incorporate and reflect on water.
Ms Nicola Kay
$1,500 to present an exhibition that discusses the shift from the old Perth Police Courts to the Centenary Gallery and the effect this has on the public's understanding of WA history.
Mr Stephen Kinnane
$5,000 for the production of a manuscript entitled "Shadow Lines".
Mr Ingle Knight
$6,000 to write and develop a solo performance with a view to production and touring.
Ms Tammy Lazaroff
$4,500 to research, develop and write a manuscript about tradition and change; freedom and family; the open road and a cul de sac; the future.
Meerilinga Young Children's Foundation
$1,000 for the Healthy Breakfast kite launch, a Children's Week event.
Ms Olivia Millard
$5,500 for the creation and development of a new narrative-based dance work.
Ms Heather Nimmo
$7,250 to write the puppet theatre script "Eat the Moon" in collaboration with director/puppeteer Noriko Nishimoto and designer Zoe Atkinson.
Mr Anthony Osbourne
$12,500 to create a Physical Theatre solo work of 60 to 80 minutes about white noise.
Shiny Pieces
$4,000 to document the development of JIVE and showcase the talents of local artists from a range of disciplines.
Ms Kelly Somers
$1,750 to publish a quarterly creative writing journal in conjunction with a monthly performance night for young, progressive writers.
The Trouser Bonanza Theatrical Production Company
$3,500 to research and develop a storytelling performance to be performed at the Awesome Perth's International Children's Festival 1999.
The Storytelling Guild of Australia (WA) Inc
$4,000 to send delegate storytellers to the Canberra National Festival of Story, October 1999.
Vision Events Management P/L
$10,000 to present 'The Terrace Proms' annual spring festival of music and culture.
Riverton
Jewellers & Metalsmith Group of Australia
$1,703 for Cloisonne and Champleve workshops and an exhibition.
Roleystone
Combined Schools' Guitar Ensemble
$6,000 to present a concert at the 1999 Darwin International Guitar Festival as featured group.
South Perth
Mr Lance Chadd
$3,500 to hold an art exhibition in the year 2000.
Mr Michael Pigneguy
$8,350 for a marketing campaign to increase the Michael Pigneguy Sextet's local and national profile.
Swan Hills
Mr Merrick Belyea
$2,850 to develop an exhibition of painting which addresses the role of social comment in art.
Midland Artist Collective
$2,000 to host an exhibition for a significant national travelling indigenous art show.
Wandie
$1,640 for a collaborative art exhibition involving new and emerging and established indigenous and non-indigenous women artists.
Thornlie
Ms Biruta Radzivanas
$2,500 for research into the roots of "Raqs Sharki" and Danse Orientale as people of the Middle East understand and practice it in modern times.
Victoria Park
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts
$3,250 for improving the marketing potential of the Centre by production of printed and visual communication materials, and upgrading of existing information.
Wanneroo
Mr Chris McLeod
$5,500 to write a comic novel to expand repertoire.
Willagee
Ms Heloise Roberts
$2,000 to present an audio-visual installation, which questions the role of ritual activity in our everyday lives, in contemporary Western culture.
Yokine
Mr Paul MacPhail
$14,290 to produce an adaptation of Jenny Wagner's picture book "Amy's Monster" in collaboration with Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.
Regional
Albany
Southern Edge Arts
$10,000 Training Award for Gemma Pepper of Albany to undertake training and development with Southern Edge Arts for one year. Training will include placements with a variety of state and national arts organisations.
Swap Co
$6,500 for a community cultural exchange between West Australian and South African artists and communities.
Eyre
Ms Patricia Little
$6,500 to document and research residential buildings in Kalgoorlie-Boulder before demolition, and to develop and exhibit new work based on the idea of "landscape" as being domestic, intimate and personal.
Geraldton
Geraldton Regional Library
$560 to encourage young people to write creatively, produce a booklet of commended works and hold workshops to develop promising writers.
Marra Aboriginal Corporation
$5,000 to hold a collective exhibition of artworks at the "Artist in Residence" Gallery at Kings Park in Perth.
Mullewa Women's Arts Project
$3,000 to hold art workshops for women to encourage the development of art and cultural life in Mullewa.
Mandurah
Ms Helen Britton
$9,350 to take up an offer of studio space in the Akademic der Buildenden Kunste, Munich.
Merredin
Dalwallinu Creative Arts
$1,480 for a 2 day festival of the arts in the form of an Art & Craft Purchase Exhibition plus musical entertainment at the official opening and presentation of prizes.
The Kimberley
Mr Peter Brandy
$2,000 for marketing and showcasing the CD "Kimberley Backroads".
Broome Musicians Aboriginal Corporation
$15,000 for staging of a memorial concert to highlight and raise awareness of issues relating to the "stolen generation".
Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre
$13,700 for a Kimberley wide cultural convention for the promotion and development of Aboriginal arts in the region.
Modern Dreamtime Dancers
$5 000 for participation in the Australian Youth Dance Festival hosted by Ausdance in Townsville, Queensland.
Ms Dalisa Pigram
$3,300 for the recording and production of CD's and cassettes featuring original songs.
Ms Naomi Pigram
$5,000 to record a CD of original songs.
Wyndham Action Group
$8,800 towards the annual "no drug no alcohol" cultural festival celebrating Kimberley Aboriginal culture.
Yarliyil Arts Centre
$7,000 for a five-day women's cultural festival featuring dances from around the region.
Moore
Guilderton Community Association
$9,600 to co-ordinate and implement an artist-in-residence program in Guilderton.
Moore River Aboriginal Corporation
$3,700 for a celebration of community survival and reconciliation through holding cultural events on the annual "Back to Mogumber" day.
Murray-Wellington
Murray Districts Aboriginal Association
$5,000 to hold "Back to Pinjarra" day to celebrate Nyungar culture and heritage.
Stirling
Denmark Arts Council Inc
$2,415 for "Inside Out", an exhibition by 20 Denmark artists to be held at the Moores Building in Fremantle.
Warren-Blackwood
Mr Trevor Woodward
$3,250 to travel to Britain to take part in the Artbarns International Art Exhibition and Residency Program, 1999.
National
Centre for Contemporary Craft
$4,000 to publish a minimum of four pages of critical writing in each of four issues of Object magazine over 1999 and 2000.