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Media Release

1 September 2008

Quicks for July and August 2008

 

Regional Arts NSW is pleased to announce eight new projects funded through the Quick Response grant program in July and August. 

Once again, the Quick Response program strongly supported individual artists and their work within regional communities with six of the eight grants approved going towards their professional development.

The Quick Response Grants program provides assistance for regional NSW artists, arts organisations and communities to take advantage of professional and project development opportunities that present themselves at short notice.  The funds are provided through the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund which is administered by Regional Arts NSW in New South Wales.

‘Quicks’ grants approved for July and August were:

$1,500 to Mungindi Arts Council (North West) for the Boer Kick-Up Ballroom and South African dance workshops held in conjunction with the Mungindi community’s celebration of culture.

$500 to young Wiradjuri poet Joshua Simpson (Central West) to attend the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup, a unique event in Australia which brings together both international and Australian poets and performance artists

$1,500 to the Dreamtime Weavers (Northern Rivers) for Indigenous Fibre Artists to attend the 2008 Garma Festival and reinforce the intercultural exchange between the Yongu cultural practitioners in the Northern Territory and several Indigenous groups in the Northern Rivers of NSW.

$1,150 to Wendy McDonald (South West) to attend the two day Jo Bertini workshop in Brisbane with highly regarded contemporary artist and arts educator Jo Bertini and developing skills which will assist her work with remote, rural schools, community and arts groups throughout the south west region.

$1,500 to The Byron Ballet (Northern Rivers) to conduct Classical Ballet workshops and mentoring sessions with well known ballet master and choreographer Hassan Sheta.

$394 to Melia Naughton (Northern Rivers) to attend the two day Folk Alliance of Australia Folkbiz Conference to assist her work as facilitator and workshop presenter in regional areas.

$700 to Company of Voices (Mid North Coast) to conduct a one day Choral Development workshop with visiting internationally renown music educator and performer Rachel Hore covering vocal development, ensemble and performance skills.

$535 to Penelope Bonnell (South East) to attend the "Building Relationships and Securing Donations" workshop conducted in Sydney by the Australian Business Arts Foundation to assist her work as arts management consultant to artists and arts organisations in the south east region.

Congratulations to all the recipients.

NOTE: Funding through the Quick Response Grant program for the October to December 2008 quarter is currently unavailable. 'Quicks' is scheduled to resume early next year.

More information on 'Quicks' is provided in the Grants section of our website here