New Regional Arts Fund Project grants will provide opportunities for Durack artists and arts workers to cultivate creative community engagement with the arts as we emerge from the pandemic – reconnecting regional communities.
The Federal Member for Durack, the Hon. Melissa Price said she is impressed by the diversity of the Durack recipients in this latest round of grants.
“Kimberley poet Nandi Chinna, who was shortlisted for the Prime Ministers Literature Award in 2020, to create a suite of poetry responding to Martuwarra (the Fitzroy River), Carnarvon’s Miranda Plum for a Street Art Mentorship and a year-long mentoring ‘New Voices in Photography’ program for Kimberley women are among the recipients,” Ms Price said.
“As well, Broome’s Dinosaur Stomp will be a collaboration between artists and scientists to create earth shaking, fun making, bone rattling, in your face street puppets and Kununurra’s Waringarri Aboriginal Arts will draw inspiration from the traditional knowledge of plants to deliver a creative development framework for the next generation of artists and arts workers,” she said.
I congratulate the 5 Durack recipients and look forward to the creative and economic contribution these artists and projects will bring to Durack. This is a major boost supporting local artists and is part of the Government’s investment towards a sustainable, thriving, and diverse arts sector across regional and remote communities,” she said.
Each year the Government provides around $3.6 million through the Regional Arts Fund, supporting sustainable cultural development in regional and remote communities.
For more information about the Regional Arts Fund and to view the full list of Project grant recipients visit: www.arts.gov.au/funding-and-support/regional-arts-fund
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