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Arts Tasmania

Artsbridge (April 2024)

This program supports opportunities for individuals and groups based in Tasmania to take up intrastate, interstate or international activities, or to bring arts professionals to Tasmania to conduct creative and/or professional development activities.

A delegate of the Minister for the Arts has approved funding of $44,497 for nine activities in this round.

Funding recommendations were made by expert peers drawn down from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register.

Grants

RECIPIENT

ACTIVITY

FUNDS

Chris Bonner
(The Bad Dad Orchestra)

Travelling to perform at the Gympie Music Muster

$7,515

Good Grief Studios

Bringing an interstate artist to Tasmania to presenting an exhibition and workshop

$2,800

Jane Woollard

Bringing creatives together for the creative development of Fahrenheit Ammonite, a new play by Kit Lazaroo

$5,519

Joshua Santospirito

Travelling interstate for a performance and book launch tour for The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors

$6,000

Junction Arts Festival

Bringing a creative professional to Tasmania to provide programming strategy support

$2,990

Keia McGrady

Bringing creatives to Tasmania to present and tour Charcoal

$7,000

Keith Deverell

Travelling interstate for an artist residency

$3,000

Tasmanian Ceramics Association

Bringing creatives to Tasmania for its annual Mud Muster Retreat

$4,673

Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival

Bringing interstate and international professionals to the Huon Valley to lead masterclasses

$5,000

Feedback from the expert peers

The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications made to this highly competitive round and made the following comments:

  • Applications to all of Arts Tasmania’s programs are assessed by multi-artform panels of artists from diverse backgrounds.
  • Applicants should:
    • write in Plain English and to avoid artform specific language (and avoid writing in an academic way)
    • use headings and dot points.
  • Applicants were encouraged to:
    • read the program guidelines closely and speak to Arts Tasmania staff before applying to make sure the program is the best fit for their proposed activity.
    • check the program guidelines to make sure their project fits within budget guidelines
    • carefully curate support materials and make sure they are relevant to the project.
  • Stronger applications included:
    • targeted letters of support that spoke about the value of the opportunity for the artist and the impact it would have on their practice and career.
    • information about the timeliness of the opportunity (particularly discussing why this opportunity was important and why it was needed now)
    • information about benefits and/or opportunities for engagement beyond the proposed activity
    • provide evidence of timeline and planning in relation to the proposed activity to take place.

Peer assessors

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s April 2024 round (including the Aboriginal Arts Program 2024-25, Artsbridge 2023-24; the COLLECT Art Purchase Scheme- Arts Businesses and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Arts Mentoring Scheme 2023-24):

  • Carin Mistry
  • Erin Linhart
  • Jillian Mundy
  • Kate Gordon
  • Lasca Dry
  • Madeleine Wells
  • Pete Mattila
  • Warren Mason

Arts Tasmania carefully manages actual and perceived conflicts of interest for both staff members and peers involved in the assessment process.

For more information on the management of conflicts of interest, please visit how decisions are made .