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Tasmanian Aboriginal Arts Mentorship Scheme 2023-24

This program supports young and emerging Tasmanian Aboriginal arts and cultural practitioners to undertake projects that enable them to further their careers, enrich their artistic practice and contribute to Tasmania's arts sector.

A delegate for the Minister of the Arts has approved funding of $20,000 to for two activities in this round.

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

Grants

RECIPIENTACTIVITYFUNDS

Junction Arts Festival

Aboriginal mentorship program

$10,000

Keia McGrady

Charcoal

$10,000

Feedback from the expert peers

The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications and made the following comments:

  • *The stronger applications to this round included:
    • a detailed plan for the mentorship
    • a clear explanation of the goals and possible outcomes for the mentorship
    • letters of confirmation from planned collaborators and mentors
    • relevant artistic material such as examples of work that directly related to the proposed mentorship activities.
  • Applicants were encouraged to demonstrate evidence of established connections within the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, and to prioritise paid opportunities for Aboriginal Community members where possible and appropriate.
  • The peers were supportive of applications that clearly spoke to the benefits for the artist as possible benefits for the broader Aboriginal community in Tasmania.

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.