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Arts Tasmania

Artsbridge (March 2022)

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.

Funding of $40 810 has been approved for 11 projects in this round.

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

Grants

RECIPIENT

ACTIVITY

FUNDS

Archipelago Productions Pty Ltd.

Bringing interstate artists to Tasmania for the final development workshop for CERBERUS

$5 000

Benjamin Walter

Presenting What Fear Was at the Australian Short Story Festival in Fremantle, Western Australia

$1 547

Carly Young

Presenting COIL in Sydney as part of the Sydney Opera House UnWrapped season

$2 760

Curtis Thorpe

Attending the Australian Youth Dance Festival in Melbourne, Victoria

$2 329

Emma Porteus

Undertaking a professional development opportunity at the Santarcaneglo Festival in Italy

$3 000

Keith Deverell

Sayes Arare – travelling to complete the creative development of a large-scale installation work

$4 780

Nadege Philippe-Janon

Undertaking a residency at the Maroochy Arts and Ecology Centre in Queensland

$3 000

Paul Pritchard

Undertaking a book tour of the United Kingdom and Italy

$2 462

Stuart Williams

Travelling to Madrid, Spain for a solo exhibition and to the Milan Design Fair in Italy

$2 982

Van Diemen's Band Inc.

Bringing interstate artists to Triabunna for the development and showing of Heroines

$9 950

Zoe Grey

Undertaking a residency at the Arteles Creative Center in Finland

$3 000

Feedback from the expert peers

The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications to the October 2021 round of Artsbridge 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.
    • Applications don’t need to be written in an academic way.
    • Applicants are encouraged to use headings and dot points.
    • The word limits included in applications are a limit, not a challenge.
  • Stronger applications :
    • included a clear and direct summary of the project at the start of the application
    • clearly explained the possible benefits and outcomes (for the artists, audiences or the community)
    • included a clear and realistic timeline to give the peers confidence that the proposed activities can be achieved
    • included evidence of any confirmed partnerships or other kinds of in-kind or financial support for the project
    • included information around the timeliness of the proposed activity
    • included a clear and detailed budget that shows how figures were calculated
    • included relevant letters of support that speak to the assessment criteria.
  • Applications with budgets that included appropriate artist wages and fees in line with industry rates were more likely to be supported by the peers.
  • Applicants need to be clear about the type of travel (within Tasmania, within Australia, or overseas) that they are applying for.
    • If the activity includes more than one trip, be clear about which on the funding will support.
  • Peers recommended that applications relating to larger, long-term projects should clearly explain which part would be funded through the Artsbridge program.
  • The guidelines for Arts Tasmania’s programs can change.
    • The peers strongly encouraged applicants to read the program guidelines closely each time they apply.
    • Applicants were also encouraged to speak to Arts Tasmania staff before applying to make sure that this is the best program for their activity.
  • Support material should be clearly and professional labelled.
    • Passwords must be provided if the support material is protected.

Peer assessors

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s March 2022 round (including Artsbridge [March 2022], Education Residencies 2022-23 and New work for new markets 2021-22):

  • Ashley Bird
  • Bianca Templar
  • Bill Hart
  • Caleb Nichols-Mansell
  • Christopher Jackson
  • Clare Spillman
  • Emma Anglesey
  • Erin Collins
  • John Henry
  • Kyle Perry
  • Laura Jones
  • Merinda Sainty
  • Naarah
  • Raymond Arnold
  • Shelley O’Reilly
  • Sofie Burgoyne