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Arts Tasmania

Community Arts and Cultural Development (Local Government) 2020-21

Community Arts and Cultural Development (Local Government) is the first of a suite of programs to be delivered as part of the $1 million Community Arts and Cultural Development Fund.

This initiative supports Tasmanian councils to partner with Tasmanian artists and arts organisations to deliver community arts and cultural development activities with and for their communities.

These activities should be focused on developing meaningful and relevant work through inclusive collaborations with artists and community members.

Funding of $127 290 has been approved for seven projects in this round.

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

Grants

City of Hobart - $16 000 towards ABILITY TO CREATE: NEXT LEVEL - building community and artist capacity within the all abilities community to develop and present arts content

City of Launceston - $5 000 towards a pilot project in partnering with arts organisations and supporting Tasmanian artists to increase community participation in arts

Clarence City Council - $18 100 towards Vibrance projects in Clarence

Glenorchy City Council - $30 000 towards a presentational outcome for Glenorchy - A City of Arts 2040, presentational outcome

Glenorchy City Council - $30 000 towards Glenorchy - A City of Arts 2040, employment of a Creative Producer

Huon Valley Council - $4 900 towards Creative Huon, a mentorship program

Sorell Council - $23 290 towards achieving a community and cultural identity

Feedback from the expert peers

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

  • Applications from organisations or individuals working in Community Arts and Cultural Development must provide evidence of support from the community they are proposing to work with.
  • Applications that involved confirmed partnerships and included information around the benefits and impacts of these partnerships were more likely to be supported.
  • The peers also encouraged applicants to include evidence of a need for the proposed activity by demonstrating that consultation with communities had occurred.
  • The peers recommended that applicants consider working with broader and more diverse communities when undertaking a Community Arts and Cultural Development activity.
  • Applicants should show evidence of governance structures in place to support feedback and input from community, and an understanding of the appropriate protocols for engaging with different community groups.
  • Applicants were encouraged to take a more proactive and rigorous approach toward community engagement.
  • Applications that included information around the processes that would be used to select and engage artists were more likely to be supported.
  • The peers noted that Local Government bodies need to do more to educate their staff around Aboriginal cultural content and protocols for engaging with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.
  • The peers encouraged applicants to consider the broader role that Local Government bodies might be able to play in supporting and facilitating collaborations between artists and communities.
  • The stronger applications included targeted letters of support that spoke to the integrity, viability and/or benefit of the activity and included evidence of community consultation and/or support.
  • The peers noted that some of the applications to this round included low artist wages or fees that were not in line with industry standards. Applicants were strongly encouraged to consider Arts Tasmania’s artist remuneration guidelines when preparing an application for support.
  • Applicants were also encouraged to appropriately remunerate others making key contributions to the activity, especially those in cultural consultant roles.

Peer assessors

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s March 2021 round (including the Aboriginal Arts Program, Artsbridge, Community Arts and Cultural Development [Local Government], Education Residencies, Low-interest Loans, New work for new markets and the Vita Brown Bursary Bequest):

  • Aaron Hopper
  • Adam Ouston
  • Caine Chennatt
  • Cali Prince
  • Dawn Oelrich
  • Dean Greeno
  • Felicity Bott
  • Jane Woolard
  • Jillian Mundy
  • John Kachoyan
  • Kelly Eijdenberg
  • Magdalena Lane
  • Michelle Maynard
  • Nunami Sculthorpe-Green
  • Paul Mason
  • Ruth Langford
  • Samantha Dennis
  • Shirley Patton
  • Sinsa Mansell
  • Young Dawkins
  • Yyan Ng