Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Development
February 2021
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| SA Circus Centre home of Cirkidz | First Nations Facilitators for First Nations Kids | $22,930 |
| ActNow Theatre | First Nations Arts Pathway Program | $24,995 |
| OzAsia Festival | First Nations Connections at OzAsia Festival | $24,940 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jelina Haines | Pondi [Murray Cod]: Kurri [River] Winth-amaldi [Creator] | $25,000 |
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Centre | Our Words, Our Stories 2021 | $25,000 |
February 2020
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Centre Trust | Like Dancing With Your Big Sisters and Brother | $10,000 |
| Country Arts SA | Warrukadli Dreaming | $25,000 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Wuldi | Bookmark Restoration Project | $19,237 |
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dominic Guerrera | Aboriginal Gender Perspectives | $3,300 |
| Adelaide Festival Centre Trust | Our Mob, Our Words, Our Stories | $21,385 |
September 2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Carclew Youth Arts Inc | Tjitjiku Tjukurpa Community Celebration | $25,000 |
| ActNow Theatre Inc. | Pathway Program 2020 | $21,172 |
| Zakari Raymond | The Yorke Band EP Recording Project | $6,367 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ernabella Arts Inc | Kapi Tjukurpa (water story) | $9,906 |
| Ninuku Arts Indigenous Corporation | Ninuku Glass Artists and JamFactory Collaboration | $18,400 |
| Ernabella Arts Inc | Photography workshop with Lavene Ngatokorua | $10,000 |
February 2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| ActNow Theatre | Intensive theatre workshops as part of 2019 Pathway Program | $20,000 |
| Nexus Arts | Next Up program live music video project. | $5,950 |
| Semaphore Music Festival | Down By The River storytelling and song writing project | $15,000 |
| Carclew | Aboriginal Artist Development Program | $24,830 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ananguku Arts & Culture Aboriginal Corporation | Dunjiba Design Textile Workshop | $13,389 |
For more information about this grant or support with the application process, please contact us.
February 2021
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Shane Cook | Exploring the fundamentals of technical drawing and realism | $9,254 |
February 2020
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Iwantja Arts & Crafts Aboriginal Corporation | Kaylene Whiskey – Major International Exhibition, London 2020 | $10,000 |
September 2019
There were no applications in this category.
February 2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Foul Play Theatre | Stepping Stones professional development initiative as part of the company’s upcoming production port emerging theatre practitioner, Alira McKenzie Williams on the company’s upcoming production of Holly Brindley’s Yerma | $2,500 |
| Of Desert and Sea Dance | The final development and presentation of Beautiful | $20,000 |
Community Arts and Cultural Development
2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| South Australian Youth Arts Theatre | Only Human | $30,000 |
| ActNow Theatre Inc | Jumu’ah - Islamophobia Project | $40,000 |
| FINSART Inc. | International Dance Day Celebration 2020 | $19,482 |
| Media Resource Centre Inc. | 2020 Seniors on Screen | $40,000 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Art Bus | Inside Outside: Connecting with Art at Helen Mayo House | $33,300 |
| Ngapala Arts Association Inc. | Ceramics Arts Development project with Ngapala Arts, Copley, Flinders Rangers | $34,440 |
| Kornar Winmil Yunti Aboriginal Corporation | Healing by Art | $40,000 |
Cross art form
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sanaa ink Limited | Sanaa: A better world through creativity | $25,222 |
2018
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Hut Community Centre | Waterlines | $24,060 |
| Carclew Youth Arts Inc | Wanna Make a Movie | $29,548 |
| Media Resource Centre Inc | 2019 Seniors on Screen: a daytime community of film lovers | $40,000 |
| ActNow Theatre Inc | Theatre of the Global Majority | $39,500 |
| AJZ Productions Inc | ‘Drop Out’ | $22,649 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tutti Inc | Standing Up Standing OUT 2019 | $40,000 |
| Port Adelaide Artists Forum Inc | It came from the Harbour | $32,243 |
COVID-19 Arts Grant Support
2020
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Country Arts SA | CATHARSIS – a collaboration with nine independent artists/groups from across regional South Australia | $75,000 |
| Adelaide Festival Corporation | Guttered - a collaboration with Restless Dance Theatre | $78,778 |
| State Theatre Company of South Australia | DECAMERON 2.0 – a collaboration with ActNow Theatre | $97,832 |
| Windmill Theatre Co | Honey I’m Home – a collaboration with South Australian independent artists | $75,000 |
| Australian Dance Theatre | The World’s Smallest Stage – a collaboration with Kurruru Youth Performing Arts, Restless Dance Theatre and choreographers and dancers from South Australia’s independent sector | $73,875 |
| South Australian Museum | STEAM Incubator Series: A creative exploration of sustainability at the fusion of the Arts, Culture and Science – collaboration with the South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Storyteller and Writers Group, Guildhouse, Chamber Music Adelaide and Floodlight Media | $75,000 |
| Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | Floods of Fire Creative Development – a collaboration with Brink Productions, Tutti Arts, Nexus Arts and South Australian independent practitioners | $100,000 |
Independent Makers and Presenters – Professional development categories
2018
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Access2Arts | THANK Residency | $12,000 |
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Arts Tutti Inc | Dublin to Adelaide - Creative residency with disabled playwright Rosaleen McDonagh | $12,000 |
February 2020
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Johnson Bennett | World Science Fiction Convention, New Zealand: Attendance and Program Participation | $5,485 |
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lina Limosani | Investigative learning opportunity focusing on research methodologies for narrative enquiry in non-text based work | $5,866 |
| Hew Parham | Joey and August Duo Clown and Advanced Clown Training at the MCCP Ontario, Canada | $5,889 |
| Christie Anderson | Attending 12th World Symposium on Choral Music, New Zealand | $1,879 |
| Zhao Liang | Residency at NAFA | $2,366 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rayleen Forester | Independent curatorial research of mother-tongue language in publishing and exhibition development in Japan | $10,000 |
| Constanctina Augoustinos | Mentorship with Kirsten Coehlo | $6,670 |
| Simone Kennedy | Pilgrimage to Imago | $10,000 |
November 2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sally Chance |
Attendance as part of ASSITEJ Australia delegation at Visioni Festival, Bologna | $4,103 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Brenden Scott French | Six-month Creative Fellowship at Canberra Glassworks | $9,913 |
July 2019
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Connell | Arquetopia Residency, Mexico | $9,987 |
| Olivia Kathigitis | La Wayaka Current Desert Residency, Chile | $3,529 |
February 2019
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen Weidenbach | Presentation at the Children’s Book Council of Australia National Conference in Canberra | $1,426 |
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Campbell | Young artist performance program at Gertrude Opera Studio | $2,402 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Clanachan | Support living costs to undertake intensive research of works on paper at the British Museum Print Room | $10,000 |
| Deborah Prior | Residency at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne to develop The Laconia Project | $3,062 |
| Sundari Carmody | Three-month residency at Phasmid Studios, Berlin | $8,000 |
| Sylvia Nevistic | Masterclass with goldsmith, Giovanni Corvaja in Todi | $4,681 |
| Jonathan Dady | Research of Roman and Eutruscan architecture at the British School at Rome | $10,000 |
| Danielle Lo | Impressions: Three mentorships with leading metalsmiths in the UK | $2,600 |
February 2020
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Press | Attendance at Frankfurt Book Fair | $5,694 |
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Press | Attendance at Frankfurt Book Fair | $5,694 |
| Alison Howard | EUPHORIA – market development for future National touring | $10,000 |
| Adelaide Festival Centre Trust | DreamBig Children’s Festival 2021 Sector Gathering | $7,382 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Worth | Presentation of I Am Here artworks to NGA curator | $993 |
November 2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Slingsby Theatre Company | Slingsby 2020 Market Development Activity | $10,000 |
| Insite Arts International | Tanzmesse 2020 | $10,000 |
| Jamie Harding | In the Pines (FORMING PATHWAYS) | $10,000 |
| Restless Dance Theatre | Connect2Abilities & TPAM Yokohama | $8,500 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dean Toepfer | New Futures | $9,636 |
February 2019
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Press | Attendance at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 | $7,901 |
| Wakefield Press | Attendance at Visiting International Publishers Program, a strategic networking program for Australian publishers and agents and their international publishers, literary talent and scouts | $3,534 |
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Open Space Contemporary Arts | To bring interstate dance producers and festival programmers to see a work in progress showing of the disability led dance project Of Boys & Men | $4,366 |
| Zephyr Quartet | Performance in Rotterdam, Netherlands, as part of the showcase at Classical NEXT | $10,000 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| West Gallery Thebarton | Promotion of South Australian artists at the Exhibition Fair at Sydney Contemporary 2019 | $9,964 |
February 2020
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hornsby | Attend the Sala Beckett's International Emerging Playwrights Workshop and undertake a residency and mentorship with Gobbledigook Theatre | $10,106 |
| Kidaan Zelleke | Atlantic Acting School's Spring Comprehensive | $8,639 |
November 2019
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Campbell | Professional Mentorship with Anna Connolly | $4,800 |
July 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Power | 'Bedroom' mentorship | $19,392 |
February 2019
Visual Arts, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Blanch | Residency in Alice Springs at Watch this Space and four-month mentorship with Sera Waters | $17,550 |
| Jonathon Kim | Two-month residency at the British School at Rome | $3,000 |
February 2020
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Celia Craig | Fellowship exploring new Artistic Directions | $50,000 |
| Matthew Bradley | Sustained period of studio-based research across the development of new works for solo exhibition at Samstag Museum 2021 | $50,000 |
November 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| David Kotlowy |
Fellowship to engage with international ensembles and peers to develop collaborative works | $50,000 |
July 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Nikou | Creation of new work for exhibition | $40,000 |
February 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriella Smart | Fellowship to creatively develop three international, collaborative cross-cultural projects | $40,000 |
| Gabrielle Nankivell | Fellowship to undertake a sustained period of research and collaboration to develop a significant solo dance work | $40,000 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2020 South Australian Living Artist Publication | Kirsten Coelho |
| 2019 South Australian Living Artist Publication | Louise Haselton |
Independent Makers and Presenters – Project funding categories
February 2020
Literature
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Poppy Nwosu | Neon Boneyard manuscript rewrite | $13,382 |
| Bronwyn Lovell | Not the wolf: a feminist poetry collection | $11,388 |
| Ben Smith | The End of the End of the World | $9,800 |
| Shaine Melrose | The Natural World Does Somersaults - poetry manuscript | $6,700 |
| Libby Parker | Endo the World (as we know it) | $9,130 |
| Owen Heitmann | Papercuts Comics Festival 2020 | $8,057 |
| Holly Childs | Developing What Causes Flowers not to Bloom manuscript, residency and performance | $10,489 |
Performing Arts
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Altmann | New Work for Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | $7,000 |
| David Mealor | Sea Wall – Adelaide Fringe 2021 season at Adelaide Festival Centre | $16,935 |
| Connecting the Dots in Music | Connecting the Dots in Music – Arts for Impact | $9,748 |
| Sally Hardy | Night Light script development | $10,540 |
| Alison Currie | Somewhere, Everywhere, Nowhere | Collaboration with Yui Kawaguchi (JPN) | $13,082 |
| David Lang | Composing a Test Match for Benaud Trio | $8,370 |
| Sally Chance | Wonder | $34,304 |
| Georgi Paech | Rosalie Creative Development Stage 2 | $12,340 |
| Jamila Main | Butterfly Kicks by Jamila Main at Rumpus | $21,526 |
| Post Dining | Eating Tomorrow | $17,487 |
| Rebecca Meston | Hits of the 70s, 80s and 90s – second stage development at Rumpus | $4,000 |
| Various People Inc | Household Names & Invocations | $18,200 |
| Gabrielle Nankivell | Future History | $19,979 |
| Tim Overton | Thank You Brain | $15,739 |
| Piri Eddy | Strata and Forgiveness: a double bill of new South Australian plays | $25,750 |
| Windmill Theatre Co. | Baba Yaga China Tour | $15,000 |
Visual Art, Craft and Design
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Castello | FELTspace Exhibition Program September 2020 to February 2021 | $11,326 |
| Catherine Truman | Shared Reckoning | $16,167 |
| Kate Bohunnis | Commissioned work for ACE Open 2020 South Australian Artist Survey | $8,184 |
| Jason Sims | New Work for Unit London | $15,000 |
| Eduard Helmbold | SALA Group show: On Being an Artist | $9,771 |
| Yusuf Hayat | باب السلام Baab-As-Salaam, 2020 South Australian Artist Survey | $7,500 |
| Steven Cybulka | SEED | $12,547 |
| Tamara Baillie | Solo exhibition at First Draft, NSW | $2,649 |
| Allison Chhorn | After Years | $13,819 |
| Will Nolan | Development of new work for solo exhibition at Galerie Pompom, Sydney | $4,486 |
| Wesley Maselli | Mother’s Ilk | $10,000 |
| Virginia Barratt | RUPTURE | $3,761 |
| Danny Jarratt | Bodily Presence | $3,120 |
February 2020
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Far and Away Productions | Rehearse and premiere DRY by Catherine Fitzgerald | $100,000 |
July 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Slingsby Theatre Company | The Boy Who Talked to Dogs | $100,000 |
February 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Patch Theatre Company | New work The Lighthouse, will be an exploration of light in an interactive, immersive promenade performance piece for all ages | $100,000 |
February 2020
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Simone Slattery | Shorebird Stories | $120,000 |
The Triennial Project Grant was not awarded in the July 2019 round.
2018
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis Major | Creation of new dance work in regional and metropolitan South Australia | $120,000 |
Made in Adelaide
May 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Plummer | Chameleon | $4,000 |
| Gravity & Other Myths | Backbone | $5,940 |
| Michaela Burger | A Migrant's Son | $4,000 |
| Jascha Boyce | Jelly or Jam | $4,816 |
| Michelle Pearson | Comfort Food Cabaret Dining Experience | $6,000 |
| Gregory Wain | Exposing Edith | $3,000 |
May 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Michael | Gluttony | ="text-align:center"> |
| Emma Knights | Emma Knights Productions | $4,000 |
| David Sefton | Made in Adelaide | $2,000 |
| Slingsby Theatre Co | Made in Adelaide Producers | $4,000 |
| Stuart Duckworth | Made in Adelaide 2019 | $2,000 |
| Peta Spurling-Brown | Hey Boss - participation in MiA Edinburgh 2019 | $4,000 |
| Anna Thomas | Anna Thomas Prdns - 2020 Treasury 1860, Fringe season | $4,000 |
| rin Fowler | Erin Fowler Projects | $3,950 |
| Joanne Hartstone | MiA - SA Producer/Presenter in Edinburgh | $4,000 |
| Lina Limosani | Not Today's Yesterday @ 2019 British Council Showcase | ="text-align:center"> |
| Marina Sartoretto | Producer - Marina Sartoretto | $2,937 |
| Jared Stevens | Jared Stevens MiA - Edinburgh 2019 | $4,000 |
| Hannah Rohrlach | Post Dining: PitchFork new works | ="text-align:center"> |
Public Art and Design
April 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Country Arts SA | Land Arts of the Limestone Coast | $14,200 |
April 2020
Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Renewal SA | Tonsley Admin Building - Art Installation | $15,000 |
City of Onkaparinga | Place of Courage - City of Onkaparinga | $15,000 |
Adelaide Film Festival | Adelaide Film Festival public art commission project, video art and mentorship with Soda Jerk. | $6,500 |
Kingston District Council | Lifetime of Friendship Community Mosaic | $9,164 |
April 2019
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kimba Community Development Group | Arts and Nature Entwined | $14,450 |
| Light Regional Council | Kapunda Landmark Sculpture | $15,000 |
August 2018
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| City of Unley | Echo by Jason Sims | $80,000 |
Richard Llewellyn: Deaf and Disability Arts
2020–21
Individual
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Monday McGill | Signs Of S&M | $10,000 |
| Kelly Vincent | Creative Development for Gulls, Reimagined | $10,000 |
| Christopher Dyke | First stage development of collaborative dance performance "Two" and mentorship | $8,084 |
| Elizabeth Wojciak | Synchronicity Project | $5,493 |
| Gail Hocking | Interior/Exterior Landscape | $4,500 |
Organisations/Groups
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Restless Dance Theatre | Guttered -Production set in a Bowling Alley directed by Michelle Ryan | $25,000 |
| Open Space Contemporary Arts | Of Boys and Men - The Men of Shadows project | $25,000 |
| Cinzia Schincariol & Matt Shilcock | SCOMODO - Final Development | $19,700 |
| Sit Down Shutup And Watch Film & New Media Festival | Virtually Together | $25,000 |
| Preserving Jars Creative Collective | PRESERVING JARS aesthetic access creative development | $25,000 |
| Art Gallery of South Australia | Richard Llewellyn Deaf and Disability Grant Application 2020 - AGSA’s continued commitment to building inclusive experiences for diverse audiences | $25,000 |
2019–20
Individual
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Heath Britton | Moon Unit: mobile collaborative art space | $10,000 |
| Kristen Lawler | The A to Z of Modern Madness | $8,650 |
| Michael Retter | Clair de Lune | $10,000 |
| Chrissie Page | The Gift Podcast | $9,451 |
| Jacek Limanowka | Studies for Meditations No 1 | $2,440 |
Organisations/Groups
| Recipient | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Sisters of Invention | Cabaret Festival 2020 | $25,000 |
| Restless Dance Theatre | Seeing Through Darkness | $25,000 |
| Art Gallery of South Australia | Accessible Audio Guide | $25,000 |
| Tutti Inc | Speed of Light | $25,000 |
| Feast Festival | 2019 Opening Night Party | $5,792 |