Aword from our CEO Finding inspiration
Welcome to the first edition of The Coronet for 2022. It has been a busy first half of the year forThe Ian Potter Cultural Trust team.
We welcomed two new staff members, Louise Joel and Paula Cruz Manrique, this month. Louise has joined the team as Program Manager responsible for The Ian Potter Foundation's Vibrant funding pillar, includingThe Ian Potter Cultural Trust,The Ian Potter Moving Image Commission, and the Foundation'sArts program area.
For the last 15 years, Louise has worked in various roles in theAustralian and International Arts sectors and brings a wealth of knowledge to her role. Paula has stepped into the role
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Image: New grantee Remy Rochester. Image credit: Wendell Levi Teodoro. Remy will undertake a ‘One Body, One Career’ Contemporary Dance workshop and a ‘Summer Intensive Program’ hosted at the Henny Jurriëns Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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of Program Officer, responsible for supporting the Foundation's program management team, including assisting Louise with the administration of the Cultural Trust. Please join me in welcoming Louise and Paula to our team.
With international travel once again possible, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust has resumed business as usual and reopened its Funding Rounds for 2022. For the first Funding Round of 2022, 22 emerging artists were awarded Cultural Trust grants to travel to various countries, including Iceland, Greece andAustria, where they will pursue opportunities tailored to their artistic practice.
Learning about our newest grantees' unique professional development opportunities is equally inspiring and surreal when contemplating the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on the arts sector, individual artists, and international travel.
In this newsletter, two new grantees – JosieAlexandra and Laura Jackson – share their development projects and how their multi-disciplinary artistic practices will be enriched through their respective opportunities.
I encourage anyone finding inspiration in the stories of our newest grantees to share theTrust's current funding round information with your artistic communities.
Craig Connelly CEO
Applications for Funding Round 3, 2022 are now open.The CulturalTrust offers grants up to $10,000 to assist talented emerging and early career artists of all mediums to gain experience, develop networks and learn skills by undertaking international professional development opportunities.
Applications close Tuesday 6 September 2022 5 pmAEST
For projects & travel after Friday 16 December 2022
Grants announced
Early December 2022
Apply for a grant Applications now open
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Round 1, 2022
New grantees
For the first round of 2022, 22 emerging artists were awarded $209,180 in grants. Our latest grantees will travel to 10 different countries, including Iceland, Greece andAustria, undertaking professional development programs in areas such as information experience design and orchestral performance.
Congratulations to all our latest grantees. We are excited to see what you make of your overseas opportunities and projects.Acomplete list of our most recent grantees can be found on the Cultural Trust website.
Image: Grantee Morgan Hickinbotham. Morgan is a contemporary music grantee who is being supported to undertake research and development through an expedition across the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland with the Icelandic Glaciological Society and two artist residencies at Gullkistan Artists Residency and Holden Garage; Laugarvatn, Iceland and Berlin, Germany
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JosieAlexandra is a multi-disciplinary and experimental artist whose queer, trans, and neurodiverse identity informs their artistic efforts to create new understandings and narratives of the world around them.
ACulturalTrust grant will support Josie in undertaking a three-month residency to develop and show work in the exhibitions 'SEAS(22)' and 'Timeless Light' at the Ionian Centre ofArt and Culture, Kefalonia, Greece.
Laura Jackson is an emerging writer and performer whose passion for strong female narratives is channelled through her storytelling. Laura’s practice speaks to women’s experiences in the modern world, delving into street harassment, domestic violence, online privacy, and fertility
ACulturalTrust grant will support Laura to train in the Michael Chekhov technique in NewYork City, USA.
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Grantee story
Nithya Iyer
Nithya Iyer is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose work is informed by TherapeuticArts Practice studies and training in Bharatanatyam – an Indian classical dance form. With the support of a CulturalTrust grant, Nithya undertook a residency and interdisciplinary
Grantee story
Dana McMillan
JosieAlexandra
Laura Jackson
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research project at the Hangar Centre for Artistic Investigation, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dana McMillan is a theatre maker whose research-based and cross-disciplinary practice encompasses solo and collaborative performance.ACultural Trust grant supported Dana to undertake a Master ofArts inAdvanced Theatre Practice at the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England.
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is fully funded by The Ian Potter Foundation, a major Australian philanthropic foundation that supports and promotes excellence and innovation.
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