Australia Council For The Arts

Huge congratulations to Bangarra Dance Theatre who received a total of seven Helpmann Awards celebrated across two nights this week.
Six awards were for their 2017 production Bennelong, including; • Best New Australian Work • Best Dance Production ... • Best Choreography in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production (Stephen Page) • Best Scenic Design (Jacob Nash) • Best Lighting Design (Nick Schlieper) • Best Male Dancer in a Ballet, Dance of Physical Theatre Production (Beau Dean Riley Smith)
Bangarra Dance Theatre is proudly supported through the Major Performing Arts Framework.
Image: Daniel Boud
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The Boundless Indigenous Mentorship Program from @WritingNSW and @Textpublishing offers unpublished First Nations writers the chance to receive advice and support in developing a manuscript. Applications are open now until 13 August. https://bit.ly/2t15pLM

Ticket-buyers in Melbourne are most likely to buy tickets for both arts and sport. Choose an electorate to view its arts and culture profile. https://bit.ly/2N8eE59

Read more: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/res… /electorate-profiles/

The 58th International Art Exhibition will be titled 'May You Live in Interesting Times', after an ancient Chinese curse referring to periods of uncertainty, crisis and turmoil; "interesting times", exactly as the ones we live in today.
The title was announced by Paolo Baratta, the President of La Biennale di Venezia and the curator of the 58th International Art Exhibition, Ralph Rugoff at the launch of the Biennale Arte 2019.
The Biennale will take place from May 11th to No...vember 24th 2019 at the Giardini and the Arsenale, as well as around other venues in Venice. https://bit.ly/2NVTvww
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The Australia Council supported Mojo Juju to write and record her upcoming third album. 'Native Tongue' is the album's first track. Check it out.

Nominations for the 2019 Australia Council Awards are now open. Our annual awards recognise outstanding and sustained contributions from artists across all art forms and celebrate the value of the arts to Australia as a nation. To see how you can nominate an artist for one of the eight awards available this year, visit our website: https://bit.ly/2dkWnVR

2018 Red Ochre Award winner Mavis Ngallametta is a Senior Elder of the Putch Clan and a Cultural leader of the Wik and Kugu People of Aurukun. Over her decades-long career, Mavis has developed a signature style of painting that tells the story of her community life and Country. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan Images: 1. Mavis Ngallametta, End Swamp, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary 2. Mavis Ngallametta. Credit: Martin Browne

Paola Balla is being supported by the Australia Council Strategic International Market Fund to attend and present at the First Nations Dialogues event at Performance Space New York in January 2019. Paola is a visual artist, curator and scholar, whose work explores the themes of identity, connectedness, belonging and justice. Read more about Paola here. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan

For the first time since it was developed for the 2017 La Biennale di Venezia's ‘My Horizon’ exhibition, see Tracey Moffatt’s work ‘Body Remembers’ in Australia at Art Gallery of South Australia. June 14 – September 30. http://bit.ly/2Jdk24Q

Work with us at the Australia Council. There are a number of opportunities available across the organisation including Executive Assistant to the Executive Director MPA and Artistic Development, to HR and Legal Coordinator. Click here to see all our positions vacant.

Wiradjuri Elder, poet and multidisciplinary artist Kerry Reed-Gilbert received an Australia Council Projects Grant in 2017, to support her in writing a memoir of her life. The memoir will describe Kerry and her family's experience of living as Aboriginal people throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Kerry's memoir builds on her work as a widely published poet. Read more about Kerry here. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan

The Way Out West Children's Festival celebrates young people’s curiosity and imagination, presented by and for young people in partnership with some of Australia’s leading artists including @ShopfrontArts and @UTProjects http://bit.ly/2KOwRs3

Artistic Co-director, Choreographer and Dancer for Marrugeku, Dailsa Pigram received an Australia Council Development grant back in 2002, which supported her study with Lucy Guerin and Chunky Move dance companies. Since then, Dalisa has been supported by Australia Council to attend a number of international dance showcases, taking the work of Marrugeku - and Australian First Nations dance - to the world. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan

Melbourne's @WeaveMovementTheatre is staging a special series of winter workshops, ideal for artists who identify with having a disability and are wanting to broaden their experience in drama, theatre and movement. Workshops take place over four Saturdays, starting August 4 and Weave are offering an early bird special on all four. Visit the Weave website for more information and to register. https://bit.ly/2KKj59S

Australia Council 2018 Fellowship recipient Hetti Perkins is a curator, writer, advisor and presenter with 30 years of national and international experience of working with federal agencies, community arts organisations, state galleries and local government. Hetti is a widely respected advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan Image: Hetti Perkins AGNSW, with Water Brain (Rusty Peters) Credit: Susie Hagon; Courtesy the artists

The Australia Council celebrates the strength, power and resilience of First Nations arts and culture. Through our submission to the Closing the Gap Refresh we are advocating for increased investment in First Nations-led culturally based solutions. http://bit.ly/2KQ8j1T

Visual artist Willurai Kirkbright was recently awarded an Australia Council residency at the Cité International des Arts in Paris. From next month, Willurai will live in Paris and work on her proposed project, Where I Stand. For this, Willurai will create a series of self portraits in which she will explore notions of ancient culture with contemporary ideas of blackness and self image. See Willurai's past work, Moving Portaits, here. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan

Calling all arts leaders in the Townsville, Adelaide and Mt Gambier regions. The Australia Council is staging one-day workshops for senior managers and board members, in which we'll explore arts-specific governance for small- to-medium organisations, focusing on best practice. UPCOMING DATES Townsville 18 July Adelaide 6 August Mt Gambier 8 August
... Click here for more details and to register: https://bit.ly/2rKF6K5
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Happy NAIDOC week, everyone! In keeping with the theme of this year's celebrations, Because of her, we can!, this week we'll introduce seven First Nations female artists Australia Council has supported. Last year, Mojo Juju received an Arts Project grant to assist her in writing and recording her upcoming third album. Here's the video for Native Tongue, the album's first track, featuring DJUKI MALA and PICAA Inc.Inc. #NAIDOCweek #NAIDOC2018 #Becauseofherwecan

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