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'The RISE Fund is supporting the arts and entertainment sector to reactivate. The program is targeting funding towards the arts and entertainment sector organisations who are seeking to restart, re-imagine or create new activities. The program is intended to assist by providing finance to assist the presentation of new or re-shaped cultural and creative activities and events.' (https://www.arts.gov.au/funding-and-support/rise-fund
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2020
recipient Belconnen Arts Centre $173,000 : Support for 'REWIRE' - Belconnen Arts Centre will partner with live performance producers across Canberra to deliver new work, invest in sustainable arts careers, reconnect audience. The project will engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as cultural advisors, codesigners of new work, playwrights, dancers, performers, musicians, sound and set designers and as audiencerecipient Erth Visual and Physical Inc $551,262 : Support for 'RADIATE' a partnership between the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and Erth Visual & Physical to undertake an artist-in-residency program as part of the Garden's educational and public exhibition program.recipient Mememe Productions $150,000 : Support for 'ALPHASTREAM' - mememe productions will deliver new ways for family audiences to access 'dirtgirlworld' LIVE performances and events, utilising existing streaming platforms and a mobile streaming trailer that will enable streaming of live events from dirtgirlworld’s backyard directly into the homes of families and communities.recipient Milk Crate Theatre $96,829 : Support for 'Reclaiming Narrative' - Milk Crate Theatre will work with eight community groups from across greater Sydney. Using a range of platforms, art forms and points of access, this project will deliver collaborative works that give voice to underrepresented peoples of the City of Sydneyrecipient Big hArt $1,373,000 : Support for Big hART to deliver 'Positive Arts Futures'. A national initiative establishing five pathways for regional young people into creative careers.recipient The Australian Theatre for Young People $751,432 : Support for 'The Future of Youth Theatre' - Australian Theatre for Young People will deliver a re-imagining of youth theatre in the digital age; this includes the completion of the move into purpose-built premises and integration of online and in-person experiences.recipient Darlinghurst Theatre Company $605,562 : Support for 'Once: An Australian tour' - Darlinghurst Theatre Company will deliver a 21 week regional New South Wales and national city tour. A version will be produced for online streaming and special regional screenings.recipient Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation (NPY) $449,492 : Support for the Tjanpi Desert Weavers to expand skills development and access to the social enterprise for 400 artists across seven remote communities in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara lands, South Australia.recipient NT Dance Company $433,645 : Support for 'Dancing Across Country' - a two year collaboration between Northern Territory Dance Company, NAISDA Dance College and West Australian Ballet Company delivering a cross border dance and employment development project involving secondments, workshops and a new production 'Forbidden'recipient La Boite Theatre $959,980 : Support for 'The La Boite Artist Company' - La Boite Theatre will engage 12 actors and 10 creatives for a 18-month period, spanning a range of specialties and focus areas including acting, theatre-making, directing, dramaturgy and more.recipient BlakDance $600,835 : Support for ' BlakForm 2.0' - BlakDance Australia, will deliver a digital showcase and producing platform for emerging and mid-career artists. It will assist in the development of new work, provide presentation opportunities and touring, act as a career accelerator.recipient Patch Theatre Company $164,436 : Support for Patch Theatre Company for two new theatre works, ‘I Wish’ and ‘Home’, working with companies, Gravity & Other Myths and Restless Dance, that will tour regionally and reach broader more diverse audiencesrecipient Adelaide Symphony Orchestra $700,000 : Support for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to deliver the 'Festival of Orchestra' bringing together some of Australia’s best-loved popular contemporary artists and composers representing diverse Australian voices.recipient Adelaide Fringe $1,500,000 : Support for 'Adelaide Fringe 2021 COVID Ready' - Adelaide Fringe will deliver a re-shaped COVID-safe festival, including outdoor amphitheatres, laneway activations, lower capacity venues, promenade performances and sitespecific works.recipient Artlink Australia $50,300 : Support for Artlink Australia to deliver an online resource to promote access to new artform developments, national collections and touring exhibitions.recipient Terrapin Puppet Theatre $253,181 : Support for Terrapin Puppet Theatre to present eight new works including giant puppets and installations in public spaces across Tasmania during 2021/2022.recipient Museum of Old and New Art $756,400 : Support for ‘MONA FOMA and Recording Studio’ - MONA will adapt the format of its summer festival of music and art and establish a recording studio to activate the Tasmanian arts, entertainment and tourism sectors, and provide employment for artists, arts workers, and production personnel.recipient Somebody's Daughter Theatre Inc. $500,000 : Support for 'REVIVE', a series of new performances and activities which spotlights teenage mental health and well-being to be presented in Geelong, Melbourne and North East Victoria by Nobody’s Fool Theatre and Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company.recipient Melbourne International Festival of the Arts (Literary Festival) $1,480,000: Support for four large-scale projects.recipient Bluey's Big Play Joff Bush (composer), 2020 single work drama children's'See Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad as you’ve never seen them before… Join The Heelers in their first live theatre show created just for you with puppetry, live actors and iconic Australian sets. It’s a little bit different and a little bit beautiful.'
Source: Arts Centre Melbourne.
$1,871,338 : Support for 'Bluey's Big Play’, an all-Australian theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children's television series.recipient Playbox Theatre $550,000 : Support for 'Stages', a flexible performance hub that will deliver a yearround performance..recipient Melbourne Fringe Arts Festival $275,000 : Support to deliver safe and viable key festival programs for independent artists and venues.recipient Footscray Community Arts Centre $405,000 : Support for 'Neighbourhood', presented by Footscray Community Arts Centre and The Substation, delivering a 10 day contemporary arts festival of new work in Melbourne's western suburbs involving The Bowery Theatre and Incinerator Gallery.recipient Polyglot Theatre $180,000 : Support for 'Pram People' - Polyglot Theatre delivers a new, large-scale outdoor production that invites parents of babies to participate in the work, using their prams as the performance’s central motif, enlivening Melbourne’s CBD.recipient La Mama Theatre $800,000 : Support for 'Reimagining La Mama' will deliver opportunities for approximately four thousand independent Australian actors, designers, playwrights, directors and creatives and create 15 arts-workers jobs.recipient Back to Back Theatre $253,500 : Support for 'Back to Back Theatre National Touring Projects' - As a result of the loss of international tours due to the disruption of COVID-19, Back to Back Theatre's ensemble of actors perceived to experience disability will deliver a national tour of works from repertoire and undertake business development in Australian markets, and seek co-commissioning partnerships for new works.recipient The Last Great Hunt $1,674,127 : 'Support for 'Hunters and Connectors' - The Last Great Hunt will deliver a two year program of creative development, local presentation and touring, involving collaborations with other Western Australian arts organisations. $1,674,127
Works About this Award
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Latest Arts Windfalls Show Money Isn’t Enough. We Need Transparency 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 8 February 2021;
