Board of Trustees Meeting
Grants awarded 1 December 2011
Jodie Lawson, VIC
Design (shoe making)
$7,000 to undertake an 8 week internship with bespoke shoemaker Caroline Grove and complete short courses in boot-making and pattern-cutting for footwear at the London College of Fashion; London, UK, March - May 2012
Andrew Follows, VIC
Visual arts
$7,000 to complete a residency and deliver workshops in Edinburgh with collaborator and fellow legally blind artist, Rosita McKenzie, to exchange skills and knowledge in this limited and highly specialized field; Edinburgh, Scotland, November 2011 - October 2012
Claire Conolly, NSW
Music
$7,000 to specialise in the early style of Italian violin playing at the Royal Conservatorium of The Hague with Enrico Gatti; The Hague, The Netherlands, January 2012 - January 2013
Sophie Cape, NSW
Visual arts
$7,000 to research and explore psychological and abstract portraiture at the Cite des Arts Residency, Arlberg Hospiz Residency and the New York Studio School, and exhibit work; France, Austria, USA and Poland, November 2011 - June 2012
Andre Jewson, VIC
Performing arts
$7,000 to attend Ecole Philippe Gaulier and complete the Bouffons workshop; Paris, France, April - June 2012
Jessica Voigt, VIC
Music
$7,000 to complete advanced studies in classical saxophone performance at the University of Iowa; Iowa, USA, January 2012 - December 2013
Aura Go, VIC
Music
$7,000 to undertake a Doctorate in Music Performance at the Sibelius Academy, researching the piano music of Einojuhani Rautavaara; Helsinki, Finland,
December 2011 - May 2015.
Amelia Roper, VIC
Performing arts
$7,000 to undertake the fourth and fifth semesters of a Masters of Fine Arts in Playwriting at Yale School of Drama; Connecticut, USA, January - December 2012
Mason Marcobello, NSW
Visual arts
$7,000 to complete a mentorship program with the urban and fine artist Gaia; Maryland, USA, March - May 2012
Kate Sherman, VIC
Performing arts
$7,000 to study clown and bouffons at Ecole Phillipe Gaulier; Paris, France, June - August 2012
Lynne McCarthy, NSW
Film
$7,000 to complete The Binger Film Lab, a unique program designed to help directors acquire the skills and tools needed to direct their first or second full-length feature film; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March - June 2012
Stephanie Osztreicher, VIC
Performing arts
$7,000 to continue training at the Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq; Paris, France, January - June 2012
Rebecca Baumann, WA
Visual arts
$6,300 to undertake a residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP); NYC, USA, June - August 2012
Amy Kennedy, VIC
Visual arts
$6,000 to complete a 10 week artist residency at the Anderson Ranch Arts Centre, present at a ceramics conference and visit art museums, galleries and artists' studios to complete research; Colorado and Seattle, USA, February - May 2012
Hester van der Vyver, VIC
Performing arts
$5,600 to spend six weeks studying acting with Ivana Chubbuck at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio; Los Angeles, USA, February - March 2012.
Simone Slattery, SA
Music
$5,000 to enhance skills, develop leadership qualities and open opportunities for future career; Banff, Canada; San Francisco, New York and Indiana, USA; and London, UK, January - August 2012
Liam Kinson, WA
Music
$5,000 to have private lessons with clarinetist David Krakauer of the Manhattan School of Music; NYC, USA, December 2011 - March 2012
Shayarne Matheson-Buick, NSW
Dance
$5,000 complete tuition scholarship in Graduate Year, The Royal Ballet School; London, UK, January - July 2012
Alissa Claessens, WA
Performing arts
$4,000 to attend movement Theatre Studio, to undergo an intensive physical theatre workshop; NYC, USA, June - July 2012
Gita Bezard, WA
Performing arts
$4,000 to work with Physical Theatre Company, Tmesis Theatre; Liverpool, UK, June - August 2012
Nicki Wynnychuk, VIC
Visual arts
$4,000 to complete a two month residency and a European professional development tour meeting with artists, curators and galleries and attending key arts festivals; Dublin, Ireland, London, UK, Paris, France, Kassel and Berlin, Germany, March - June 2012
Jeremy Rose, NSW
Music
3,000 to complete a European study trip, comprising workshops and lessons with Florian Ross, Hayden Chisholm and Frank Gratowski; Mount Pelion, Greece and Berlin, Germany, August - September 2012
Bronwyn Batten, VIC
Performing arts
$2,600 to undertake a five month residency in Chicago with theatre company The Neo Futurists and complete performance studies at the Second City School of Improvisation; Chicago, USA, January - May 2012