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Professor Emma Johnston AO. Image: supplied by the University of Melbourne.

Featured News 6 Jan 2026

Vale Professor Emma Johnston AO

It is with deep sadness that The Ian Potter Cultural Trust’s Board of Trustees and staff acknowledge the news of the passing of Professor Emma Johnston.
Grantee Story 9 Feb 2024
Nicole W. Lee will undertake a low-residency Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry at Warren Wilson College in Swannoa, North Carolina, USA.
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News 18 Dec 2023
An update from our Chief Executive Officer, Paul Conroy.
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News 11 Dec 2023
In the third Emerging Artist Grants funding round of 2023, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust awarded $321,492 in grants to 29 emerging artists.
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News 10 Oct 2023
In the second Emerging Artist Grants funding round of 2023, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust awarded $276,865 in grants to 22 emerging artists.
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Grantee Story 9 Oct 2023
Supported by an Emerging Artist Grant, Tia Madden will undertake an artist residency at Out Of The Circle in Cairo, Egypt.
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News 9 May 2023
In the first Emerging Artist Grants funding round of 2023, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust awarded $262,584 in grants to 24 emerging artists.
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Grantee Story 8 May 2023
Clementine Barnes will undertake an artistic residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, and produce an artist publication in the collective screen print studio.
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Grantee Story 2 May 2023
Noora Niasari's feature film directorial debut, SHAYDA, has garnered critical acclaim on the international stage.
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News 19 Jan 2023
Mr Paul Conroy appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of The Ian Potter Foundation and The Ian Potter Cultural Trust.
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Grantee Story 9 Jan 2023
'Re-building' is a series of case studies that provide insight into the vital role of individual artists in the Australian arts and cultural landscape.

From developing access and opportunities to improving the workplace culture of their fellow artists, each case study highlights a different way in which our grantees have enriched the Australian arts ecology.
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