Alice Springs Program of Literary Events

Northern Territory Writers' Centre Inc

$3 000

This project presents a series of spoken word events in Alice Springs, aimed to develop performance skills and profile, and provide both emerging and established writers in the region with access to audiences. The events will also provide input to the 2002 Alice Springs Festival.

1 March 2002 to
30 November 2002

Artist Run Initiative

Watch this Space

$5 000

Artist Run Initiative is a series of skill development workshops at Watch This Space, the artist run initiative in Alice Springs. The workshops--to be run by local artists and arts workers--aim to develop the skills of Central Australian artists and arts workers to help further career sustainability in the region. Topics will include exhibitions development and handling, photographic documentation, new media and technology, and critical writing.

1 March 2002 to
30 November 2002

Arts Katherine Coordinator

Arts Katherine

$15 000

Arts Katherine was established to promote artistic opportunities in the Katherine region, increase linkages between artists and other community activities, and to develop a stronger profile for arts in the region. The focus for the Arts Katherine Coordinator in 2002 will be on artistic and cultural development; organisational development; and development of touring and marketing opportunities.

1 February 2002 to
1 February 2003

Beanie Festival 2002

Beanie Festival Committee

$3 000

The annual Beanie Festival in Alice Springs will be held in June/July 2002. The Festival will showcase local craftspeople and women from remote communities around Central Australia in weaving and exceptional beanie making. This event has been conducted annually since 1997 with a steady increase in participation, and enjoys strong community support.

28 June 2002 to
1 July 2002

'Walking with Spirits'

Wugularr Community Government Council

$7 500

'Walking with Spirits' is a community based performance production, during a one-day festival at Wugularr Waterfall in June 2002. The production will involve actor Tom Lewis, music coordinator Stephen Costello, traditional dance group White Cockatoo, local Wugularr and student dancers, singers and other community members. The production tells the story of Wugularr through theatre, corroboree, modern and traditional song and dance, and multimedia techniques. It provides skills development for community members in art, music, dance and theatre and enables visitors to meet artists in their own country.

6 June 2002 to
6 June 2002

2002 Centralian Eisteddfod

Centralian Eisteddfod Council

$7 500

The 16th Annual Centralian Eisteddfod will be held in May 2002. The Eisteddfod enables young community based performing artists to practise their artform publicly in a professional, competitive atmosphere. This event is widely supported across the community and provides the opportunity for a cross section of people from the Central Australian region to participate.

25 February 2002 to 6 May 2002

27th Alice Craft Acquisition

Territory Craft - Alice Springs Division

$1 000

The 27^th Alice Craft Acquisition is an annual event at the Araluen Centre in Alice Springs that enables the acquisition of craftwork selected from entries received from across Australia. The Alice Craft Acquisition will add work produced by Territory crafts people to its collection from this event.

4 May 2002 to 26 May 2002

FIGJAM 2002

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Performing Arts

Figjam--a showcase concert of Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers--will be held outside Darwin, in Jabiru in June 2002. The relocation will encourage participation by regional performers and audiences and ownership by the community. Figjam has been consistently well received by the community and media and has been successful in generating local, national and international interest in Indigenous music. Figjam also presents traditional Indigenous music and dance, and encourages mentoring relationships between experienced artists and Indigenous artists. In addition, the four-day program of events includes a workshop series, visual arts and craft, demonstrations and additional concerts.

1 June 2002 to
30 June 2002

FUZe--09Contemporary Music Development Project

FUZION

$3 000

FUZe is a contemporary music development project that develops and showcases young bands and performers from Alice Springs and the Central Australia region. It is a joint project between FUZION and MIDI, with three showcases held in Alice Springs in June. The aim of the project is to provide presentation and promotion opportunities for emerging contemporary musicians in Central Australia, develop relationships with venue managers, develop new audiences, and to provide skills development, ongoing mentoring and networking between musicians in Alice Springs.

1 February 2002 to 30 June 2002

Kaltja!

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Performing Arts

$8 000

'Kaltja!' is a cultural fact finding mission and workshop program in Indigenous communities in the Katherine Region during 2002. The program will comprise three sections. The first is called 'Hunting' and features cultural forums for Indigenous young people to be trained in interviewing, photography, video and sound in order to research and document cultural activity. In the second stage, 'Fire', artists from the broader community will provide workshops in various visual and performing art forms. In the third, 'Tucker', documentation will be edited into a creative product and distributed to communities and participants, to reinforce involvement and to form the basis for future reference, inspiration, entertainment and training programs.

1 February 2002 to 31 December 2002

Katherine Regional Artspace

Territory Craft - Katherine Division

$2 000

The Katherine Regional Artspace has been running for almost three years and will continue to operate based on funding received in this round. The funding will offset costs associated with operating the regional arts space in Katherine.

1 January 2002 to
31 December 2002

NT Visiting Authors' Program

Northern Territory Writers' Centre Inc

$5 000

The NT Visiting Authors' Program will present a program of skills development activities for writers across the NT. Four experienced writers will work in Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Nhulunbuy to carry out workshops, master classes, forums, presentations, readings, dramaturgy and playreadings. They will include a poet, playwright and an Indigenous writer. The activities in regional centres will be a valuable contribution towards arts and cultural development in
those areas.

1 March 2002 to
30 September 2002

Territory Promo Barkly Youth Culture

Barkly Regional Arts Incorporated

$2 500

Young performers from the Barkly Region will be supported financially to travel to Alice Springs during February to June 2002, so they can participate in FUZe. FUZe is a contemporary music development project involving developing professional skills and showcasing young bands and performers from Alice Springs and the Central Australia region. The young people make up four young bands from Tennant Creek, Elliott, Borroloola and Epenarra and the Arid Zone Youth Dance Theatre, also from Tennant Creek.

1 January 2002 to
30 June 2002

Textile Workshops

Tiwi Art Network

$3 000

These textile workshops will provide specific textile skills training for young Indigenous artists in the Tiwi Islands. Workshops will be held at the three Art Centres: Munupi Arts and Crafts at Pularumpi, Tiwi Designs at Nguiu and Jilamara Arts and Crafts at Milikapiti. The Darwin based artist, Bilha Smith, will give workshops in remote communities. This project is intended to encourage wider involvement in art making by young people who are not already members of the art centres; teach new artform skills which can be used to express traditional cultural values; and greater social wellbeing and self sufficiency for the community.

18 February 2002 to 22 March 2002

Train Dancing #2

Plexus Productions Pty Ltd

$11 000

This project builds on the theatrical production titled 'Train Dancing' for presentation at the Adelaide Festival in March 2002, and for a return season later at the Araluen Centre. This production was first staged in September 2001 during the inaugural Alice Springs Festival. The play is written and performed by a collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers, musicians and performers from Central Australia.

1 February 2002 to 31 March 2002

Year of the Outback--Let's Go!

Arts Katherine

$7 500

This is a project to assess and develop arts and cultural activities in the Katherine Region during 2002, as part of celebrations for the Year of the Outback. The project will involve a five-week tour by four artists with diverse artform skills, providing short-term residencies in remote Aboriginal communities and on pastoral properties. All artists have been selected for their skills and experience in community arts and their aptitude for working in a team in isolated and remote situations. The project will give residents a rare opportunity to participate in a diverse range of arts activities, and the team will aim to pass on skills to the community that will enable them to identify and further develop arts activities.

1 February 2002 to
1 October 2002

Year of the Outback 2002 Territory Craft Katherine Quilt Project

Territory Craft - Katherine Division

$400

The Katherine Quilt Project involves the construction of a patchwork quilt by residents in the region to celebrate the Year of the Outback. Participants will be supplied with fabric squares to decorate, which will then be collected and made up into a quilt that depicts outback life, for display at the 2002 Katherine and District Show.

1 February 2002 to 31 July 2002

Yikwani

Tiwi Design Aboriginal Corporation

$3 000

The Yikwani project involves the mounting and curation of a national touring exhibition of Contemporary Tiwi ceramics, beginning in April 2002 and returning to Alice Springs and Darwin in August 2003. Artists involved in the tour will travel with their works to each of the receiving galleries and conduct public talks and workshops. The project is intended to promote Tiwi culture and art, to facilitate cultural exchange between Indigenous communities, and to encourage dialogue between artists and the public. This is a joint project between Tiwi Design Aboriginal Corporation and the National Gallery of Victoria.

11 April 2002 to
31 August 2003