Project and Development Grants
Project and Development Grants
Each year Carclew Youth Arts provides project and development funding through two rounds of grants.
This is to assist young artists aged 26 and under to develop creative projects with tangible outcomes and pursue career development.
The grants can also be used toward projects by and/or for children and/or young people or non-profit organisations
The funding supports opportunities for:
- Professional development in artistic career building
- Exploration of new artforms and exposure to emerging methods
- Access to cultural heritage
- Creation of original new work
- Participation in workshops, masterclasses and summer schools
- Children and/or young people to create art
- Professional entry points for young artists
- Young artists who are making brave, exciting new art
- Empowering young artists with the means to secure mentorships
- Established artists to work alongside emerging artists, sharing influences, inspirations, methods and core practice
- The active participation and exhibition of childrens and young peoples art and culture in community-focused events
- Promoting excellence in youth arts activity and delivery
- Making the arts more accessible to children and young people
- Organisations to create artistic skills development programs and mentor schemes that offer unique opportunities to young people.
Applications
Applications for Round 1, 2014 are now open and close 15 September 2013.
NOTE: where a closing date falls on a weekend, applications will be accepted until 5pm the following business day. Therefore, we will accept applications for Round 1, 2014 up until 5pm Monday 16 September.
Download an application pack from the right side of this page.
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Key Dates
There are two funding rounds offered every year:
- For activity occurring July - December, applications close 5pm 15 March
- For activity occurring January - June, applications close 5pm 15 September (as this falls on a weekend, applications will be accepted until 5pm Monday 16 September).
Information Sessions
Carclew will host two free information sessions. Limited places available, bookings essential.
Session 1
Wednesday 3 July, 5.30-6.30pm BOOK NOW
Carclew Youth Arts, 11 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide
Session 2
Tuesday 9 July, 5.30-6.30pm BOOK NOW
Carclew Youth Arts, 11 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide
Consults
All applicants are encouraged to discuss their project proposal prior to submitting a grant application. Phone us on (08) 8267 5111 to book a one-on-one consult with a Funding Officer.
NOTE: Funding Officer only works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and consults will be available from 3 July..
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Demographic
For emerging artists aged 26 and under
Successful Grant Recipients - Round 1, 2013
Instep Dance Inc | funded $2000
Development of Kicking it from the Kerb 2013. A project to re-engage, encourage and empower young boys (aged 6 and over in Streaky Bay and surrounding districts) to take up dance.
Alexandra Blue | part funded $2700
To undertake two three-month internships in London with two highly regarded film production companies, Scott Free and Warp Films.
Aimee Knight | funded $5650
To produce Humanimals, a documentary web series to get down on all fours and explore human/animal communications.
Madison Bycroft | funded $3000
To undertake the three-month artistic Red Gate Residency in Beijing, China.
Ashton Malcolm | funded $4784
To undertake a month-long Shakespeare intensive with highly successful theatre company, Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
Henry Walker | funded $3500
To facilitate solo and collaborative events including live performances; exhibitions; site specific installations; regional workshops; a publication; and a one month residency at the Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, USA.
James Taylor | funded $1845
To purchase materials required to learn the rare 19th century photographic process Becquerel Daguerreotype.
Celeste Aldahn | funded $2968
To create a new body of work for a first major exhibition at the SASA Gallery in April 2013.
Alice Blanch | funded $3596
To assist with the presentation costs of her first professional solo exhibition in Perth, during April 2013.
Ash Tower | funded $1082
To hold an exhibition of new work from Ash Tower and Andrea Jorgensen at Carclew Youth Arts, curated by Jess Nolan.
Dylan Amor | funded $6112
To support the recording and replication of a Stomp the Dog six track EP and the filming of one video clip for single release.
Delia Obst | funded $4454
To undertake a professional recording and release for a five track EP.
Choral Grief | funded $1400
To undertake a series of workshops with leading Adelaide based performers and musicians that will culminate in a free public workshop.
Samuel Wright | funded $6000
To produce and deliver Moving Music, a secret tour of music, visual art and design throughout the Adelaide CBD
Successful Grant Recipients - Round 1, 2012
Malia Wearn | funded $425
To undertake a solo exhibition of sculptural textile art.
Jeany Winter | funded $3395
To undertake an 'inspirational' mural that celebrates art, environment and indigenous culture in Waikerie.
Adele Slivzas | funded $1104
To undertake an intense professional development training opportunity at the Nederland's Dans Theatre Company in Holland which is overseen by an international artistic team.
Margaret Lloyd | funded $815
To exhibit a series of embroidered works meditating on the themes of transition, the physical body and narrative.
Katia Carletti | funded $6000
To undertake a two-month visual arts SIM Residency, in Reykjavik, Iceland with the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists
Chole Langford | funded $1920
To undertake a solo exhibition of abstract, anthropomorphic sculptures at First Draft Gallery, Sydney.
Madeline Prowd | funded $4508
To undertake a residency at the Canberra Glassworks
Kristel Britcher | funded $5000
To undertake a residency at VRIJ Glas in Zaandam, Netherlands.
Jesse Scales | funded $4551
To participate in company classes, secondments and auditions with Nederland's Dans Theatre 2 and the Sydney Dance Company
Ausdance SA | funded $4475
To support Fresh Bred, the Ausdance SA Youth Dance Ensemble to travel, participate and perform at the Australian Youth Dance Festival - April 2012
Robert Macfarlane | funded $2500
To record a demonstration CD of contemporary classical works for tenor voice with guitar or piano accompaniment
Renee Pounsett | funded $1000
To record 5 original songs in a studio to create an EP to use for promotional purposes.
Eilis Frawley | funded $3388
To perform two recitals, in collaboration with some of Adelaide's finest Percussionists, of works that are unique to the Adelaide Music scene.
Adelaide Theatre Guild | funded $5500
To present GORGE'12, for the development of young artists and young audiences
Jascha Boyce | funded $4180
To undertake the final stages of creation and the presentation of ‘Specimens of Her’, as part of the 2012 Adelaide Fringe.
Successful Grant Recipients - Round 2, 2012
Ruby Chew | funded $1940
Also the 2013 Carclew Youth Arts Artist in Residence, Ruby will hold a solo exhibition at Hill Smith Gallery with a new collection of works.
Kara Growden | funded $3200
To undertake intensive professional development at a paperworking workshop at the Awagami Factory in Tokoshima, Japan.
Julia McInerney | funded $6000
To undertake a two month artist residency at Seljavegur, Reykjavik at the Icelandic Association of Visual Artists.
Alex Bishop-Thorpe | funded $2990
To establish of a darkroom and studio in the Fontanelle collective space and undertake a photographic collaboration with the Scott Theatre Group to document the production of The Magic Flute.
Format Festival | funded $5199
To offer a visual arts program consisting of multi-disciplinary events and exhibitions featuring artists ranging from student and emerging to more established artists. The program provides an opportunity for young and emerging artists to administer and exhibit within a complex visual arts program.
Jo Naumann | funded $3959
To participate in Aerial Dance Encounters 2012, which will include workshops, training sessions and viewing performances by leaders of aerial dance practice.
Quentin Angus | funded $5500
To support the Quentin Angus Quintet in recording the album ‘Pathways’ and the subsequent marketing and promotional campaign. Quentin will collaborate with leading jazz musicians to record and produce the album.
Taylor Pfeiffer | funded $2645
To attend the Australian Banjo Conference – the only intensive banjo workshop in Australia.
Kaurna Cronin | funded $5800
To engage a producer to studio record, release and promote a five song EP.
Adelaide Youth Orchestra | funded $5000
To engage the Zephyr Quartet to compose two new string orchestral works for Adelaide Youth Strings (AYS). The process will also include artistic input into the composition from the orchestra’s students.
Victoria Cocks | funded $7000
To produce three, five minute high quality short films in the Wastelander Panda series, to distribute online. The episodes will build upon the highly successful prologue created during 2011.
Emily Craven | funded $3655
To undertake professional development by establishing a network of industry connections within the fantasy genre of writing and promote a manuscript developed under the mentorship of renowned fantasy author, Isobelle Carmody.
Successful Grant Recipients - Round 1, 2011
Ausdance SA | funded $4930
To assist the Fresh Bred ensemble to attend the Australian Youth Dance Festival 2011.
Jo Naumann | funded $2181
To attend National Circus Festival in Launceston 2011.
Sam Wright | funded $4545
To assist with the development of the film project 6 on the street.
Kaurna Cronin | funded $3174
To assist with the promotion of the music band Jimmy and the Mirrors.
Ross McHenry | funded $3972
To assist with the costs to undertake a mentorship with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson in Los Angeles.
Danielle Rickaby | funded $829
To attend 15th biennial Ausglass Conference “Peripheral Vision” in Sydney.
Matt Burgess | funded $5764
Towards the creation of new work for a solo exhibition at Peter Walker Fine Art, SA.
Kara Growden | funded $5050
Towards the costs of the exhibition ORNATE: South Australian Emerging Textiles.
Kristel Britcher | funded $774
To attend 15th biennial Ausglass Conference “Peripheral Vision” in Sydney.
Graham Self | funded $1622
Towards the presentation of comedy show The Golden Phung: Phung Harder
Jascha Boyce | funded $7635
Towards the further development and presentation of circus show Freefall.
James Majur | funded $4000
Towards the presentation of theatre show The Broken Pot.
Kelly Cook | funded $5500
Towards the theatre workshop program in Yorke Peninsular Our Story.
Successful Grant Recipients - Round 2, 2011
Clancy Sullivan | funded $4035
To undertake a dance mentorship and rehersals with Australian Dance Theatre artistic director Garry Stewart for the new work Worldhood which will premier in Adelaide in August.
Ausdance SA | funded $5500
To assist in the creative development of ‘The First Time 1...’ a part of the Fresh Bred dance program for young dancers.
Jesse Scales | funded $3526
To undertake an intense professional development training opportunity at the Nederland’s Dans Theatre Company in Holland, overseen by an international artistic team.
Makoto Koji | funded $5984
To undertake a mentorship to assist with the pre-production of the short animated film ‘Rose Garden.’
Dylan Amor | funded $3190
To assist with the touring of this young original punk rock band Stomp the Dog to the eastern states of Australia for exposure and to expand their audience and fan base after the release of their debut EP launched at the Northern Sound System in 2010.
Thomas Phillips | funded $4912
To assist in the recording and production of a 4 song CD to assist with promotion.
Eilis Frawley | funded $4620
To undertake a percussion mentorship with Eugene Ughetti – one of Australia’s leading contemporary percussionists in Melbourne.
Recitals Australia Inc. | funded $3000
To assist with the hosting of a two day piano extravaganza of performances, interaction and vocational opportunities for 60+ young South Australian students as part of the Yamaha Recitals Australia Showcase in October 2011.
Ben Mylius | funded $3000
To undertake a mentorship with Steve Evans an international literary editor to assist in the development of the novel ‘The Momentary’ to a publishable standard.
Alysha Herrmann | funded $6000
To assist in the creative development of the PressureLands Project – Stage 3.
Josephine Were | funded $3146
To assist with a physical theatre professional development opportunity specialising in clowning at Ecole Phillippee Gaulier in France, the world famous international theatre school.
Alice Blanch | funded $700
Towards a professional development opportunity in tintype photography at Gold Street Studios in Victoria one of the only places offering alternative photography courses in Australia.
Ruby Chew | funded $1425
To develop a first body of work after graduating, leading to first solo visual arts exhibition at Magazine Gallery in Adelaide for the SALA Festival 2011.
Alex Bishop-Thorpe | funded $940
To undertake professional development in copper plate photogravure photography at Hill End Press in New South Wales, a printmaking studio specializing in photogravure and letterpress printmaking.
Events & Dates
Contact details
Dale Durie - Funding Programs Officer
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only
08 8267 5111
Downloads
Project and Development Grants R1 2014 - Application Pack Project and Development Grants - Acquittal Report Format GuideOther Funding, Scholarships & Awards
Scholarships
IAF Franz Kempf Printmaker Award
Education & Arts Ministers' Awards
BHP Billiton Regional Artist Mentorship