Four artists from across the Territory have been announced as the successful recipients of the Arts Fellowship Program 2018, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the arts.
Each artist will receive $50 000 in funding to access career development opportunities, undertake research and skills development, residencies or development of new work.
The successful recipients are:
Mary Anne Butler;
Johanna Bell;
Elliat Rich;
Karen Mills;
Department of Tourism and Culture A/ Senior Director of Arts NT and Screen Territory, Angela Hill, congratulated the successful recipients of the 2018 Arts Fellowship Program, and welcomed the opportunity for the artists to further their career, artistic practice, and profile within the Territory, nationally and internationally.
“The Arts Fellowship Program is a really important initiative to provide recognition to artists and creative professionals who contribute significantly to the arts industry and community in the Territory.
“The program acts as an important catalyst to provide the successful artists with key funding to further advance their careers through the broadening of skills, knowledge and networks, which they bring back to the Territory,” said Ms Hill.
This year’s Fellowship recipients come from both the Top End and Central Australia, and are esteemed in literature and visual arts.
Ms Butler will attend a three-month course through London based literary agency Curtis Brown Creative UK. Ms Butler aims to extend her writing skills with the aim to produce a novel for publishing and entry in national and international competitions.
Ms Bell will create opportunities for locals to generate new works alongside her own learning and development through her literature project An Octopus, an expert and a room of storytellers.
Ms Rich will research and explore contemporary theoretical discourse for her visual arts project Designing Mythology and to inform the creation of new work.
Ms Mills will further her skills in printmaking and develop new work based on research about the history of Elliot, NT supported by her mentor Ms Fiona MacDonald of RMIT.
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