Aword from our CEO Amendments to the emerging artist funding program

Last year, the Board of The Ian Potter Cultural Trust initiated a detailed evaluation of the Trust's activities to assess how the Trust might improve the impactof its support of Australian artists. Having considered the findings, the Board has approved two fundamental changes to the nature and value of grants to emerging or early-career artists to enable them to undertake professional development opportunities.

Firstly, the maximum value of the emerging artist development grants has been increased from $10,000 to $15,000, effective from Funding Round 1, 2023. This round is currently open for applications.

Secondly, applicants may now seek funding to undertake a professional development project inAustralia. In the circumstance that an opportunity withinAustralia is of high quality and can offer exceptional benefit to an individual's professional practice.

The CulturalTrust will continue to prioritise the funding of international professional development opportunities. You can read more about these amendments to the emerging artist funding program on the Cultural Trust website.

The evaluation ofThe Ian Potter Cultural Trust also proposed a variety of further grantmaking opportunities, which the Trustees continue to consider TheTrust's Board thanks all those who shared their experiences via participating in the evaluation's online surveys and interviews last year

Lastly, I have recently announced my decision to resign from my position as Chief Executive Officer ofThe Ian Potter Cultural Trust andThe Ian Potter Foundation. My tenure will cease around 31 January 2023, depending on the timing of the incoming CEO's appointment.

I want to express my gratitude to the Cultural Trust's Board, our team of dedicated staff, and the community of artists and arts professionals. It has been a privilege to witness the drive, passion, and resilience ofAustralian artists throughout my seven years as CEO of The Ian Potter Cultural Trust.

I am leaving this wonderful role knowing that the Cultural Trust's management is in the capable hands of Louise Joel, Program Manager, ably supported by Paula Cruz Manrique, Programs Officer, and Nina Beer, Communications and Engagement Coordinator

Craig Connelly CEO

Applications for Funding Round 1, 2023, are now open.

The CulturalTrust offers grants of up to $15,000 to assist talented emerging and early-career artists of all mediums to gain experience, develop networks and learn skills by undertaking professional development opportunities overseas and withinAustralia.

Applications close Tuesday 10 January 2023, 5 pmAEDT

For projects or travel after Friday, 28April 2023

Grants announced Mid-April 2023

Round 2, 2022 New grantees

Congratulations to the emerging artists who have been awarded Cultural Trust grants for the second Funding Round of 2022.

In the latest round, 13 emerging artists were awarded a total of $105,344 in grants. Our newest grantees will travel to eight countries undertaking professional development in their various disciplines, including theatre performance, poetry, and opera.

The CulturalTrust team looks forward to following your development projects and journeys. Further information on these grantees and their development projects can be found on the Cultural Trust website.

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Grantee story

Angela Little scores two nominations

Nicole W. Lee is an emerging Chinese (Teochew and Hakka) Malaysian Australian poet, whose work has been published withinAustralia and internationally.

Nicole is being supported by a Cultural Trust grant to undertake a low-residency Masters of FineArts in Poetry at Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, USA. The low-residency program is the oldest and most prestigious in the United States and is widely known for its highly rigorous creative and analytical program.

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Composer and CulturalTrust grantee, Angela Little has earned two industry award nominations for the score of the feature filmASTITCH INTIME.

Angela has been nominated for Feature Film Score of the Year in the 2022APRAAGSC Screen MusicAwards, and Best Original Score in Film in the 2022 AustralianAcademy of CinemaTelevision Arts (AACTA)Awards.

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Happy holidays!

Office closure

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust office will be closed from 23 December 2022 to 9 January 2023

If you have any urgent application questions during our office closure, please send a brief message, including your contact number, to culturaltrust@ianpotter.org.au

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is fully funded by The Ian Potter Foundation, a major Australian philanthropic foundation that supports and promotes excellence and innovation.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.