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Government of Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts Department of Culture and the Arts grants results for 2014. Arts Development Grants Program $1,486,554 Arts Development grants support the creation of new work, and the development of new skills and ideas in artforms including dance, theatre, writing, visual arts and craft and multi-arts. Creative Development Fellowships Jamie Oehlers West Perth $60,000 Jazz saxophonist, performer and composer Jamie Oehlers will use his fellowship towards a period of intense study and development, culminating in a recording in New York with Australian jazz pianist Paul Grabowsky and American jazz artists, drummer Eric Harland and bassist Reuben Roger. Humphrey Bower Hamilton Hill $60,000 Theatre professional Humphrey Bower will use his fellowship towards opportunities to study, research and train with a number of companies in Europe and the SSA which specialise in collaborative and alternative development processes, theatrical storytelling and literary adaptations. Visual Arts Mid-Career Fellowships Thea Costantino Yokine $25,000 Multi-media artist Thea Costantino will use her fellowship towards a period of primary research in national and international institutions, including the Australian War Museum and the Australian National Archives and Britain’s Imperial War Museum, Royal Geographical Society and the British Library. This will be followed by the development of a significant new performance work that unites the diverse genres and media that are the hall marks of her practice. Annual programs The Australian Script Centre Hobart Tasmania $10,000 The Australian Script Centre, through its business strategy, plans to engage with WA playwrights and playwrights’ representatives in 2015. The centre has been the national repository and archive for Australian theatre scripts for more than 30 years. Online access to scripts and other related material has resulted in the growth of script sales for the sixth consecutive year, and the involvement of WA playwrights in the centres means greater recognition of their work and of WA theatre generally. Perth Centre for Photography Perth $62,047 The centre has an important role as a provider of exhibition space and resources for emerging and established photographers in WA. The funding supports the 2015 program which will present a good mix of local, interstate and international artists. Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) Swanbourne $17,370 The funding was awarded towards the Fellowship’s Creative Conversations initiative. Mundaring Arts Centre Mundaring $80,800 In support of the centre’s strong program, particularly the curated exhibitions, and the mentoring and professional development opportunities for WA artists. The funding also recognises the importance of the organisation in the local and wider community. Playwriting Australia Sydney NSW $50,000 The funding support recognises a national organisation that offers professional development opportunities for West Australian playwrights, dramaturges, actors and theatre producers in both the short and long term. Playwriting Australia has formed a new partnership with Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, which includes script development and dramaturgical support for Indigenous artists. Katharine Susannah Prichard Greenmount $30,250 The funding meets the Foundations request for writers’ and facilitators’ fees and recognises the calibre and vibrancy of this long established organisation’s program. The Foundation offers a broad range of skills development initiatives for both adults and children, including strong writer-in-residence programs. Perth Jazz Society Mount Hawthorn $39,113 The Perth Jazz Society’s stated aim is to ‘grow the jazz sector’ and it works closely with organisations such as the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra, WA Music Industry and Tura New Music. Both emerging and established Western Australian jazz musicians will benefit from the many performance and professional development opportunities organised by the Society. Music Katherine Corecig Dawesville $6,322 Professional development in Toronto with the Cecilia String Quartet and Principal Violist Teng Li. Darlington Concerts Incorporated Darlington $3,250 2015 Winter Concert Series which includes five concerts from May to October in Darlington and five concerts in Churchlands Senior High School. Lost and Found Opera Incorporated East Victoria Park $43,440 Towards producing the lost opera Medea by Darius and Madeleine Milhaund. Tristen Parr Dianella $19,040 Decibel to undertake four projects in 2015 involving Australian and international composers. Dance Aimee Bree Smith Highgate $31,973 Final creative development stage and presentation of Borderline at the State Theatre Centre of WA. Borderline is a new contemporary dance work that creates a spectacle of the embodiment and imagery of insanity. Strut Dance Perth $13,952 Auspiced for Unkempt Dance to develop The April Project, which is a new dance work inspired by a project of personal data collection undertaken over the past four years. Marrugeku Inc. Cable Beach $34,724 Final phase of rehearsals for a new dance theatre work Cut the Sky, which asks if, in the face of seemingly inevitable industrialisation and climate change, is it possible to dream a different future together. PVI Collective Ltd West Perth $46,330 Auspiced for Rachel Ogle towards the final development rehearsals, design integration and production of Precipice, a full-length work for four dancers, that has been created over two previous developments with support from DCA, the Australia Council and Strut. Laura de Rose Boynes Dianella $30,000 Second stage development of Dark Matter, an immersive performance installation with PRAXIS, which works across contemporary dance, sound and visual arts between Perth and Canberra. Performing Lines Ltd (WA) Perth $19,045 Auspiced for Sue Peacock and Michael Whaites towards the second stage of a new dance work, not together, not alone, Marrugeku Inc Broome $20,000 Towards presenting Gudirr Gudirr in partnership with Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. WA Aboriginal Dance Company Nedlands $38,400 Trading as Ochre Contemporary Dance Company. For the research and development of content for a new contemporary dance production. Writing Deborah Fitzpatrick Hamilton Hill $13,200 Research, development and writing of a new adult fiction novel set in remote Western Australia. Jon Doust Albany $21,658 Funding will go towards the third novel in a quartet set in South Africa in 1973 titled The One Fingered Hitch Hiker. Australian Book Review (VIC) $12,000 Funding will assist WA writers to contribute to the Australian Book Review in 2014/15. Puncher & Wattmann Pty Ltd (NSW) Publish Here Be Dragons a volume of poetry by Dennis Greene. $9,034 Peter Docker Broome $20,000 Research and write a new work, Gotta Smoke, set in a seminal moment of change and capitalising on the success of his third novel, Sweet One, which was released this year. Julia Lawrinson Maylands $12,340 Completion of a young adult novel about early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Karen Blair Fremantle $16,141 Towards illustrations for a new picture book, Something Wonderful. Caitlin Maling Bicton $19,048 Development of a second poetry collection Terroir, centred on Grey Shack Settlement in Cervantes and the Gascoyne region. Visual arts and craft Australian Centre for Concrete Art Inc. West Perth $16,786 Production of a catalogue documenting an exhibition of large-scale interior and exterior wall works at PICA, as well as the group’s previous projects since 2002. Mary Wallace Denmark $23,030 Development and production of a range of high-relief carved ceramics. Gemma Weston Mt Lawley $7,836 Funding to produce and present an exhibition for artists George Egerton-Warburton, Jason Henrik Hansma, Eloise Sweetman and Caitlin Yardley at the Moana Project Space, Perth in July 2014. Anna Nazzari Albany $18,875 Development and production of sculptures and installation and a video for the second stage of Spaced 2, a residency and exhibition project in Albany, 2014 – 2015. The focus of the project is to create a series of scrimshaw whale teeth that honour the skills, materials and histories of scrimshaw. Paper Mountain Northbridge $6,760 Present a symposium and survey exhibition of Australian artist-run initiatives and culture. Thea Costantino Dianella $12,295 Present a solo exhibition at Turner Galleries of sculpture and a photographic series to examine representations of imperial history, with an accompanying catalogue. Pilar Mata Dupont Wembley Downs $14,828 Promote four video works for the SeMA Biennale: Mediacity Seoul 2014 at the Seoul Museum of Art in Korea and exhibit video trilogy Kaiho in a solo show at the Pori Art Museum, Finland. DADAA Fremantle $16,150 Auspiced for Jane Ryan, the funding will assist a series of artistic mentorships over a 12-month period culminating in an exhibition at Freight Gallery, Fremantle. Tarryn Gill Kingsley $16,463 Creation of work for a solo exhibition in which visual cultures of death, memory and consumption are explored in an immersive, detailed installation at the Moana Project Space, Perth in October 2014. Abdul Hamid Abdullah East Victoria Park $19,536 The development and exhibition of painting and photography titled The disaffected by-products of the colonies. Mix Artists Incorporated Albany $16,892 Presentation of contemporary art exhibition Home Front in Albany, WA. Abdul Rahman Abdullah East Victoria Park $10,375 Develop an immersive installation exploring childhood perceptions of Islamic halal practices through realistic sculpture. Contemporary Metal Osborne Park $12,843 Jewellery exhibition, A Year in the Making, at the JMGA Conference in Sydney. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery UWA Nedlands $29,300 HERE&NOW15 Exhibition of contemporary Western Australian sculpture. Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Kununurra $19,773 Attend Art stage Singapore 2015 for an exhibition and professional development. Thea Costantino Yokine $21,366 Foreign Soil – a major solo exhibition of new work at John Curtin Gallery in 2015. Damien Capone Fremantle $13,142 Develop a site-specific project through two residencies in Iceland for exhibition at PS Artspace, Perth. Toni Wilkinson Bassendean $18,736 Photographic and video exploration, and creation of new work on Kings Park for exhibition, and photo book development and production. Six Two Three Zero Create large scale murals in Bunbury’s CBD. Bunbury $28,339 Julianne Ryan Baldivis $4,960 Auspiced for Katrina Barber, for mentoring and creation of a new work – a series of experimental light constructions for a solo show. Theatre P & M Project and Management Stirling $24,905 Auspiced for Humphrey Bower to develop a script for an original adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel The Devils. Perth Theatre Company Perth $29,713 Auspiced for Jedda Productions for a documentary theatre work centred on the rape of a twelve year old girl. Bunuba Films Pty Ltd Mundaring $21,677 Stage two development and creative workshops for the proposed Bunuba Films Pty Ltd and Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company productions of So Long Suckers and Broadway to Bandilngan. Rachael Dease Mt Lawley $11,290 First stage development of a new music/theatre work based on the life of Eugenia Falleni. William O’Mahony Shenton Park $4,852 To assist in writing the third draft of a new play Helium with fellow playwright Nathaniel Moncrieff. Multi-arts Performing Lines Limited (WA) Perth $49,914 Auspiced for Sarah Rowbottam, the grant will go towards the presentation and production of the Proximity Festival 2014 in partnership with Fremantle Arts Centre. Proximity Festival is the first one-on-one performance platform of its kind in Australia. Performing Lines Limited (WA) Perth $22,867 Auspiced for Michelle Hovane, Sensorium Theatre for the 2015 tour of Oddysea to the Sydney Opera House and the Arts Centre Melbourne. Performing Lines Limited (WA) Perth $55,000 Auspiced for Sarah Rowbottam to present and produce the Proximity festival 2015 in partnership with the Art Gallery of western Australia. PVI Collective Ltd West Perth $29,371 Auspiced for Hydra Poesis, Didactic Tools Project is a group art and performance project being led by artists Sam Fox and Kynan Tan, and produced by interdisciplinary company Hydra Poesis to examine teaching, knowledge and data in connection to culture. Big Special Pty Ltd Newtown $17,001 Auspiced for Zoe Pepper for the development of Downloadable Performance - an app-based interactive performance. (Joe) Shang Yu Lui Mount Lawley $12,202 Creative development for new theatre work, The Book of Live (A story of Death. Young People and the Arts grants Program $351,097 The Young People and the Arts Program assists young people aged 26 and under for all categories, except the International Scholarship which is for people 29 and under, to engage in a broad range of arts and cultural activities. The program provides a platform for young people to gain support for their emerging practice and to access unique and transformative arts experiences. Young People and the Arts International Scholarship Katie Lenanton North Perth $30,000 Complete a Masters of Curating, Mediating and Managing Arts at Aalto University, Helsinki. Young People and the Arts Fellowships Ella-Rose Trew South Perth $15,000 An 11 month fellowship focusing on skills development as a solo, collaborative and collective contemporary dance through local, national and international activities. Trent Suidgeest Maylands $15,000 To undertake the role of Assistant Lighting Designer with Flemish designer Jan Versweyveld on Kings of War. Elizabeth Pedler Claremont $15,000 Towards research and development for new works, including undertaking two artist in residence programs. Development and Marketing and Distribution Moanacolutha Pty Ltd Perth $14,946 Alkimos Exhibition at Moana Project Space and Perth Fashion Festival which involves young textile artists being mentored by other artists with fashion experience to adapt sculptural practice to the human form. The development of the exhibited work will mirror the process of creating a seasonal collection for a fashion label. Mowanjum Artists Sprit of the Wandjina Aboriginal Corporation Derby $13,528 Provide training and resources for the Mowanjum Community through the Junba Project – a multimedia youth engagement program. Matthew McVeigh Maylands $13,129 Develop a series of new work titled, Built to be photographed and used to create a high quality catalogue. artsX Inc West Leederville $16,364 The Doon Doon Project – Arts Workshops with young people of the remote indigenous community Woolah. Big Hart Inc Roebourne $13,200 Undertake creative development for the presentation of theatre production, Hipbone Sticking Out. Set in Roebourne, the production premiered in Canberra and will now be reworked to include new content and a larger youth cast to perform in Roebourne in September. Fourteen young people will engage in three weeks of intensive stagecraft, dancing and acting workshops that develop skills and content. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art Perth $15,348 Administered for Snapcat – Renee Coles and Anna Dunnill for a collaborative residency entitled, This Dingy is not Sustainable at the Fremantle Arts Centre in 2014. Ella-Rose Trew South Perth $12,589 Following on from a six week residency in Finland in 2013, collaborators Isabella Stone and Ella Rose Trew will use their grant towards the second stage development of a contemporary dance improvisation practice. The work will be presented to an audience of industry professionals. Michael Bednall Wembley $4,400 Western Australian saxophonist Michael Bednall is composing a new major work for saxophone which will be the centrepiece of a recital for the 17th World Saxophone Congress in France in 2015. Performing Lines Limited WA Perth $23,561 Administered for Isabella Stone towards presenting a new contemporary dance work, mouseprint in the courtyard of the State Theatre Centre of WA. Bunbury Youth Chorale Inc Australind $7,475 Stage a production of Disney’s Aladdin Junior at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. Georgia Kay North Perth $10,178 Production of a new body of Sculptural work, La Flamme Verte to be presented as a solo exhibition at 55 Sydenham Rd, a space run by artists in Sydney. Julian Poon Crawley $6,984 Julian Poon will exhibit six works at the Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne and co-present with DADAA and the Disseminate team, who will present their evaluation of the Perth-based HERE&NOW13 exhibition. Contemporary Dance Company of WA Ltd Perth $20,000 Auspiced for STEPS Youth Dance Company Inc towards representation at daCi, Copenhagen in July 2015. Morgan Bain Scarborough $14,565 To tour and distribute the latest release, What You Believe to the east coast of Australia with the band. Kynan Tan Inglewood $12,434 Skills and new work development towards an interdisciplinary digital artwork, polymorphism. Gascoyne in May Inc Carnarvon Gascoyne Illumination II – large scale digital projections. $18,468 Youth Affairs Council of WA Perth Community arts project, Home is Where My Heart Is. $14,448 Elise Reitze Towards a studio residency at PICA. Cockburn Central $11,430 Scott Corbett Mt Lawley $19,970 Tour of main stage theatre show to Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. Shire of Nannup Nannup Skills development youth project and workshop. $13,080 Indigenous Arts Grants $203,387 The Indigenous Arts Grant Program is open to Indigenous arts activity in all art form areas, excluding film, television and radio. Development / Distribution and Marketing Candice Lloyd on behalf of the Merindas Como $13,825 Tour the Merindas Ready to Love show to Beijing, China, in August 2014. Warmun Art Centre Warmun $22,000 Bush trips to document and retrace Ngarrgooroon country which will result in the exhibition/publication of unique material exploring Gija relationships to Country. Mowanjum Artists Spirit of the Wandjina Aboriginal Corporation Mowanjum $20,000 Development of workshops and an evening corroboree event which will be hosted by Mowanjum Community and delivered during the Mowanjum Festival, July, 2014. Robert Dann Broome $14,927 Performance and documentation of traditional Bardi dances along with the development of four new Bardi Nyul Nyul dances. Punmu Aboriginal Corporation Port Hedland $7,618 Support towards the Malya Yuturringu: Be a Star Festival for young people which will feature workshops in film, music and performance and is scheduled for October 2014. Arts Forward Fellowship Gina McGill (nee Williams) Bassendean $25,000 Create a new performance piece around a body of contemporary songs performed in Noongar language. Desert Feet Inc Wangkatjunka near Fitzroy Crossing $18,266 Desert Feet will record and launch a full length album of Olive Knight's music to coincide with the release of her autobiography, being produced by UWA publishing. The songs have themes of healthy eating and bush tucker through to youth suicide, drug abuse, mental illness and alcoholism. Marrugeku Inc Broome $20,706 Marrugeku to present Cut The Sky at the Perth International Arts Festival and WOMADelaide. Cut the Sky is a musical which addresses the theme of the industrialisation of the land. The performance will be marketed and showcased internationally. Yarliyil Art Centre Aboriginal Corporation Halls Creek $22,000 Yarliyil Art Centre will deliver two three-week art development workshops developing new techniques and media and to record stories and histories. The artwork generated will tell the stories of Halls Creek from an Aboriginal perspective. Warakurna Artists Aboriginal Corporation Ngaanyatjarra Lands $26,545 Towards a multi-arts project, Our Communities - Our Stories: Big Histories linking six Aboriginal art centres from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Records will be made of sound, images and art for the art centres’ archives. Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd Broome $12,500 To mentor two emerging indigenous curators through Yawuru's emerging creators program culminating in the production, installation and opening of the exhibition Lustre: Pearling and Australia at the WA Maritime Museum. Connect – Community Collections Grants $100,870 Connect supports quality public programs and professional development for Western Australian collecting organisations and collection professionals. Connect aims to develop high quality visitor experiences and increase community engagement with collections across three categories including Engaging Collections, Artist In Residence and Professional Development. Projects can include residencies, professional development, marketing and promotion of collections, exhibitions, public programs or events. Professional Development Shire of Peppermint Grove $7,230 Shire of Peppermint Grove Community History Librarian Sindy Dowden, will undertake a training course in cultural heritage in order to better interpret the Shire of Peppermint Grove collection. Artist in Residence Army Museum of Western Australia Fremantle $42,012 An artist in residence project in partnership with the Army Museum of Western Australia that will result in a series of works based on World War 1. Engaging Collections Sisters of St John of God Ministries Inc. Broome $25,000 Develop pre-information and resources for teachers and visitors from their archive and permanent exhibition of the Kimberley region. Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum Inc $6,628 Celebrate the opening of phase two of the Carnarvon Space Museum with an event including a live soundtrack performed by MotET, put to recently discovered archival footage from NASA. City of Mandurah Mandurah $20,000 Create an interactive website with interpretive access to the Binjareb oral histories (visual, oral and written records) promoting the history of the Binjareb people of Mandurah to a local and global audience. Creative Industries $490,211 Designer Fashion Colousol Group Perth $3,000 Colousol produced an event combining fashion, dance and music to promote emerging creatives to the WA public and fashion sector. Daniel Pavlovic Darlington $20,000 For a marketing campaign to promote awareness of the brand through a dedicated, professional media campaign. Pallas Brides Subiaco $23,964 Towards the creation of a new luxury bridal collection for the US market that was showcased at NY Fashion Bridal Week in 2014. This premier global event ensured the brand’s exposure to one of the largest markets in the world. Salasai Australia Jindalee $21,000 To assist Salasai to showcase their collection at the Fashion Palette event in New York in 2014. Coyaba Highgate $20,300 Coyaba engaged the services of BigPicture PR for six months to develop a strategic public relations campaign to raise the profile of the brand to the US market. Kirsha Whitcher Jindalee $23,995 Trading as Salasai Australia Pty Ltd, the grant will assist in the engagement of USA sales and PR agency Showroom Seven. Petra Vanessie Ascot $13,000 To attend four global trade fairs to create a commercial presence in Asia. Sarah Ryoko Booragoon $15,977 Trading as Monster Alphabets. Grant assisted in engaging a national PR agency to develop the brand. Tegan Cowlishaw Morley $4,210 Trading as Aarli Fashion. The grant went towards promoting and marketing the Spring/Summer 2015-16 Urban Warriors collection. Stephanie Caulier Cottesloe Redevelopment of website and online store for I Love Mr Mittens. $20,300 South West Fashion Festival Bunbury $15,345 For its fourth event the South West Fashion Festival presented runway opportunities for local Western Australian fashion designers to a targeted audience of local and metropolitan fashion retailers and the public. Bikini Atoll Leeming $14,000 Swimwear brand, Bikini Atoll implemented a targeted PR campaign for Spring/Summer 2014-15 through product placement and editorial opportunities to build and develop national and international awareness of the brand. Convict Bags and Accessories Glen Forest $20,000 Convict created an editorial style campaign shoot and video to be filmed in iconic locations throughout Western Australia to promote the brand to a national and international audience, Dyspnea Warwick $9,975 To assist emerging Western Australian fashion label, Dyspnea to showcase its Spring/Summer 2014-15 collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia at the New Generation show in Sydney in 2014. Ae’lkemi Osborne Park $20,000 Established Western Australian fashion brand, Ae’lkemi showcased its Spring/Summer 2014-15 collection in a solo show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney in 2014. Flannel Claremont $19,996 To assist WA fashion brand, Flannel to participate in its inaugural European trade event, Who’s Next in Paris 2014 to further establish the brand in the Northern hemisphere. Contemporary Music Arts Radio Ltd Mount Lawley $23,640 RTR FM to produce 12 in-studio video performances of local bands to be used by both RTR FM and the participating bands for promotional purposes both locally and nationally. Leederville Connect Highgate $7,720 Leederville Connect operated a music stage during the Leederville Carnival in 2014, featuring Perth’s best original, contemporary music bands. Daniel Cribb Carine $7,755 Daniel Cribb recorded an album in 2014 which was supported by a WA launch and national tour, providing an opportunity to promote his label to a national audience. Juliana Areias Dianella $10,000 Towards Brazillian born vocalist and songwriter Juliana Areias recording, producing and launching an original full-length album. Ayasha Amani Butcher Coolbellup $12,970 Towards Amani Consort producing a five track EP to be marketed both locally and nationally. Pat Chow North Perth $8,779 Pat Chow recorded and released their debut full-length album which was launched in Perth in 2014. Amber Flynn Bayswater Towards the recording and release of her second album in 2014. $11,480 Bridget Turner North Perth $9,994 Simone and Girfunklel produced and marketed their second full-length album in 2014. Rebecca Chilcott Greenwood $15,231 Ruby Boots aimed to increase her audience and market share by releasing her debut album with support of a marketing video and a promotional national tour. The Love Junkies Serpentine $14,616 Towards an interstate tour to promote the release of their album, Blowing on the Devil’s Strumpet. The tour included the majority of national capital cities as well as several regional cities and towns. Laura Lowther Yokine $13,789 To Kucka for the production of a professionally mixed and mastered sophomore EP for release through the NUNN record label in Europe and the US, supported by a national tour and marketing campaign. Voyager Australia Perth $16,556 Voyager was invited to perform at two major European festivals in 2014. In addition they toured with Israeli metal giants, Orphaned Land as part of their anniversary tour. Nathalie Pavlovic Mount Lawley The Dianas created and launched their debut album in 2014. $9,345 Katie Freeman Yangebup $2,400 Trading as Expresslink Nominees Pty Ltd. The grant added digital grading to Expresslink's services. Shameem Taheri-Lee Victoria Park $10,894 Towards a national tour in support of a sophomore album release. Tara Tiba Mosman Park $16,003 Towards the cost of touring to the United States and Canada to promote a new album. The Decline Claremont $15,995 To assist with the costs of recording, mixing, and mastering their third album. Hailmary Perth $17,982 Hailmary recorded and released their sixth record, promoted with an international marketing campaign, inclusive of lead film clip and a national tour. Performing Arts Regional Touring Boost $192,000 The Performing Arts Regional Touring Boost is a $900,000 grants program over three years funded by the Western Australian State Government’s Royalties for Regions (RfR) program. The aim is to increase the number and diversity of professional performances touring regional communities. Marrugeku Inc Broome $95,609 Marrugeku Inc from will tour their latest production of Cut the Sky - Five Songs for the Future to the Peel and Kimberley regions in 2015, including eight performances and associated workshops in Mandurah, Broome, Mowanjum (Kimberley), and Fitzroy Crossing. The company then leaves for Europe to perform in Denmark, Belgium and France. Cut the Sky explores the impact of climate change from an Indigenous point of view through dance, video art and song. Gina Williams Bassendean $26,894 Contemporary musicians Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse will tour Kalyakoorl, Ngalak Warangka (Forever, we sing) to the South West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions in 2015. The workshop component of the Kalyakoorl tour is being supported by the Department of Education and includes one of the language songs, Wanjoo, being taught to primary school children in advance of the tour. A total of 25 performances will take place in a range of venues and locations including town halls, agricultural shows, festivals and theaters in 24 regional centres. Kalyakoorl, Ngalak Warangka is Gina and Guy’s debut album. It was released in April 2014 and is sung almost entirely in Noongar language. Kalyakoorl follows Gina’s personal story of love and loss, reconciliation and hope. Performing Lines Limited Perth $69,813 Performing Lines will tour The Skeletal System’s Great White to the Great Southern, Peel and South West in 2015, including Albany, Margaret River, Bunbury and Mandurah. The company will also offer a range of community engagement activities including workshops by Barefaced Stories’ Andrea Gibbs to develop curtain raisers, a photographic exhibition, Milestone Moments, and directing, acting and improvisation masterclasses. Great White was written and directed by Will O’Mahony and is described as an intimate, human love story about growing up and making choices. Great White won the 2013 Performing Arts WA Award for best new play and the production had sell out seasons at the Blue Room in 2013 and Fringeworld in 2014. Arts & Edges Travel Subsidy funding initiative $25,000 The Arts & Edges DCA Travel Subsidy was a one-off funding initiative that supported 21 Western Australian artists and art workers from around the State to attend the 2014 Regional Arts Australia Summit: Arts & Edges in Kalgoorlie-Boulder during October.