Coronet Issue #28, April 2025

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Commitment to Excellence

Still of MinusOneSister, directed by new grantee Marni Mount, written by Anna Barnes, presented by Double Bluff in association with Theatre Works as part of Melbourne

Welcome to the first issue of The Coronet for 2025

Congratulations to the 29 new grantees who have been awarded grants totalling $302,022 These grants will allow them to undertake tailored professional development to deepen their practical skills and widen their professional connections. I wish our new grantees all the best on their travels and learning opportunities

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is underpinned by a commitment to excellence. The Trust seeks to support artists who are passionate about their work and have the potential to be outstanding in their field. This year's first funding round of Emerging Artist Grants was particularly competitive, with the Trust receiving 175 applications, the largest number in its 32-year history. This confirms the continuing need for philanthropic

support for artist development.

So, I am delighted to share two exceptional opportunities for professional development in theatre and the music industry (see below) that are currently supported by The Ian Potter Foundation. These opportunities are open to early-career artists and arts workers across Australia. I encourage anyone interested to learn more about them and apply

Our next round of Emerging Artist Grants will open later this month If you have a professional development opportunity, you are planning to undertake in late 2025 or early 2026; this would be the appropriate round for you.

Good luck with your applications.

Paul Conroy CEO

Round 1, 2025

New grantees

New grantee Amber Cronin's work: Walking the Language of Landscape (2024), brass, steel, archival text, public artwork on Hutt Road, Adelaide, South Australia Image: courtesy of the artist and Tom Borgas

Our most recent funding round saw 29 emerging artists awarded $302,022 in grants.

From research residencies to mentorship opportunities, our new grantees will travel internationally to gain hands-on professional development experiences suited to their unique artistic practice

To learn more about our new grantees and their projects, click the link below

Round 2, 2025

Applications Opening Soon

Former grantee Laura Skerlj, installation view of painting assemblages (2014), collaged oil on canvas and board, 25 x 31 cm each, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne Image: David Marks

Applications for our Emerging Artist Grants will open this month. Grants of up to $15,000 are available to support professional development opportunities for emerging artists from any arts practice.

Applications open: Tuesday 22 April 2025

Applications close: Tuesday 17 June at 5PM AEST For travel/projects after: Friday 19 September 2025

Grants announced: Late September 2025

To prepare your application, please see our guidelines below

National Producers Platform

Former participants of the NSW Producer’s Platform program Image: courtesy of Performing Lines

Applications are open for Performing Lines' National Producer's Platform.

The National Producer's Platform allows emerging producers from across Australia to attend a 10-week learning course, facilitated by experienced producers and industry guest speakers. Participants will also attend the week-long national arts market and professional development conference, the Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX), which will be held in Darwin this year

This professional development will continue into 2026, with select participants undertaking a paid, five-week full-time industry placement with a partner organisation to consolidate their skills, further extend their networks and gain on-the-job experience

Applications close: Monday 21 April 2025 at 11:59PM AEST Program begins: Friday 27 June 2025

This program has received support from The Ian Potter Foundation To learn more about this opportunity and apply, check out the link below.

Image: courtesy of The Push.

Looking to get your foot in the door of the music industry? Applications are open for The Push's Music Industry Mentoring Program.

The Push is looking for 11 young people to participate in a national workplace learning program – giving you the opportunity to learn first-hand from some of Australia’s leading music companies

This volunteer program is open to all young people aged 18–25 based anywhere within Australia, with priority access given to First Nations young people, young people of colour, young people from low-income household, young people with a disability and LGBTQIA+ young people To cover expenses incurred, all program participants will receive a once-off honorarium paid at the commencement of the program.

Applications close: Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 7PM AEST

This program has received support from The Ian Potter Foundation If you're keen to apply or know someone who should, head to the link below.

Tina Stefanou, You Can’t See Speed (still) 2025, commissioned by ACCA Image: Tina Stefanou

New grantee Tina Stefanou's first major solo exhibition You Can’t See Speed is on at ACCA from 4 April to 9 June 2025

Stefanou will soon head to New York to undertake a mentorship with renowned anthropologist Michael Taussig, whose work has deeply influenced her artistic practice.

Find out more

2024 Emerging Performers Fellow

Mee Na Lojewski

Kaylie Melville at Scream Star, Artshouse, Melbourne, 2022 Image: Bryony Jackson

Catch Fellow Kaylie Melville live at RISING Festival this winter.

Melville will showcase her percussion skills at two programs: Diagrammatica in Fed Square from 3–15 June 2025 and Pigeons on 13–14 June 2025 at the Melbourne Recital Centre

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2019 Grantee Evan J Lawson

Still from Fat Pig Image: Cameron Grant

Evan J Lawson is the Artistic Director of Forest Collective and the Musical Director for their latest upcoming operatic performance, Fat Pig

Adapted from Neil LaBute’s awardwinning 2004 play, this black comedy examines the nature of beauty and attraction

Fat Pig will be on from 5–8 June 2025 at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne

Affinity Quartet performing at Four Winds, Sapphire Coast, NSW, September 2024 Image: David Rogers Photography.

Fellow Mee Na Lojewski is the Founder and Director of Melbourne-based string quartet, Affinity Quartet.

With over sixty scheduled performances for this year, both in Australia and abroad, Affinity Quartet may be coming to an event near you.

2019 Grantee Alex Hines

Alex Hines performing during her training in the USA, 2019. Image: courtesy of the artist.

Multi-award-winning comedian Alex Hines will be performing Girl Culture at Malthouse Theatre as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from 8–20 April 2025

She previously undertook intensive comedy improvisation training at acclaimed comedy institutions,

Congratulations to Emma Coulter for making it on this year's list of Australia's Top 100 Artists.

Ellen Ferrier is one of six finalists for See more

Coulter will soon showcase new work in her solo exhibition, superimposition. The exhibition will run from 3–24 May 2025 at James Makin Gallery in Melbourne.

2024 Grantee Ellen Ferrier

Ellen Ferrier, Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable, 2025 Image: Kristen Augeard

Groundlings Theatre and Upright Citizens Brigade, in Los Angeles with support from an Emerging Artist Grant.

2024 Grantee

Nadia Mahjouri

Last year, writer Nadia Mahjouri undertook a Writing Masterclass with award-winning historical fiction writer Maggie O'Farrell at Silk Road Slippers in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Read more about how Mahjouri's time in Morocco directly informed her recently released debut novel, Half Truth.

Create NSW's Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging)

This opportunity will see her receive curatorial support from Artspace in Sydney, culminating in a group exhibition at Artspace set to launch in August this year.

Ferrier's first solo exhibition A tapestry of blood and bone is on at Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay until 26 April 2025

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

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