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Issue Number 4 - May 2017
A word from our CEO
Broadening horizons
Roland Ellis, Spiritual Machines, 2016
Welcome to the first edition of The Coronet for 2017. The Ian Potter Cultural Trust continues to be committed to encouraging excellence and diversity in the Australian Arts sector. We believe that supporting artists working across a broad range of art forms is integral to enriching the cultural conversation, which is why one of our focuses this year has been on increasing the diversity of the applications we receive. In our experience, a majority of past applicants have been working in one of only four practice areas. In light of this, we have been exploring ways to reach more artists, such as publishing an article in ArtsHub earlier this year. We have also turned our attention to attracting applicants from all corners of Australia, as part of a wider move on the part of The Ian Potter Foundation to broaden the geographic reach of our grant-making and be true to our status as a national funder. To this end, the Cultural Trust team are traveling to Brisbane this month to meet with Queensland-based arts organisations, to encourage them to spread the word about the Cultural Trust through their networks. We hope that our efforts lead to a more diverse range of applications, both geographic and artistic, so that the Cultural Trust can continue to reflect the wide and wonderful spectrum of the Arts in Australia.