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expand the scale and capacity of the state’s creative workforce and boosting employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers as we look towards the opportunities for First Nations arts leading in to the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.” strong and sustainable arts and cultural sector,” she said.
“Funding is supporting the development and showcasing of new arts and cultural work of the talented First Nations arts practitioners in Queensland, celebrating their unique stories and strengthening the role of arts and culture in truth-telling and healing processes.
“Support for industry placements is working to
The First Nations Commissioning Fund aimed at elevating the art works, experiences, music, dance, theatre and visual arts of First Nations artists and organisations in Queensland.
Five industry placements for First Nations artists and arts workers were also supported to grow skills in curation, event management, marketing, production and presentation, and five projects have been supported to commission new music by local First Nations composers and musicians.
Beneficiaries of the latest funding round included:
• Yumpla Nerkep Foundation trading as Straight from the Strait – $10,000 for new music commissioning (plus $90,000 towards an industry placement over two years) to deliver the premiere season of Straight from the Strait, a First Nations musical-theatre work which will incorporate traditional and contemporary music, languages and choreography.
• Jessie Lloyd – $50,000 to deliver Aunties Recording Project which will record the stories and songs of Indigenous women across Queensland who over the age of 50 years.
• Ngalmun Lagau Minaral TSI Corp, trading as Moa Arts – $95,800 (plus $73,000 for an industry placement over two years) to deliver Step Up, a series of high impact, one-on-one printmaking workshops leading to Australian art fairs, American and European exhibitions.
