The Australian federal government’s Australia International Cultural Council (AICC) has announced the latest slate of successful applicants for its arts and cultural Grants Program. The approved projects for Indonesia are:
Gertrude Contemporary’s collaboration with local artists across three cities in Indonesia. The project will emphasise cross-disciplinary visual arts practices and community involvement ($30,000);
Polyglot Theatre’s Draw Bridge project including workshops with Indonesian school children and Indonesian and Australian artists, culminating in a giant walk-through comic book installation in both Indonesia and Federation Square, Melbourne ($40,000);
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art’s Vertical Villages project involving residencies in Sydney and Jakarta to facilitate community workshops and inform exhibitions in both cities ($35,000);
Women of Letters’ collaboration with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, to present events in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Ubud featuring leading Australian and Indonesian writers sharing their stories through the art of letter writing ($30,000);
Kristi Monfries’ Instrument Builders Project (with Asialink Arts), a cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Australian and Indonesian artists and musical instrument builders ($20,000); and
Snuff Puppets’ Peruvian tour of its Wedhus Gembel, a cross-cultural collaborative show developed in Indonesia. The tour will include artist workshops and street performances ($30,000).
Gertrude Contemporary’s collaboration with local artists across three cities in Indonesia. The project will emphasise cross-disciplinary visual arts practices and community involvement ($30,000);
Polyglot Theatre’s Draw Bridge project including workshops with Indonesian school children and Indonesian and Australian artists, culminating in a giant walk-through comic book installation in both Indonesia and Federation Square, Melbourne ($40,000);
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art’s Vertical Villages project involving residencies in Sydney and Jakarta to facilitate community workshops and inform exhibitions in both cities ($35,000);
Women of Letters’ collaboration with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, to present events in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Ubud featuring leading Australian and Indonesian writers sharing their stories through the art of letter writing ($30,000);
Kristi Monfries’ Instrument Builders Project (with Asialink Arts), a cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Australian and Indonesian artists and musical instrument builders ($20,000); and
Snuff Puppets’ Peruvian tour of its Wedhus Gembel, a cross-cultural collaborative show developed in Indonesia. The tour will include artist workshops and street performances ($30,000).
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