Double or nothing
I want to invite you to participate in the 'double or nothing' initiative. The theatre board of the australia council currently receives double the applications that the dance board receives, not surprisingly it has about double the budget and twice as many people are successfull in getting funding.
You do the math!
So, simply put, we need to double the number of applications going to the dance fund at the Australia Council for the arts.
By making noise in this way you can do something positive for the long term health of dance as an artform. The application process, even if you are not sucessfull, is a fantastic way to refine your ideas and focus your practice.
The more applications you do the faster you get at them!
So apply now!
NOW!
You do the math!
So, simply put, we need to double the number of applications going to the dance fund at the Australia Council for the arts.
By making noise in this way you can do something positive for the long term health of dance as an artform. The application process, even if you are not sucessfull, is a fantastic way to refine your ideas and focus your practice.
The more applications you do the faster you get at them!
So apply now!
NOW!
posted by Luke at 8:28 PM
2 Comments:
Cool Dancey
But this will take TIME to change policy and budget lines - the budget line percentages have stayed prrrreeeettttyyyyy static there for a long time - and the Fed system is not the only way to go..
I reckon you need to target some philanthropic support (see below for why) - often more flexible in their approach than the stuffy arts silos that are the funding bodies.
Just had a chitty chat to a Philanthropic yesterday - they have some big cash (for CCD predominantly) and are talking about a nationwide strategy that will increase (CCD) funding.. This philanthropic are funding a(nother) review of the benefits of ccd in community and they have a slot of 15 minutes with federal ministers at some conference or other in March next year to pitch for more ccd funding - across health, youth, community, arts, multicultural, Indigenous sectors..
The philanthropic is the industry champion...
This philanthropic intervention has come about by some silly behaviour at the Ozco disbanding the CCD and NMA boards and then re-branding them and making them a little less accessible in the biggest backtrack in history.... ANYWAYS...
Philanthropics - what I am saying is - Philanthropics can be a financial ally of the sector when it comes to leverage at a state and federal level... They are not such silos (generally) and they want to stick it up the stuffy bureacrats just as much as we all do..
My rant
And dancey - do you know who I am ??
hmmmm as a bit of an add on - you can tell I come from the ccd field can't you..? not so many philanthropics fund art for arts sake... I guess... which is your point...
Hmmm... let me think more about it...
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