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Fringe artists to benefit from cultural fund

Adelaide Fringe has launched a $30,000 fund designed to provide financial assistance to Australian artists.

21 Jan 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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The 2013 Adelaide Fringe Parade. Image courtesy Adelaide Fringe.

Recognising that the majority of Australian artists presenting their work in the open access Adelaide Fringe do so on the smell of an oily rag, the new Cultural Fund is designed to ensure there will always be daring and diverse contemporary works in the festival.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts