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Latest Australia Council round distributes $7.2 million

The February funding round supports projects by 158 individual artists, 36 groups of artists, and 76 arts organisations.

16 May 2017

Richard Watts

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Publicity image for Out of Earshot, featuring deaf dancer Anna Seymour and jazz musician Myele Manzanza; this new work by KAGE premieres at Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2017.

The Australia Council for the Arts this week announced more than $7 million to support 270 projects delivered by individuals, groups and small-to-medium organisations through the first of three grant rounds for 2017.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts