Adelaide Fringe awards record $85k in grants to Australian artists

Fifteen artists and ensembles have received funding compared to nine the previous year.
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Fringe Wives’ Club: photo by Evan Munro-Smith.

Launched in 2014 to support Australian artists in presenting their work at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund has presented a record $85,500 in grants this year.

The Fund’s support will enable 15 Australian artists and ensembles to present their work in Adelaide in 2018, and represents a significant increase on the previous year when $40,000 was awarded to nine independent Australian artists.

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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