$6.8 million in RISE funding allocated to NSW and QLD arts orgs
11 QLD and 18 NSW arts organisations from theatre to First Nations and regional arts, share in $6.8 million from the second round of Federal RISE grants for COVID recovery.
As the arts sector was again shut down across parts of Queensland this week, but some good news came with an announced from the Federal Minister’s office.
Today (1 April), the Hon Paul Fletcher announced an extra $2 million has been allocated to Queensland’s creative sector under the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) program. 11 organisations were the beneficiaries of the new funding.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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