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Australia Council delivers $6.3 million to Australian artists

Female artists lead the way in the latest Australia Council grants, with female artists receiving more than half the project funding in the latest grant round.

11 Sep 2018

Gina Fairley

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Cat Hope; photo by Edie Stevens.

The Australia Council for the Arts has announced today (11 September), the outcomes of its latest round of project and career development grants.

It will deliver $6.3 million in support to 204 diverse and ambitious projects from individual artists, groups and small to medium organisations. Of those, a significant number have been awarded to female artists.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina