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Federal Government grants $3.42 million for arts education for kids

Four arts organisations share in the funding aimed at developing the next generation of performers and creatives.

24 Jul 2023 9:00

Rochelle Siemienowicz

A group of school children with ukeleles are laughing. They are accompanied by a teacher.

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The Song Room at Liverpool Public School. Image: Supplied.

Last week the Albanese Labor Government announced funding of more than $3.42 million for performing arts education programs in schools.

This investment is divided between four projects designed to increase arts education and participation, and ‘inspire the next generation of performers and creatives’.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.