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 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