The final $20 million of RISE’s $200 million budget has been spent on 91 recipients across almost all artforms in all states.
Similarly, Queensland’s Yeehaa Events received $577,500 to present NQ’s Rock’n Country, an event which will assist over 40 Australian music acts, including emerging artists, to reboot after COVID.
However, as Executive Director of Theatre Network Australia Nicole Beyer told ArtsHub recently, the arts sector’s pathway to a sustained COVID recovery will require more investment in arts infrastructure and skills, alongside the assistance of RISE, to get projects and performances back in front of full houses.
