The Shearwater Festival was successful in receiving funding from Regional Arts Victoria and is looking for artists to perform in any media for some Short Tales during the Festival in the theme of Caring for Country. Attached is the Expression of Interest form for anyone interested. Closing date is Friday 21 August 2015.
The Shearwater Festival has recently been successful in attracting a Regional Arts Victoria grant of $13,450 to fund a project ‘Shearwater Short Tales: Facilitating Creative Collaborations across Gippsland’.
Shearwater Short Tales will be a new element of Phillip Island’s annual Shearwater Festival, taking place on 21st and 22nd November, 2015. It will feature creative collaborations between artists, performers and Indigenous cultural advisors from Bass Coast to Mallacoota. The project is a creative development opportunity in which community members will be supported to develop ten short productions of 10 minutes or less in theatre, song, music, dance, poetry, film or visual media.
Now in its fourth year, the award-winning Shearwater Festival is a creative, cultural and environmental event which brings communities together to celebrate the return of the Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris, formerly Puffinus tenuirostris) from their 15,000 kilometre migration. The Festival is auspiced by the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation of Languages in partnership with Bass Coast Shire Council and Phillip Island Nature Parks and has a strong focus on cultural regeneration and language revival. The theme of the Festival in 2015 is ‘Caring for Country’.
Within the Shearwater Short Tales project, three creative development workshops and on-going mentoring sessions will be facilitated by mentors and cultural advisors to pass on skills needed to bring productions to performance standard. The ten productions will be performed at the Shearwater Festival, five from Bass Coast and five from Mallacoota.
Up to $1000 is available for each production to cover project costs, cultural advisors, travel and accommodation. Successful proposals will align with the Festival theme of ‘Caring for Country’, promote community participation and creative engagement, and will incorporate environmental, creative and cultural elements.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a Shearwater Short Tale and would be available to attend the Creative Development Workshops (5th September, 3rd October, 7th November), a rehearsal (20th November) and the Shearwater Festival itself (21st, 22nd November), please complete Call for Expressions of Interest - The Shearwater Short Tales Project 1 a Shearwater Short Tales Proposal Form and email it to Dr Laura Brearley, Chair of the Shearwater Festival Working Group [email protected] by COB Friday, 21st August 2015.
Proposal Forms are available from the Shearwater Festival website http://www.shearwaterfestival.com.au the VACL website http://www.vaclang.org.au and the Bass Coast Shire Council website http://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au
The Shearwater Festival has recently been successful in attracting a Regional Arts Victoria grant of $13,450 to fund a project ‘Shearwater Short Tales: Facilitating Creative Collaborations across Gippsland’.
Shearwater Short Tales will be a new element of Phillip Island’s annual Shearwater Festival, taking place on 21st and 22nd November, 2015. It will feature creative collaborations between artists, performers and Indigenous cultural advisors from Bass Coast to Mallacoota. The project is a creative development opportunity in which community members will be supported to develop ten short productions of 10 minutes or less in theatre, song, music, dance, poetry, film or visual media.
Now in its fourth year, the award-winning Shearwater Festival is a creative, cultural and environmental event which brings communities together to celebrate the return of the Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris, formerly Puffinus tenuirostris) from their 15,000 kilometre migration. The Festival is auspiced by the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation of Languages in partnership with Bass Coast Shire Council and Phillip Island Nature Parks and has a strong focus on cultural regeneration and language revival. The theme of the Festival in 2015 is ‘Caring for Country’.
Within the Shearwater Short Tales project, three creative development workshops and on-going mentoring sessions will be facilitated by mentors and cultural advisors to pass on skills needed to bring productions to performance standard. The ten productions will be performed at the Shearwater Festival, five from Bass Coast and five from Mallacoota.
Up to $1000 is available for each production to cover project costs, cultural advisors, travel and accommodation. Successful proposals will align with the Festival theme of ‘Caring for Country’, promote community participation and creative engagement, and will incorporate environmental, creative and cultural elements.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a Shearwater Short Tale and would be available to attend the Creative Development Workshops (5th September, 3rd October, 7th November), a rehearsal (20th November) and the Shearwater Festival itself (21st, 22nd November), please complete Call for Expressions of Interest - The Shearwater Short Tales Project 1 a Shearwater Short Tales Proposal Form and email it to Dr Laura Brearley, Chair of the Shearwater Festival Working Group [email protected] by COB Friday, 21st August 2015.
Proposal Forms are available from the Shearwater Festival website http://www.shearwaterfestival.com.au the VACL website http://www.vaclang.org.au and the Bass Coast Shire Council website http://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au