RANSW e-Bulletin 25-03-04

Welcome to our fourth e-Bulletin for 2004, with no less than 51 news stories, grants, prizes and other opportunities for arts and cultural types in regional and rural NSW.

FINDING THE WRITE STUFF - INSPIRING STORYTELLING IN THE MUSEUM
27 March, Nyngan
Tales of important issues in the life and survival of outback people leave an endearing record for reflection and celebration. This workshop will bring writers, storytellers and people documenting outback community heritage together to explore the most engaging ways to present stories in museums. Learn practical techniques for unearthing those special community stories using objects, oral history, collections and sites. Charlie Trindall (writer and storyteller) and Barbara Moritz (Lightning Ridge Historical Society) will discuss projects which have produced stories of personal significance to be enjoyed by the community. Presented by the Museums and Galleries Foundation of NSW in partnership with Outback Arts. Contact the M&GF NSW Freecall 1800 114 311 Tel 02 9358 1760 Email programs2@mgfnsw.org.au

RESTORED ART DECO THEATRE OPENING IN BINGARA + CINEMA FORUM
28 - 30 May, Bingara (150km north of Tamworth)
After several years of refurbishment work, as part of an ongoing program in NSW to improve access to cinema and film for regional and rural communities, the newly restored Roxy Theatre in Bingara will be officially opened on Saturday 29 May for film screenings, live theatre and other community activities. As part of a special weekend of celebrations, on Friday 28 May the NSW Film and Television Office is coordinating a mini regional cinema forum, in the spirit of their highly successful Flicks in the Sticks workshop series. There will be presentations from 4 very different local community cinema projects in Gunnedah, Narrabri, Tenterfield and Nundle, concluding with drinks, a BBQ and a special screening of the multi-award winning Australian film, Lantana. Contact Brendan Smith, NSW FTO's Regional Cinema Officer Toll-Free 1300 556 386 Tel 02 9264 6400 Email regional@fto.nsw.gov.au

COUNCIL AMALGAMATIONS ROCK THE REGIONS
Regional Arts boards across the State will have to wait at least three months to know the full effects of a wave of regional council amalgamations announced in the past five weeks. Twenty five regional councils have either been dissolved or had their elections postponed until later this year as they undergo mergers, and the Government has refused to rule out further amalgamations after this Saturday's poll. [more]

REGIONAL ARTS NSW AUDIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT - PILOT HAPPENING NOW
Right now and until April, an Audience Research questionnaire is being trialed at Goulburn Regional Gallery and at Co-Opera performances of Pagliacci across NSW. A number of arts organisations have come on board to work together with Regional Arts NSW, Canberra Arts Marketing and the University of Technology, Sydney in a groundbreaking collaborative research project to find out who goes to the arts in regional NSW. [more]

NEW DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL ARTS VICTORIA
Lindy Bartholomew is the new Chief Executive Officer of RAV. She is currently with the Melbourne Theatre Company and will take up her new position in mid April. Lindy has extensive experience with the arts and the arts community in Victoria both as an arts manager and as an artist. She brings experience in event and festival management and an understanding of the current political and corporate environment in the state. Lindy will be well placed to use her skills and vision to lead RAV towards and beyond the biennial Meeting Place conference in Horsham, Victoria from 21-24 October 2004. (see below).

NATIONAL REGIONAL ARTS CONFERENCE - SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CONFERENCE
Brochure now available
Is hairdressing art? What about fireworks? Weaving? Wool bales? Come to Meeting Place, the 2004 RAA National Conference in Horsham on 21 - 24 October this year and have your say. Meeting Place will feature some of the most exciting and challenging art currently being produced in the country, and encourage delegates to experience, think, talk and argue about that art and the place of art in regional Australia. Brochure available on Monday. Contact Jo Eaton, Regional Arts Victoria Tel 03 9644 1800 Email meetingplace@rav.net.au Website www.meetingplace.org.au.

CREATIVE VOLUNTEERING WORKSHOPS - NEW DATES, NEW VENUES
Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in these award winning workshops which cover all the essential long term survival skills for community organisations - networking, fundraising, marketing, event management and more. Especially designed for people from community organisations where volunteers do much of the work. You can come to any and all of the workshops you want, and will have the opportunity to work on issues your organisation is grappling with now. Training packages and resource booklets provided, and a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment. Feedback from throughout Australia has been very positive. At only $25 each per person, organisations are encouraged to pay for their volunteers to participate. Workshops coming up soon in Forster, Coffs Harbour, Taree, Orange, Murwillumbah, Grafton and a new location - Tumbarumba. Everything you need to know is online at www.regionalartsnsw.com.au or call us Tel 02 9247 8577 ext 3.

NEW PROMOTIONS OFFICER FOR ARTS OUTWEST
A new Media and Promotions Officer has been appointed at ArtsOutwest. Tracy Sorensen will take up the position on 29 March, working three days a week. We congratulate and welcome Tracy and wish her every success in her new role. Tel 6338 4657 Fax 6338 4646 Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au Website www.artsoutwest.org.au

ARTS OUTWEST TURNS THIRTY - AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING!
2 May, Union Theatre Lithgow
The ArtsOutwest AGM this year combines a 30th Anniversary celebration as well as the launch of the new Arts OutWest website (see Resources section for details). Guest Speakers include international artist Gabriella Hegyes, well-known for her work in Orange and Bathurst TAFEs, who has been involved in public and community art projects in the central west region over the past few years. The event also features a public piano concert featuring international pianist Elena Day-Hakker, playing works of Chopin, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and others. Cost: $15 adults; $10 concessions. Tel 6338 4657 Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au Website www.artsoutwest.org.au.

BATHURST STUDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS BELL SHAKESPEARE SCHOLARSHIP
Benjamin Cooper from Bathurst NSW has received a prestigious Bell Shakespeare Scholarship for Dramatic Performance. The scholarship involves an intensive week of workshops, rehearsals and presentations with John Bell and the Bell Shakespeare Ensemble in rehearsal for The Servant of Two Masters. As organisers of the scholarship commented, 'so often people in the city take for granted the daily opportunities we have to pursue our interests. For kids in the country it's not as easy so it's important for corporate Australia to get behind organisations like Bell Shakespeare so we can make these types of opportunities more accessible'.

COUNTRY WEEK 2004 - THIS AUGUST
Encouraging Sydneysiders and business to consider the benefits of moving to country NSW, the Country Week campaign is sponsored by the NSW Department of State and Regional Development, with support from local government, community organisations, corporate sponsors and regional businesses. Country councils are encouraged to participate in the event and a number are already behind the campaign, including Albury, Armidale Dumaresq, Bathurst, Coolah, Coonabarabran, Dubbo, Inverell, Lismore, Lithgow, Moree, Orange and Yallaroi. To sign up for the regular newsletter contact Peter Bailey Tel 02 6771 5633 Email peter@countrynsw.com.au Website www.countryweek.com.au

AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST BOOK CAMPAIGN
31 July - 15 August
'Lose yourself in a book - find yourself in a bookstore' is the theme of Books Alive 2004, Australia's biggest promotion of books and reading. From 31 July-15 August readers will be able to buy the following six Australian books for $5 each with the purchase of any other book:
- Shiver by Nikki Gemmell, Random House (fiction)
- White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra, Harper Collins (fiction)
- Selby the Wonder Dog, by Duncan Ball, Harper Collins (children's fiction)
- The Shark Net by Robert Drewe, Penguin (biography)
- Blacktown by Shane Weaver, Random House (biography) and
- Au Revoir by Mary Moody, Pan Macmillan (biography).
There will also be a Books Alive 'two for one' special offer, available only from discount department stores. When readers buy the new crime fiction title Spiking the Girl by Gabrielle Lord, they will receive the first title in the series, Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing, for free. Fifty cents from the sale of every Books Alive title this year will be donated to The Smith Family's literacy schemes. Books Alive is a highly successful cooperative network within the book sector. It is an Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council. Website www.booksalive.com.au

DANCES OF ECSTASY
27 March, Durrumbul Hall, Mullumbimby
Last year's Dances of Ecstasy film and dance party event was one of the sell-out highlights of Byron Shire's cultural calendar. Filmmakers Michelle Mahrer and Nicole Ma travelled to traditional and modern day rituals to discover the altered state which people seek through dance. Dances of Ecstasy features a wild range of rituals - Whirling Dervishes from Turkey, Orisha priestesses from Nigeria and Brazil, and shamanic healers from the Kalahari and Korea. The command repeat event will commence with a screening of the 60 minute film with 'sensurround' sound, followed by an Ecstatic Dance Party with special guest DJ Gemma (WOMADelaide, Big Day Out), local DJ Booth, ecstatic dance goddess Antara and other surprises. Tickets: $20 at the door only. Contact Ku Promotions Tel 02 66 847 921 Email kupromo@norex.com.au Website www.dancesofecstasy.com

A DISPLAY FULL OF EXPRESSION EXHIBITION
Until 18 April, Cowra
Held at the Cowra Japanese Garden, this is a display consisting of individual and collaboratively composed works in wood, steel, paint and clay by West Wyalong artists, Ralph Tikerpae and Lucy Buttenshaw. Tel 02 6341 2233

ART IN THE VINEYARD - SEASONS
10 April, Red Earth Estate Vineyard, Dubbo
This event, will showcase the work of 10 Fresh Arts artists from the Orana region. Opening night on Easter Saturday will bring together some of the best the western region has to offer in the form of art, food and wine. Dubbo Regional Gallery's Kent Buchanan will be opening the Seasons exhibition, creating a link to the current Fresh Arts show at the DRG. Entry: $12.00 per person. To attend the opening night of Seasons, Tel 02 6885 6676

EAST COAST BLUES AND ROOTS FESTIVAL
8 - 12 April, Byron Bay
James Brown and Jackson Browne will feature at this all-star event over the Easter weekend at Red Devil Park. They will be joined over 5 days by international acts Solomon Burke, Taj Mahal, The Black Keys, Luka Bloom, Richard Thompson, North Mississippi Allstars, Pharaoh Sanders and Spaghetti Cheese Incident among many others. Aussie acts include The John Butler Trio, The Cat Empire and The Waifs. Website www.bluesfest.com.au

MUDGEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
1 May, Mudgee
A celebration dinner to mark this important occasion. Past members or anyone interested in attending the dinner are invited to contact Jeanette Byfield Tel 02 6372 1810 Email jeviby@winsoft.net.au
RSVP by April 14

ARTS BY STEALTH? - A SEMINAR ON THE ABC AND THE ARTS
4 April, Currency House, Redfern
Organised by Currency House, in association with Liz Jacka and Martin Harrison of UTS, Arts By Stealth is a free half-day seminar aimed at encouraging productive discussion on how the ABC should be dealing with the arts. The ABC has recently made a number of cutbacks on its arts programming, staff, and arts content including the abolition of The Listening Room program, and a freeze on the ABC's online arts site The Space. The seminar will consist of the following three sessions and speakers:
Session 1 - Introduction: Setting the Scene. Speakers: Liz Jacka, and Martin Harrison
Session 2 - Current dilemmas in broadcasting the arts. Speakers: Tamara Winikoff, and Keith Gallasch
Session 3 - The future: What would a good ABC arts policy and strategy look like? Speakers: Terry Cutler and Jonathan Mills
Tel 02 9314 5389 Email info@currencyhouse.org.au Website www.currencyhouse.org.au

MIME & CLOWN CAMP
10 - 12 April, The Channon
This is an intensive 3 day camp led by Jean-Paul Bell and Ira Seidenstein, held some 20 mins from Lismore and 50 mins from Byron Bay. The mime/clown class with Jean-Paul Bell will concentrate on the basic Decroux Technique of economy of movement and a clean approach to communicating through facial expression and gesture. Jean-Paul will also be exploring the universality of what makes the world laugh at the antics of the clown. Ira Seidenstein's clown workshop focuses on expert timing techniques, traditional clown and new wave clown. Cost: $400 including food and board. Tel 02 6688 6121 Mob 0409 912 295 Email deluvia@bigpond.com

ABORIGINAL PHILOSOPHY WEEK 2004
12 - 17 April, Rollands Plains near Port Macquarie
Philosophy Week gives you the opportunity to spend five days and nights camping under the stars. The week includes presentations from Indigenous philosophers and teachers and allows lots of time for sitting around a campfire and sharing your views on culture, spirituality and sustaining ourselves. People of all ages and cultural backgrounds have gathered each year in this relaxing and friendly environment to learn, laugh and grow with the oldest living culture in the world. Two presentations will be given each day by prominent Indigenous philosophers and teachers. In addition to presentations are daily cultural workshops providing a fun, practical experience of various cultural activities. This year will also include a children's program providing fun, hands-on learning experiences of traditional culture for children of all ages. Philosophy Week 2004 is strictly limited to 150 people. Cost: $660/$440/$220/$110. Contact Richmond Tel 02 6582 6441 Email philosophyweek@midcoast.com.au Website www.philosophyfarm.org

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA PROPOSALS SOUGHT
Sculpture by the Sea is a free public exhibition of over 100 sculptures from across the world and in all materials and forms to be staged along Sydney's 2km Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk from 28 October - 14 November 2004. With an estimated 300,000 visitors over 3 weeks, the exhibition is the most popular sculpture exhibition in the world. Sculpture sales in 2003 exceeded $440,000 with artist's prizes, subsidies and material sponsorship in excess of $100,000 including the NSW Ministry for the Arts Regional Artist's Subsidy providing up to $500 for transport and materials to NSW regional artists. Artists are invited to submit proposals or completed works for pre-selection. The second annual Sculpture by the Sea Symposium will be held at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney on 29 October. Email info@sculpturebythesea.com Website www.sculpturebythesea.com.
Closing 20 April

HSC MAJOR WORK EXHIBITION - CASINO
The Casino Art Centre is holding an exhibition of HSC major works from the past decade. The Centre are looking for works from former HSC art students from across NSW. They will pay the cartage costs and the works will be fully insured. The exhibition will run from the beginning of May until the end of June. Contact Peter Gallo Tel (02) 6662 7325 Email casinoartcentre@yahoo.com.au
Closing 30 April

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY (IMD)
18 May
In 2004 the MGF and Museums Australia (NSW) (MA [NSW]) will be coordinating a listing of NSW museum and gallery IMD activities to promote to the wider public and raise awareness of this significant day on the international museum calendar. All details will be highlighted on the MGF website and will be included on a general media release to be sent by MA (NSW) and MGF. To ensure that your museum/gallery IMD activities are included in this coordinated promotion, Contact Kristin Anderson Freecall 1800 114 311 Tel 02 9358 1760 Email admin2@mgfnsw.org.au Website www.mgfnsw.org.au

NEW AUSTRALIAN PLAYS FOR A SEASON IN MELBOURNE
An independent producer is seeking new Australian works to be performed for a season in Melbourne in early 2005. They must be works that have not been performed before. Playwrights from around Australia are encouraged to enquire. Email tchuff@hotmail.com
Closing 31 July

DIRECTOR - THE NORTH WEST THEATRE COMPANY
Salary: Negotiable
The NWTC, based at the Roxy Theatre in Bingara, is into its third year as a regional performing and promoting company in northern NSW. They aim to produce two or three productions per year with a policy of employing professional directors to ensure a high quality of performance and the provision of knowledge to their enthusiastic amateur cast. Selection of the performance works is made in consultation with the Production Committee and the Director. The production schedule can be varied to suit the requirements of Director and cast. Contact Rick Hutton, President NWTC, Tel 02 6724 1303 Mob 0428 255 380 Fax 02 6724 1786 Email faysons@northnet.com.au
Closing 30 April

2004 INDIGENOUS ARTS FELLOWSHIP
Indigenous artists working across all art forms are invited to apply for this $15,000 grant from the NSW Ministry for the Arts and Sydney City Council to assist in the development of an Indigenous artist's career in the arts. It is expected that the specific project put forward by the applicant will result in artistic work of significant quality and be of lasting benefit to the applicant's professional development. Contact Freecall 1800 358 594 Tel 02 9228 Email ministry@arts.nsw.gov.au Website www.arts.nsw.gov.au
Closing 7 May

2004 INDIGENOUS HISTORY FELLOWSHIP
A grant of $20,000 to assist a person living in New South Wales to research and produce a work on a subject of historical interest relating to New South Wales from an Aboriginal point of view. Administered by the History Council of New South Wales. Applicants may be independent historians, or historians working in conjunction with Indigenous communities, and are required to demonstrate that their project will add to, or bring fresh perspectives to bear upon, their nominated subject. They should also demonstrate that the project will benefit their experience and development as an historian, and/or advance scholarly historical writing from an Indigenous perspective in New South Wales. Contact Freecall 1800 358 594 Tel 02 9228 Email ministry@arts.nsw.gov.au Website www.arts.nsw.gov.au
Closing 7 May

FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS INDIGENOUS SMALL GRANTS
Small grants to provide an opportunity for Indigenous organisations and organisations that work with Indigenous people and communities to support innovation and the expansion of existing successful initiatives. Funds are available for initiatives that enhance youth participation or create opportunities for the development of young people aged 12-25 years. The focus is on initiatives that result in meaningful change for young people. Max funds per grant: $5,000 Average: $2,500. Contact The Foundation for Young Australians Tel 03 9670 5436 Freecall 1800 252 316 Email fya@youngaustralians.org Website www.youngaustralians.org
Applications will be considered in May, August and December 2004

NAVA'S MARKETING GRANT FOR NSW ARTISTS
Grants to assist professional visual artists and craftspeople to effectively market their work throughout NSW, interstate and overseas. Funds have been made available by the NSW Ministry for the Arts to encourage visual artists in NSW to undertake creative and cost-effective marketing initiatives and campaigns. Funds are to assist directly with the costs associated with the development and implementation of a Marketing Plan. Indigenous artists and artists from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Grants up to $1,000 ($1,100 inc GST) are available to individuals and grants up to $2,000 ($2,200 inc GST) are available to groups. Contact Program Coordinator, The National Association for the Visual Arts Tel 02 9368 1900 Email nava@visualarts.net.au Website www.visualarts.net.au/nava
Closing 15 May

THE PAT CORRIGAN ARTISTS' GRANT
Grants to assist with the costs of public presentation of visual arts, craft and design. This can include, but is not limited to framing, media releases, media photographs, advertising, space rental, installation costs, promotional printing, mail outs, documentation, freight, travel, equipment rental, insurance, technical assistance, opening costs etc. Grants to individuals are available up to a maximum of $500 and grants to groups are available up to a maximum of $1000. Contact Program Coordinator, The National Association for the Visual Arts Tel 02 9368 1900 Email nava@visualarts.net.au Website www.visualarts.net.au/nava/
Closing 15 May 2004

JUNIOR LANDCARE GRANTS PROGRAM
This is an environmental education program that has to-date contributed $200,000 to more than 340 environmental projects. Applications are invited from schools and youth groups for its next funding round. Grants of up to $500 are offered and are more likely to be successful if: they involve the school community or broader local community; have determined educational outcomes with an environmental focus; are well-planned and documented; link with a community Landcare group; and are student-oriented and allow maximum student involvement. Past projects have included revegetation, habitat restoration, waste and recycling campaigns and land and water conservation. The program offers a simple way to start a new environmental program or to develop and progress existing projects. Contact Lea-Anne Bradley Tel 03 9662 9977 Email lea-anne@landcareaustralia.com.au Website www.landcareaustralia.com.au
Closing - Round Two 20 May; Round Three 29 July; Round Four 21 October

MAFIA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS
The Music and Film Independent Artists third annual Documentary Awards will be showcasing this year's selection of creative, original documentaries from Australian and international independent film-makers. MAFIA Documentary Awards and Sound Awards have successfully boosted the careers and confidence of emerging independent artists. This year's documentaries will be judged by a panel from the film and television industry, and three major prizes will be allocated for best documentary, most original documentary and the audience's choice. The works of eight finalists will be screened at the awards ceremonies in Sydney and across Australia. Tel 02 9357 5004 Email info@mafia.com.au Website www.mafia.com.au
Closing 31 March

TELSTRA NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ART AWARD
The premier Indigenous event on the national arts calendar with $56,000 worth of prize money and attracting a broad range of artistic talent. Up to 150 works are selected for the exhibition out of approximately 500 entries received from all parts of the country. This survey exhibition showcases up-to-date-developments in contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, with its diversity of themes, styles and media, including paintings, sculpture, fibre, ceramics, glass, prints, photography and textiles. Contact Marie Hodsdon Tel 08 8999 8203 or 08 8999 8201. Email natsiaa@nt.gov.au Website www.dcdsca.nt.gov.au
Closing 8 April

2004 APRA-AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS
Identifying the best of last year's new works, performances and achievements in the field of Australian Music. There will be ten awards, for six of which nominations are sought: best composition; best performance; best contribution by an organisation; best contribution to the advancement of education in Australian music; best long-term contribution; and best contribution from a regionally-based organisation or individual for activities that took place in 2003. The Awards will be announced on Monday 12 July 2004. Contact the Australian Music Centre Tel 02 9247 4677 Website www.amcoz.com.au/awd-2004.htm
Closing 12 April

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CULTURAL AWARDS
New awards from the Local Government and Local Shires Associations to recognise best practice management and innovation in cultural development within councils. The awards were developed to acknowledge the leadership role local government has in cultural development and are offered on the themes of cultural infrastructure, cultural policy and planning, library and information services, cultural industries, Aboriginal cultural development and cultural programs/projects. Email culturalawards@lgsa.org.au Website www.lgsa.org.au/site/category/page/2000550.html
Closing 13 April

TWIN TOWNS ART PRIZE
Twins Towns Services Club, Tweed Shire Council and the NSW Ministry for the arts are offering a total of $10,000 prize money to residents of the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast City regions (incorporating postcodes 2480 to 2490 and 4208 to 4272). Works may be 2D paintings and/or drawings in any media. First prize (acquisitive) is $5,000, second is $3,000 and $1,000 each are being offered for the 'Chairman's Award' and a Youth Prize (for artists aged 16 to 21 years).
Contact Ursula Nash Tel 07 5590 5099.
Closing 26 April

UWS ACQUISITIVE SCULPTURE AWARD AND EXHIBITION
The inaugural University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition will be held on the Campbelltown Campus from 19th November 2004 to 5th December 2004. The UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award aims to establish closer links between the university, artists and industry; to provide a valuable educational and cultural resource for the region and to enhance the campus environment for teaching and learning. Contact Monica McMahon Tel 02 4620 3450 Email
monica.mcmahon@uws.edu.au or Juliet Wight-Boycott Tel 0418 624 472
Closing 28 May

NAKED WITH JOY - OLYMPIC ART PRIZE
Artists are invited to submit work for forthcoming community art exhibition organised by Deffo Publishing to commemorate the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Scheduled to coincide with the 2004 Athens Olympics, Naked With Joy's aim is to promote original, exciting, confrontational retellings of the Sydney Olympic myth. The exhibition will run from 14 -22 August 2004 at the TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst. Deffo Publishing is offering a $700 'gold medal' prize to the creator of the most inspiring artwork. Contact James Kemp, Deffo Publishing Tel 0416 150 823 or Lesley Dimmick, TAP Gallery Tel 02 9361 0440 Website www.deffo.net/nakedwithjoy
Closing 1 June

NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK TALENT COMPETITIONS
Showcase your talents in these competitions, including RockIT, WriteIT, ShootIT, DesignIT and SnapIT covering the categories of music, writing, filmmaking, digital art and photography. The competitions present an opportunity to win prizes and to gain industry experience as a platform to a career in your chosen field. Email youthweek@facs.gov.au Website www.youthweek.com
Closing 4 June

HENRY MAYER MEDIA PRIZE
The Henry Mayer Media Prize was established in 1991 to honour Professor Mayer's lifelong contribution to the study of politics and the media, with a particular interest in the history and politics of indigenous people. In his will he explicitly expressed the wish to encourage the First People in their struggle for self-determination. The Henry Mayer Trust is awarding a prize of $1,000 to the most promising Indigenous practitioner working in the field of communications. Contact Peter Westerway Tel 02 9977 6726 Email peterbw@bigpond.com.au
Closing 1 July

29th NATIONAL YOUTH CONCERTO COMPETITION
Established in 1976 by John Curro, the National Youth Concerto Competition (NYCC) is the most important competition of its kind in Australia for string soloists aged up to 17 years. Previous winners include the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Director and Concertmaster Richard Tognetti (1980), Assistant Leader Zoe Black (1989) and London based cellist Li Wei Qin (1993). Three finalists will be selected travel to Brisbane to perform a concerto in a concert with the Queensland Youth Symphony. Each also performs a public recital at the Queensland Conservatorium. Three other applicants will participate in Finals Week by performing up to five recitals throughout Brisbane in various public spaces. Contact Michelle Muirhead Tel 07 3257 3028 Email michelle@qyoc.org.au Website www.qyoc.org.au
Closing 5 July

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FABULOUS NEW PROMOTIONS RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS ON FUEL4ARTS.COM
*** Highly recommended ***
There are some great new materials up now on the Australia's council's arts marketing website, fuel4arts.com, including a couple of excellent articles on media planning for year by Emma Heath and Judith James and a fascinating and most instructive Email Discussion Forum on Marketing for the Independent Artist. You have to be a member to access the material, but membership is free, and instantly obtainable. Website www.fuel4arts.com.

ACN SITE ON BUILDING A CULTURAL WEBSITE
This set of internet development guides will help Australian cultural workers and cultural organisations discover why they should use the internet, how they might use it, and how to development and internet presence. Recommended for anyone setting up their first arts related website. Website www.acn.net.au/reources/guides.

ARTS OUTWEST NEW WEBSITE
Arts OutWest promotes, facilitates and advocates for arts and cultural development for the communities of the Central West of NSW covering the local government areas of Bathurst, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Evans, Forbes, Greater Lithgow, Lachlan, Mudgee, Oberon, Orange, Rylstone, Parkes and Wellington. Central west arts events, classes, practitioners, organisations, businesses or events can also be submitted to be listed. Website www.artsoutwest.org.au

THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL GUIDE TO COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Demystifies the issues, explaining copyright and intellectual property in plain English, and provides a glossary of terms and a list of useful websites and publications. A creation of the Intellectual Property (IP) project, a major focus for the Australia Council and the cultural sector for 2004 in response to the Australian Government's consideration of moral rights for Indigenous communities and a resale royalty arrangement. A network of lawyers, arts organisations and copyright advocates are collaborating on the project. Contact Mark Stapleton Tel 02 9215 9014 Email m.stapleton@ozco.gov.au www.ozco.gov.au/artsResources.aspx

FRANK MAGAZINE - FREE MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Frank is an ad-free, intelligent, thought-provoking magazine that encourages critical thinking, creativity, empowerment, and fun for young women. The magazine is a free e-mag distributed by email. Frank is run by volunteers and is published through Youth 2 Youth, a socially responsible company who provide youth-led training, workshops and resources for enterprising young people. For subscriptions, Website www.youth2youth.com.au/frank/ and to download the current issue Website www.youth2youth.com.au/downloads/frank_02_04.pdf

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