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Highlights

Gr8 Par-T! R U coming?
3 – 4 December, Tweed Heads
5 – 6 December, Lismore
A unique multi-arts performance co-directed by Emma Newman and Gabrielle Griffin from NORPA and starring the Barefoot Bunch, 'Gr8 Par-T! R U Coming?' explores the pleasures and dilemmas of using modern technological communications and takes a look at what happens when an invitation to a party goes astray, creating a feeling of being 'left out'. For some people with disabilities, feeling 'left out' can be a reality in everyday life. The work has a contemporary edge and includes dance, physical theatre, video projections and puppetry. 'Gr8 Par-T! R U Coming?' was the result of a Tweed Shire Council project developed in partnership with Tweed Valley Respite Service and NORPA Dance Action. First performed in May 2007 to appreciative schools and the general public in Murwillumbah and now appearing in Tweed Heads Civic Centre and Lismore City Hall in conjunction with the International Day of People with a Disability. Tickets just $5/$3. Contact NORPA Dance Action Tel 02 6622 3279 or Tweed Shire Council Tel 02 6670 2734 Website www.norpa.org.au

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft – Les Blakebrough, Ceramics
13 December – 3 February, Murwillumbah
Launched in November 2005, the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian craft series is an initiative of Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design. Each year, through the combination of a national touring exhibition and a major monograph publication, the series celebrates the achievements of Australia's most iconic and influential crafts practitioners. Short listed finalists are recognised as Masters of Australian craft – an accolade that acknowledges the wealth and dynamism of the Australian studio craft movement of the past thirty years. As well as showcasing the work of these exemplary artists on the Craft Australia website, a national touring exhibition is organised, with each show touring for around two years. This month, there is an opportunity to see the work by eminent artist, Les Blakebrough, at Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Tel 02 6672 0409 Website www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

Out of your Shell - ArtStart 2007 NSW Youth Arts & Skills Festival
Now, Online!
TAFE NSW Access and General Education Curriculum Centre invites you to visit www.artstart.com.au for the first ArtStart online festival. ArtStart is a NSW Government initiative for young people aged 12 to 24, managed by TAFE NSW Access & General Education Curriculum Centre. The program funds opportunities for young people to develop skills by participating in arts and cultural projects and performing and exhibiting their work. Coordinated across NSW by 23 community organisations, this year, more than 200 ArtStart projects have involved over 6,000 young people in workshops, exhibitions and performances featuring drumming, digital story telling, mosaics, garden design theatre, wearable art, hip-hop dancing, stencil art, multimedia and much more. The festival’s move into cyberspace means that young artists can share their work and ideas with a wide range of peers – no matter where they live. The new ArtStart website is an exhibition space and a forum for creative exchange, information and networking. Contact the ArtStart State Coordinator at Access and General Education Curriculum Centre Tel 02 9846 8101 Email artstart@tafensw.edu.au  Website www.artstart.com.au

The Reindeer Monologues
20 – 22 December, Wagga Wagga
Gearstick Theatre dishes the dirt on those famous antlers in their hilarious Adults Only Christmas Romp: The Reindeer Monologues. Meet Rudolph the dopey buck with an incessant cold, Vixen the old drunken tart, Dasher the 'Flasher', Comet the delivery guy on a dodgy AWA, Cupid the lovelorn deer who never gets lucky, Prancer the heterosexually challenged would be fashion designer and Dancer the reject of the Royal Reindeer Ballet Academy. The adults only version of everything Christmas and all that goes on behind closed doors in that icy world up north. Definitely Adults Only! Upstairs at Romano’s, 7:30pm. Tickets $15/$10, Civic Theatre Booking Office Tel 02 6926 9688 Email Info@www.gearsticktheatre.com.au
Website www.civictheatre.com.au
The Reindeer Monologues were made possible with a grant from the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund.

Countryscapes 2008
15 – 26 January 2008, Sydney
From more than 490 entries received for the 2007 $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting, 42 artists were chosen as finalists for Countryscapes 2008 . Following its inaugural showcase at Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, Countryscapes will be on display at The Gunnery, in Sydney. This is the fourth year Country Energy has held the Countryscapes exhibition, providing artists with the opportunity to showcase their work to a city audience. Tim Winters of Stuart Town, Central Western NSW was the 2007 winner of the highly-coveted prize with his work Bare Bones / Channel Country. The winner of the inaugural Youth Encouragement Award, sponsored by the Regional Arts NSW Foundation, was Frances Belle Parker of Maclean, in the Northern Rivers, for her work Beiirrinba, My Vein (forty). Countryscapes is a Country Energy exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries NSW. At The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo Tel 02 9356 0555.

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Regional Arts NSW News

Art At The Heart: 2008 RAA Conference: new website
A new website has just been launched for Regional Arts Australia's 6th national biennial conference –- Art at the Heart – to be staged in Alice Springs over the October long weekend next year. Located right at the desert heart of the country – 200 kilometres south of the absolute centre of Australia, 1,200 kilometres from the nearest ocean and 1,500 kilometres from the nearest major cities – Art At The Heart is hosted by the NT Government with the Alice Springs Town Council. This major national arts event will provide an opportunity for performers, curators, musicians, artists, writers, actors, volunteers, artsworkers, students, academics, government representatives and the wider community to gather in a spectacular location to discuss, celebrate and experience the arts and cultural achievements of regional Australia. The new website provides updated information about the conference and includes a facility to sign up to receive regular updates from the organisers.
Website www.artattheheart.com.au

Country Arts Support Program 2008 now open for applications
If you have an idea for an arts project in 2008 and need some help to run a workshop, create a piece of public art or bring an artist to town, the Regional Arts NSW Country Arts Support Program (CASP) may be able to help. CASP is a unique and vital grants program that delivers small grants of up to $3,000 to arts and community organisations in regional and rural New South Wales for short term, locally initiated arts projects. A total pool of $200,000 is available for 2008, with funds to be directed towards artists' fees, travel and accommodation. Applications are now open and the closing date is 14 February 2008. The 2008 Guidelines and Application Forms are available on the Grants pages of the Regional Arts NSW website or contact your local Regional Arts Board or the Regional Arts NSW Funding Officers Tel 02 9270 2502 Email funding@regionalartsnsw.com.au
Download the guidelines and application forms here
Read the list of this year's successful projects here

Creative Volunteering a winner with community groups
The latest Creative Volunteering workshop, Business Planning, held in Parkes on 9 November was a hit. As well as covering the essential areas of planning and management for non-profit and cultural organisations, the workshop was a great networking opportunity for the fifteen participants from across the Central West. Historical societies, musical groups, a dance school, government agencies, councils, a health support group, a neighbourhood centre and festival organisers were all represented at the one day event. Participants were delighted with a course that served to de-mystified the process of business planning and which was accessible and relevant to volunteers and those working in community organisations. "I'm really going to use these templates. This is godsend. It's so useful," said Bev Rowe of the Elvis Gospel Committee. Creative Volunteering –- No Limits is a national initiative of Regional Arts Australia. Each one of the eight one-day courses on offer costs participants just $25.00 and are delivered by a registered training organisation, Community Cultural Development NSW.
Find out if there's a course coming up near you on our website here

Summer 2007 edition of ArtReach – sneak preview
The Summer 2007/08 edition of the Regional Arts NSW magazine is focussed on just one artform – music. Country music fans will be delighted to see Troy Cassar-Daly on the cover together with no less than two stories about what is acknowledged as one of the world's top ten music festivals, The Tamworth Country Music Festival. With stories about opera, folk music, country rock'n'roll, the live music scene, music festivals, the regional conservatoriums and more, our Summer reading offers a great window into the largest Australian arts sector as it is in regional New South Wales. ArtReach comes off the press on 7 December. If you're not on our mailing list and you'd like us to send you a copy, please contact Kate Reynolds, Administration Officer Tel 02 9270 2509 Email admin@regionalartsnsw.com.au

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Other News

Peter Garrett is new Federal Arts Minister
Peter Garrett will be the new Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts and will have a spot in Cabinet, it was announced by the Prime Minister elect, Kevin Rudd, in Canberra on 29 November. In other areas of direct interest to stakeholders in regional arts development, Anthony Albanese, will be the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport & Regional development and Local Government as well as Leader of the House and Stephen Conroy will be the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
The full list of the new Cabinet and Ministers is available on the Sydney Morning Herald website here.

Arts under a new Government
When Peter Garrett launched Labor's arts policy in Sydney ten days before the election, he vowed to spend $10 million to promote the arts in Australian communities, $17 million over four years to set up an arts innovation centre, and $7.6 million to boost Aboriginal art centres. The policy also set out its intention to introduce a resale royalty scheme, improve the provision of arts and music education in schools and review the state of artists' incomes. Earlier drafts included commitments to the current Federal Government regional and rural arts touring and development programs, including Visions Australia, Festivals Australia, Playing Australia and The Regional Arts Fund.
Labor's arts policy framework is available on the ALP website here

NAVA welcomes new Labor government's arts plans
The National Association for the Visual Arts has welcomed the incoming Labor government, saying Labor has opened new areas of possible development in its broad-ranging plans for the future of the arts in Australia. "Among their priorities, we hope to see the new Prime Minister and other members of the government, champion the cause of the arts and its vital contribution to expression of a national identity of which we all can be proud ," Executive Director, Tamara Winikoff, said. NAVA particularly welcomes the plans to abolish the sedition laws, fund Indigenous arts centres, introduce an artists resale royalty scheme and put 'visuacy' –- on a par with literacy and numeracy –- in education policy.
Full story on the NAVA website www.visualarts.net.au

Clubs gaming revenue now to support the arts in NSW
Not-for-profit performing arts activity and visual arts are now eligible for funding under the new guidelines for the distribution of gambling revenue on community development and support which were announced by the State Government last month. The Community Development & Expenditure scheme (CDSE) is funded by a gaming machine tax rebate of up to 1.5% of gaming machine income. The round for the distribution of funds runs from 1 September to 31 August each year and it is expected that April 2008 will be the deadline for the funding of new initiatives – including performing arts activity and visual arts - under the changes.
More information on the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing website here or from Clubs NSW
here

New category + online people's choice voting in Local Government Cultural Awards for 2008
All internet users will be able to vote for their favourite council cultural projects in the 2008 NSW Local Government Cultural Awards in an innovative new online interface that will add a new dimension to these important awards for arts and cultural projects by local councils. Another first is a new category of award for accessible arts, developed in partnership with Accessible Arts NSW, with all applicants being asked how their project is accessible to people with a disability. With the submission process now entirely on-line, and nominees now able to get their projects up on the site quickly with just a photograph and a paragraph, the Local Government Cultural Awards are expected to be a crowded field in 2008. The awards night is Friday 2 May 2008. Contact Christopher Hudson, Policy Officer, Cultural Development Tel 02 9242 4047 Email christopher.hudson@lgsa.org.au Website www.CulturalAwards.lgsa.org.au
Closing 29 February 2008

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Kim Walker walks, parachutes
The long-term artistic director of the world renown Flying Fruit Fly Circus, based in Albury Wodonga, Kim Walker, has resigned. Over his ten years at 'The Fruities', Kim created over twenty new works and instilled in the company standards of excellence that have seen it invited to perform throughout the world. His era has also been defined with collaborations with companies from across the country and throughout the world. Kim was awarded the Performing Arts Award by the Sydney Myer Foundation at the Adelaide Festival in 1992 and was also nominated that year for a Mo Award for Dance Performance of the Year. Kim is leaving to take up the position of Executive Director of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), the national indigenous dance training institute in Gosford. Kim leaves on 7 December but will return to prepare his existing Fruit Fly production, Beach Party, for an international tour in 2008.

New commissions, tour for Merringong 2008
Merrigong Theatre Company has announced a new commissioning program for 2008, including an international co-commission of a major new work from acclaimed Australian choreographer, Garry Stewart. Also just announced, the company's production of Athol Fugard’s Valley Song, will be remounted and taken on a NSW tour in 2008. Merrigong Theatre Co manages the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre in Wollongong. Since 2000, it has presented an annual subscription season of professional theatre, sourced from companies around the country. Artistic Director/CEO of Merrigong Theatre Company, said, "The establishment of a commissioning program is an important step for us, and, together with our first tour, it represents a milestone in the development of our artistic program. IPAC is 20 years old in 2008, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate."
More information on the Merrigong Theatre Company website here

Experimenta to train regional new media curators
Experimenta Media Arts has announced it has received funding from the Australia Council to deliver a series of forums over the next two years to foster media arts curating and collecting in regional and rural areas. Video installations, interactive artworks and multimedia are now part of mainstream contemporary visual arts and growing in popularity but the question of how artworks should be programmed into exhibitions and added to collections is one still being asked by regional gallery, museum and library professionals. Starting in 2008, Experimenta will be working closely with touring exhibition host venues, local specialists, NETS, state-wide arts organisations and local regional arts development officers to develop and promote a series of free half-day media art curating events. The first will take place in Sydney on 9 May. Other venues in 2008 include the Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide and the WA Museum, Perth. In 2009 venues include Bendigo Art Gallery, Albury Library Museum and Devonport Regional Gallery. Contact Maria Rizzo, Communications & Sponsorship Coordinator, Experimenta. Email maria@experimenta.org

‘Bell Ringer’ the people's choice at In SITE Out
Hundreds of visitors voted for their favourite work from the thirty sculptures and installations on display at In SITE Out, the ephemeral outdoor art event, which closed on 18 November after a successful three weeks at Orange Botanic Gardens. The winner of the People’s Choice Award was Matt Walker for his work, ‘Bell Ringer’. Walker, who receives $500 cash from the Orange Regional Art Foundation, is currently completing a Diploma in Fine Arts at Orange TAFE. His concrete, steel, hessian and paper sculpture of a man pulling the rope of a large bell will now go on sale.
Contact Arts OutWest Tel 02 6338 4657.
IN SITE was made possible with the support of the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, the Visual Arts Strategy NSW, Orange Regional Arts Foundation, Orange City Council, Taste Orange, NetWaste, CENTROC, Orange Botanic Gardens and Orange Regional Gallery.

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Northern Rivers artist on a roll
After receiving the Splendour in the Grass 2007 Emerging Artists Grant, and Winning Swell 2007, Northern Rivers sculptor Daniel Clemmett has also recently been awarded the Thursday Plantation’s East Coast Sculpture Prize for 2007. Lately he has been driving his enormous sculptures around the country, installing sculptures at – the prestigious McClelland Sculpture Prize in Victoria along with 35 other finalists (making him eligible for the acquisitive award valued at $100,000); and at Sculpture by the Sea 2007 in Bondi where his work has already sold. Just to add one more to the list, Clemmett has just found out he is a finalist for ABC North Coast Arts Nest Award developed in partnership with Arts Northern Rivers.
Contact Peter Wood Arts Northern Rivers Tel 02 6628 8120

New arts council for Hill End
Hill End now has an arts council. Formed at a meeting on 26 September 2007 the new arts council aims to promote and foster a range of creative activities for the region including exhibitions, concerts and workshops, as well as undertaking fund raising activities and educational programs. Planned projects include working with NPWS & Bathurst Regional Council to repair important furnishings at the Haefliger Cottage where around 140 artists have undertaken residencies over the past 12 years under the stewardship of Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.
Enquiries Contact Maggy Todd Tel 02 6337 8321 Email wilsontodd@bigpond.com

Community rallies to save Uralla foundry
Action is being taken by concerned residents of Uralla who have called a public meeting to form a new association to raise funds to acquire and restore the town's old Phoenix foundry. Phoenix by name, phoenix by nature; originally an iron lace manufacturer's, the foundry made cogs and bearings during WWI and was transformed into a car showroom until the Great Depression when the owners took to milling timber. In 1937 the foundry was casting iron pipes for the town's first water works. In 1982 it was bronze memorial plaques. Now the iconic building faces extinction. Not if The Friends of the Foundry have their way. The public meeting will be held at 6.30pm on 4 December at McCrossin's Mill. More information online.
Website www.friendsofthefoundry.com

Hunter promoted as a film location
The NSW Minister for Regional Development, Tony Kelly, has announced that one of Australia’s top location photographers has been in the Hunter region, applying cutting edge technology to shoot potential sites for domestic and international screen production.
Full story on the NSW FTO website here

Indigenous dancer named NSW Australian of the Year
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that internationally acclaimed Indigenous dancer and choreographer, Stephen Page, has been name the NSW Australian for the Year for 2008. Page, 42, danced with the Sydney Dance Company until 1991, when he was appointed Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre. More recently, his choreography has included the Sydney Olympic Games ceremonies and a traditional smoking ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Page, who was up against three academic and medical professors in his category, received the award from Deputy Premier John Watkins during a ceremony at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Full story on the Sydney Morning Herald website here

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New foundation for documentary film
The Documentary Australia Foundation is a new private philanthropic initiative to provide information and resources to philanthropic grantmakers, charitable organisations and documentary filmmakers in order to explore, share and enhance their mutual objectives of creating a better society. The Foundation, which has registered charitable DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) status (enabling foundations to make grants and individuals and corporations to make tax-deductible donations to documentaries) is dependent upon funding from external foundations, corporations and individual grantmakers and does not commission or directly fund projects without funding from external grantmakers.
More information on the Documentary Australia Foundation website here

SBS, FTO launch new drama development fund
SBS Independent (SBSi) and the New South Wales Film and Television Office (FTO) have joined forces to create a new television drama development fund.
Full story on the NSW FTO website here

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New Resources

Writers: copyright & moral rights
This new book from the Copyright Council is an essential guide for writers of fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, plays and screenplays, covering managing writers' rights, and getting clearances for other people's work. Issues covered include who owns copyright, how to manage copyright rights, getting permission to use the works of others, attribution and derogatory changes to works. There are chapters on special issues for book publishing, writing for performance, writing for the internet and writing for clients. 48 pages (A4 format), includes detailed table of contents and glossary of copyright-related terms. Price: $40 (inc postage) for delivery in Australia. Sample page, table of contents and order form online.
Website www.copyright.org.au/b128.htm

Aboriginal Art Directory
After six months of a public trial, the Aboriginal Art Directory has been redesigned and relaunched, promising to be a global resource connecting the Aboriginal art community across 12 countries with over 7,000 Aboriginal artists, 600 vendors and 1000 members listed. The Aboriginal Art Directory's goal is to increase the ease of buying and selling Aboriginal art and to promote the Australian Aboriginal art industry. The directory allows buyers to shop around and find vendors according to artist, region, medium, location of vendor. The website also includes regular analysis on the industry and trends. The Aboriginal Art Directory will also assist small vendors and community Aboriginal art centres as all listings are free.
Website www.aboriginalartdirectory.com

Unconscionable conduct in the Indigenous art & craft sector
A valuable fact sheet produced by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) aimed at small businesses that trade in Indigenous arts and craft. It looks at how 'unconscionable conduct' is defined under the Act and outlines how artists can protect themselves from being treated unconscionably.
Available on the ACC's website  here

Dictionary of Australian Artists Online
An online dictionary that records the lives and works of some 7000 Australian artists. In development since the 1970s, the dictionary has involved more than 400 writers and contributors, scholars, art historians and researchers in its production. Log on and discover themes and patterns from 45 years of art scholarship. Create new biographies, comment or revise those previous, and write alternative interpretations on artists already covered. The foundation data focuses predominantly on Colonial artists; women artists to 1950; black and white artists; Aboriginal artists of the Western Desert and the Sydney region. It is constantly being added to: this is only the beginning. The DAAO invites art lovers and art researchers to search, discover and create Australian art history.
Website www.daao.org.au

Media on a Shoestring
A practical insider's guide to the media, written specifically for community organisations who want to maximise their media coverage but have a limited budget. Written by Annie O’Rourke, Executive Director of Media Team Australia, it offers practical advice to community organisations about winning tactics and strategies to achieve media coverage. The aim of the book is help community organisations to feel confident in undertaking media work and to realise that successful strategies and campaigns do not have to cost the earth. Media Team Australia is a non profit organisation that assists community organisations with professionalising their media, marketing and public relations activities.
Special price for Regional Arts NSW e-Bulletin subscribers: $35 ($10 off the retail price), inc postage.
Contact Media Team Australia and quote 'Regional Arts NSW Special' Tel 02 6295 8300 Website www.mediateam.com.au

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Projects

Breaking New Ground
15 November – 5 December, Griffith
Griffith Lead On is proud to have been part of a team that has worked with almost every year 7 student in Griffith over the past few months on this grassroots community development project delivered in the schools. Breaking New Ground facilitated workshops for students to use art to explore identity, diversity, respect, peace and harmony. Students got to draw, paint, talk, write poems, make music, record voices, take photos and generally have fun while dealing with real issues. Along the way BBQ's and social events, with culturally appropriate food, were held to help build a sense of connection and respect. Breaking New Ground is just one small part of a whole of community approach that is needed to ensure social harmony. On display at Griffith City Library until 5 December.
Enquiries Contact Tracy Gatehouse, Project Officer Tel 02 69629958
Breaking New Ground was made possible with the support of the Department of Immigration – Living in Harmony, and Griffith City Council as well as the public education system, Catholic diocese, Lead On, and CRYT

Writing the Waves: A Virtual Gallery
A virtual gallery featuring art works by over 90 primary aged children from schools in Quambone, Enngonia, Coonamble, Carinda, Brewarrina, Gulargambone, and Euabalong is now online. During 2007 the students worked in an illustration mentorship with artists Shane Summerton and Brad Hammond as part of the Outback Arts 'Writing the Waves Project.' This was the second phase of a project which also involved face to face writing workshops in schools across the region. Over 200 students participated in 22 workshops in June this year during a ten day tour by children’s author and literacy advocate Paul Stafford. Outback Arts Regional Arts Development Officer Angela Sidoti said, “We’re enormously excited by the new technologies aspect of this project which Paul has really helped to push. I think we’re seeing exciting new ways of accessing arts and cultural opportunities which has enormous potential across the entire community”.
The Writing the Waves gallery is online at www.pantsonfire.com.au/amp
Writing the Waves was made possible with a grant from the Regional Arts Fund

ArtStart in the Central West
Many successfully ArtStart projects have been completed in the Central West over the last few months. Oberon's young people had a great time with Jason Liu-Brennan running Hip Hop workshops. Blayney's young people have been working with artist Nyree Reynolds and photographer Zenio Lapka to create artwork documenting images of the Blayney Shire. In Bathurst, Youth Expression is currently filming a music video and Art at the Skate Park saw Sydney artist Jason Wing teaching stencil art. On 18 December Paul Stafford and Ben Lynch will be working with students from Molong Central School to make a short film. TAFE NSW Access and General Education Curriculum Centre has launched the new ArtStart website, and first online festival (see Highlights, above) offering snapshots of work going on in ArtStart programs all over the state. Images from the central west are being added as they become available.
Enquiries about ArtStart projects in the Central West Contact Arts OutWest Tel 02 6338 4657.

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Our Town
Our Town is a cross-cultural documentary that focuses on the importance of the Clarence River to the community. Over the last six weeks filmmakers Leonie Dickinson and Rebecca Ingram have been working with local young people aged 16 to 25 to develop a short documentary. Participants in Our Town have been gaining skills in story development, camera & sound technique, film production and editing through weekend workshops. Our Town is a project of the Mobile Unit, Metro Screen’s offsite training department, which provides people in regional NSW with the skills to make short films, documentaries and new media works. For more information contact
Enquiries Contact Bethany Bruce Tel 02 9361 1818 Email mobileunit@metroscreen.org.au
Our Town was made possible with a grant from the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund

The Great Yackandandah Jam Project & Strum Club
2 December + 2008, Albury Wodonga
A new composition has been commissioned from composers and directors James Rigby and Jane Thompson to be performed as a highlight of the Yackandandah Folk Festival on 15 March 2008. The project, which involves multitudes of people playing a range of instruments and singing, is a creative extension of the recent Y-Talk report reflecting the uniqueness of life in Yackandandah. Organisers are now seeking people of all ability levels to participate. Anyone with a voice or musical instrument – string, brass, wind or percussion is invited to be a part of it. Rehearsal sessions will begin in early February and in the mean time, the plan is to establish the Yackandandah Strum Club for all players and learners of stringed instruments.
The inaugural Strum Club session led by James Rigby will be held from 3pm on Sunday 2 December. Contact Karen Roben Tel 02 6021 5034 Email kroben@murrayarts.org.au
This project has been made possible with a grant from the Festivals Australia Regional Residencies Program

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What's On

Metamorphosis
Until 6 December, Wodonga
Come discover your identity and explore hidden layers as you metamorphose with these three vibrant textile, adornment artists. This exhibition by Abi Thompson (textiles, hats), Debbie Deickman (adornment, jewellery) and Marlene Page (painted silks) is a display with a difference. The artists utilise colour, texture and adornment to metamorphose different images of woman. Welcome to the realm of adornment. Several visual displays depict the personas of woman: menopause; born again virgin; animal woman (and more). Come adorn yourself with sumptuous textiles, and metamorphose! Who knows what you'll discover. Creators Artspace, Causeway, Wodonga. Contact Abi Thompson Mob 0414 566 577

Eutick Memorial Still Life Award
Until 9 December, Coffs Harbour
The Eutick Memorial Still Life Award is Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery's own prize for still life artists. The inaugural award, which promotes excellence and innovation in Australian still life, has enjoyed a phenomenal response by local, regional and national artists. The Award has been funded by benefactor Dr Mal Eutick, who has also generously funded the commissioning and performance of a song cycle for the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. At Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Tel 02 6648 4861

The Owl and The Pussycat
Until 14 December, Orange
A special selling exhibition by Charles Blackman's son, Auguste Blackman. Whimsical themes and lovely colours feature in this exhibition painted especially for Orange as a fundraiser towards Gallery acquisitions. Orange Regional Gallery. Tel 02 6393 8136

Fields of Colour and Beauty
Until 13 January, Maitland
The long awaited solo exhibition of Newcastle based artist Chris Capper, titled Paintings 2001-2006. Capper employs flowers as a starting point for his almost abstracted colour field exercises in paint. Capper mixes the paint as a colourist rather than as a realist, and creating a 'real' still life is far from his custom or process. Maitland Regional Gallery. Tel 02 4934 9795

Tattoos and Piercings: A Human Canvas
Until 27 January, Dubbo
This exhibition is a balanced overview of trends in tattoos and body piercings and covers the good, bad and ugly side of body decoration. It is a photographic survey of the sub cultures associated with tattoos and body piercing. Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo Tel 02 6801 4444 Website www.wpccdubbo.org.au

Tom Bass Retrospective
Until 27January, Bathurst
'We do need powerful, durable reference points in our society, ones that don't go away, that don't flicker away, that are there, that we can go back to." - Tom Bass, sculptor. Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Tel 02 6333 6555

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Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
Until 27 January, Dubbo
The Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize was established in 2005 and developed in partnership between the Parliament of NSW and Campbelltown Arts Centre, and recognises the great wealth of artistic excellence in NSW Indigenous communities. See the work of all the finalists from the 2007 prize on display at the Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo Tel 02 6801 4444 Website www.wpccdubbo.org.au

At Cudgegong Gallery
Until 28 January, Gulgong
Threads of Time – a group exhibition featuring textile works by Jenny Bowker, Helen Dobel, Helen Gray, Pamela Houghton Jones, Jan Irvine and Myree Maloney.
Susie McMeekin: Fire & Water – Beautiful ceramics in earthy tones and textures by well known artist, Susie McMeekin. Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong. Tel 02 6374 1630 Website www.cudgegonggallery.com.au

My Space, My Place
Until late January, Canowindra
The Taste Canowindra Anniversary Art Exhibition, judged by the winner of this years Country Energy landscape prize, Tim Winters. An array of works by more than twenty regional artists are on display: Ken Hutchinson, Christine Lanham, David Gough, Natalie Reid, Nyree Reynolds, Caroline Briggs, Mary Douglas & John Harrigan. Taste Canowindra, 42 Ferguson Street Tel 02 6344 2332 Website www.tastecanowindra.com.au

Under the Microscope: The Child Within
Until 3 February, Chinderah Bay
In 1987 psychiatrist Charlie Whitfield introduced the breakthrough concept of the inner child of an adult in a bestselling novel. Twenty years on Curious Art describes that part of us which is truly alive, creative, fearless, energetic and fulfilled in its last art exhibition for 2007 . The idea of ' Under the Microscope: The Child Within ' is of positive reflection on who you were as a child and who you can be now . Involves works of many mediums by the members of Curious Art and an area dedicated to works by children. Curious Art, 94a Chinderah Bay Drive Tel 02 6674 5340 Email curart@bigpond.net.au Website www.curiousart.org.au

Seraphim Trio
1 December, Tamworth
Musica Viva present Australia's most experienced piano ensemble, with Helen Ayres on violin, Timothy Nankervis on cello, and Anna Goldsworthy on piano. Celebrated for its vitality and intelligence, in 2007 the trio launched its innovative national series, featuring celebrated works of the trio repertoire alongside excerpts from letters and literature. Since receiving the piano tri and audience choice awards at the 2001 Australian National Chamber Music Competition, the trio has performed in Italy, Japan, Vienna, and Noumea. Contact Musica Viva Tel 02 8394 6666.

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Vibrant Colours & the Coast
1 December, Lennox Head
Shane Harle is an artist from Vancouver Island, Canada who is presently living in Lennox Head on a work exchange. While teaching art at Byron Bay High school and enjoying the coastal lifestyle Shane has produced a series of acrylic paintings showing a stylistic portrayal of the local landscapes including favourite surfing beaches. Shane's paintings have always been inspired by the natural environment having lived and adventured along the rugged west coast of North America. His work is vibrant and energetic with graduated tones of colours and reflects his love of the coast. Lennox Head Recreation Hall (corner of Mackney and Park Lanes). Tel 02 6687 7241 Email shaneharle@bigpond.com

Garth Art – Sculpture in the bush
1 – 16 December, Butterwick
Local based artist / sculptor, Michael Garth, opens his studio just outside Paterson to the public for selected weekends leading up to Christmas (note: weekends only). For many years people driving along Butterwick Road would have seen a growing number of large sculptures dotted around the property. Because of local interest, Garth decided to invite the public to walk around and enjoy this private and special sculpture walk. Maitland Regional Art Gallery is excited to be able to support this initiative as a City of the Arts Project. . Garth has been a practising artist for a number of years and currently works at the University of Newcastle in the Sculpture Department 486 Butterwick Road Butterwick NSW 2321 (approx 5km from Paterson). Tel 02 4038 5609 Email Michael.Garth@newcastle.edu.au

New Works by Greg Fergusson
1 – 22 December, Goulburn
Goulburn artist Greg Fergusson was a joint winner of the 2006 Goulburn Art Award; this exhibition is his prize. His winning work was an artist book that the judges described as an energetic expression of human outpouring. Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Tel 02 4823 4443

Fine Music and Seasonal Wassail
2 December, Murwillumbah
An evening of beautiful music with Murwillumbah Philharmonic Choir and Friends. The festive program will include performances by the full choir and small groups, classical guitar, Liquorice Allsorts (clarinet choir) and the Spofforth Consort (after the Renaissance composer- playing recorder). Starts 6pm. At Tweed River Art Gallery foyer, Mistal Rd, Murwillumbah. Tickets $15/$10 available from the gallery. Tel 02 6672 0409.

International Day of People with a Disability
3 – 6 December, Bathurst, Cowra, Lithgow, Mudgee, Orange, Parkes, Wellington
The Central West celebrates International Day of People with a Disability with a series of art making workshops and exhibitions across the region. The LENScapes and PRINTscapes exhibition at Cowra Art Gallery includes the photographic works of Rachel Simpson. There will be an arts workshop at the Seymour Centre in Bathurst teaching silk and glass painting and water colour painting, with a public launch at 6pm on 6 December. Art workshops and public exhibitions will be the highlight activities in Lithgow Library, with a two day exhibition of art works (paintings, pottery, photography) to follow. In Mudgee, the Mudgee Music Makers will be at The Stables for a day of interactive dance and music making with local musicians. Meanwhile artist Jocelyn Moles will run an art workshop for local people with a disability at Parkes Library with artworks then on display at the Library. For program details contact Arts OutWest Tel 02 6338 4657 or visit www.aarts.net.au

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Brad Hammond Floor Talk
6 December, Bathurst
Brad Hammond will discuss the inspirations and working process behind his exhibition of encaustic paintings now on display at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. Hammond will also present video works and explore their relationship to the paintings. 6pm at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Keppel Street Bathurst. Tel 02 6333 6555

In The Bin touring finale
7 December, Wombeyan Caves
In The Bin Touring Festival is widely respected and regarded throughout the film-making community for both its quality of films and entertainment value they hold. This program is set up to give the regional and rural Australia the chance of experiencing for themselves some of the very best short films that Australia has to offer. This year audiences are able to experience two parts of the festival program that being the Open and PG category. Featuring 14 of Australia's best short films plus 16 locally made shorts. Contact Elizabeth Brown, Southern Tablelands Arts Tel 02 4823 4407

Lionel Gailer: Highlights
7 December – 5 January, Gilgandra
An exhibition of work by Lionel Gailer at the Gilgandra Heritage Centre. Lionel pieces together his experiences of savouring Australia with his late wife in the 'bloo' Caravan. During this time he changed medium, after fifteen years, from watercolour to the brilliance and immediacy of pastels. Gailer's passion is in the fleeting moments when the light is unexpectedly different and his love is to place that light into another landscape context, to make everyday extraordinary. Contact Libby Kermond Carr Tel 02 6817 8700

Threaded Connections
7 December – 19 January, Lismore
A large artwork and installation is being made which aims to explore women's connections to their heritage, their cultural backgrounds, the natural environment and history. Lismore Regional Gallery Tel 02 6622 2209

Ganga Giri
8 December, Byron Bay
Ku Promotions presents the unique tribal-techno dance experience of Ganga Giri, including Rasta vocalist Jornick Joe Lick. Ganga Giri mixes red natural elements with fat tribal beats and dirty funky bass lines to create a unique tribal-technological deep earth dance experience. Explosive and pulsating, at times ambient and flowing, the music is a pumping percussive multi-layered experience of complex grooves and raw, deep natural sound. Jornick’s world culture vibes mixed with Ganga’s raw beats brings the tribal sensation to international standards. A Byron favourite, Ganga will be performing here with Indigenous Aussie songman Gumaroy, and dancer Dhinawan; along with DJ V-Ka, Elliot Orr on percussion, Rasta vocalist Jornick and many more surprise guests. So don’t miss out for your chance to strip down to your tribal instincts with this didge/dance experience! Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start. Tickets $20/$15. Tel 02 6684 7921
Website www.gangagiri.com

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Chorus in the Jenolan Caves
8 December, Jenolan Caves
Internationally acclaimed Bathurst Panorama Chorus perform in the Cathedral Jenolan Caves. Audience assembly in the Grand Arch at 4pm. Includes an optional tour of Lucas Cave. Jenolan Caves. Tel 1300 763 311

Ron McBurnie – In Search of the Miraculous: 300 years of British Printmaking
12 December – 12 February, Wagga Wagga
Highlights of British prints from the collection of Australian artist printmaker Ron McBurnie. Most of the prints in this exhibition have particular relevance to McBurnie's own printmaking practice. Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Tel 02 6926 9660

Imagining Papua New Guinea
13 December – 3 February, Murwillumbah
Prints from the National Collection - A National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition that celebrates Australia's nearest neighbour's rich history of printmaking in the thirty years since independence. Tweed River Art Gallery, Cnr Tweed Valley Way & Mistral Rd, Murwillumbah. Tel 02 6670 2790 Website www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

Slava Gregoryan & The Song Company:
Carols of Spain
14 December, Bathurst
Carols of Spain – a stomping and swooning Christmas in Spain is the perfect night out this Christmas. Slava, a much loved guitarist and The Song Company will perform together for the first time. Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 4pm. Tel 02 6333 6161.

International Creative Community exhibition
14 – 21 December, Coolamon
Tweed Shire Council hosts the 3rd International Creative Community (ICC) at the Coolamon Cultural Centre. The ICC is a collaboration of international artists that began its evolution in the Tweed in 2005 as part of the Tweed Shire City of the Arts 2003 – 2005 cultural program and has grown to be a unique and significant residency program. The inaugural exchange in January 2007 hosted 14 artists from South Korea who worked and exhibited with 14 Australian artists. This was then reciprocated in August 2007, when 11 Australian artists visited South Korea. The 3rd ICC exhibition features work by artists from South Korea, Indonesia and Australia: Daniel Park; Su Jin Lee; Ji Hyun Ji Lim; Lainie Cooper; Miryung Muir; Michaela Kloeckner; Tony Dowers; Maya Kuperman; Tania Summerell; Cate Cormack; Judson Chatfield; Anne-Laurie Demene and Perry Wagner-Grose. Tel 02 6670 2734.

The crazy variety puppet show
15 December, Bathurst.
The junior YOUtheatre group at Bathurst Theatre Company will present a production using puppets. The performance will be held in the Ponton Theatre at Charles Sturt University, 3pm. Contact Kathy Cameron Tel 02 6331 1129.

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The Calleen Collection
22 December – 26 January, Cowra
30 years of the Calleen Acquisition Award: works by David Fairbairn, Meg Buchanan, Greg daly, Jane Bruce, John Wilson and others. The Calleen Acquisition Prize, now a $10,000 Award given by the Calleen Trust, has allowed the gallery to acquire works for the collection by regionally and internationally recognised artists.
Cowra Art Gallery. Tel 02 6340 2190

Peats Ridge Festival
29 December – 1 January, Peats Ridge
Featuring only the finest local, national and international acts performing across 15 stages, Peats Ridge Festival will ensure your ears are treated to the very best music available this New Year. Features Brackets & Jam Tribal Beats, Desert Flame Belly Dance, Genevieve Little, Phil Edgely, Sam Buckingham Band, Bob Corbett, The Wooden, Jason Lowe, Shane Romeyn Solution, Mark Cashin & The Little Husses, In The Headset. Includes a large Indigenous music lineup. Website www.peatsridgefestival.com.au/home.asp

Parkes Elvis Festival 2008
9 – 13 January 2008, Parkes
The ClubsNSW Parkes Elvis Festival is Australia's premier Elvis event! On the 2nd weekend in January every year, the town of Parkes in Central New South Wales comes alive to the sounds of hip-swivelling Elvis impersonators! Held over five days, the Festival Program features more than 100 events. Highlight events include the Elvis Street Parade, Elvis in the Park Festivities, Keno Feature Concerts, Elvis Gospel Church Service and the Transtank Miss Priscilla dinner. Entertainment across the town is almost non-stop! Get online to be the first to receive the Festival Early Information Booklet.
Website www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au

Lots more What's On listings!
Needless to say, this is just a small sample of the huge number of arts and cultural events in regional and rural New South Wales this month. A number of Regional Arts Boards publish their own regional what's on listings which are available either on their websites or by (free) subscription:
Albury Wodonga – Murray Arts' The Fridge at www.thefridge.org.au
Central West – Arts OutWest's What's On at www.artsoutwest.org.au
Eastern Riverina – Eastern Riverina Arts Program's e-Bulletin available on request by email
Far West – Outback Arts e-Bulletin available on request by email
Mid North Coast – Arts Mid North Coast's e-Bulletin at www.artsmidnorthcoast.org
Northern Rivers – Arts Northern Rivers e-Bulletin available on request by email. Also signature event listings at www.artsnorthernrivers.com.au
North West – Arts North West What's On listings at www.artsnw.com.au
Orana – Orana Arts' e-Bulletin available at www.oranaarts.com
South East – South East Arts Region (SEAR) Calendar available in PDF at www.sear.org.au
Southern Tablelands – Southern Tablelands Arts (STARTS) e-Bulletin available on request by email 
Upper Hunter – Arts Upper Hunter's bi-monthly newsletter, ArtsBark, available on request by email

For more information about the Regional Arts Board network on the Regional Arts NSW website here.

More What's On listings around the ACT
Canberra Arts Marketing publishes a fabulous free fortnightly Arts Around Canberra newsletter in PDF which is available by subscription or on their website here. They also publish a Kids newsletter and the Arts Around Canberra website which is full of things to do and see in the Capital region. Check it out here

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Grants, Fellowships + Residencies

The IBBT | Art&D Program
The Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology (IBBT) is a Flemish Government ICT research institute, created to conduct demand-driven, multi-disciplinary research in cooperation with a wide range of companies and organisations. The IBBT's Art&D program was created to increase the importance of the creative aspects of technology innovation, aiming to connect people and knowledge, artists and researchers in a mutually beneficial experience. Art&D is a yearly program of project grants for artists for projects that include ICT research as a core element. Grants are from €10k - €75k, providing for the artist fee, the equipment, and the payment of the research work (commissioned and paid for by IBBT). The duration of projects should be a maximum of one year (can be less). Results – prototypes, partial installations, performances, etc – will be shown at a presentation event in Vooruit in Gent at the end of the first year. One project will have the opportunity for a 3 month residency at the SAT in Montral. Artists from all nationalities can apply, but the research collaborations are limited to existing IBBT research groups. Applicants should be able to demonstrate an experience in developing artistic projects that is on par with the funds requested. Email artD@ibbt.be Website www.ibbt.be
Closing 14 December

OzCo, Performing Lines, Ceres Solutions | Sound Travellers
A two year new music touring project to facilitate and promote the national touring of sound art/electronica, improvised jazz and contemporary classical music. Initial seed money is being provided by the Australia Council. The intention of Sound Travellers is to bring these genres to a larger audience nationwide at the same time as securing assistance for existing artists across the country to further develop their practice. More information and application forms available online. Contact Joanne Kee, Director, Ceres Solutions Mob 0414 973 095 Email jkee-at-soundtravellers.com.au Website http://soundtravellers.wordpress.com/
Closing 17 December

DCITA | Playing Australia
Playing Australia is the Australian Government's national performing arts touring program, aiming to give all Australians, wherever they live, better access to some of the country's best performing arts. From ballet to Indigenous dance, jazz to classical music and Shakespeare to bilingual theatre, Playing Australia has assisted the touring of performing arts across Australia since 1992. The program provides funding to companies, producers, venues, presenters and tour organisers to tour performing arts across state and territory boundaries where this is currently not commercially viable and there is demonstrated public demand. Full details online. Website www.dcita.gov.au/artsfunding
Closing 17 December

OzCo | Flying Start grant
Flying Start grants are to assist new artistic directors and general managers in one of the Key Organisations Triennial or Program companies funded by the Theatre Board to prepare themselves for their role. They are for any relevant professional development activities, and these could include a mentorship program, travel costs for meeting with peers and attending industry events, or skills training. Activities should be undertaken and completed within the first twelve months of appointment and the chair of the company should endorse the proposed activities. Applicants must not have more than three years' experience in a previous artistic director or general manager role and have not previously received a Flying Start grant. Maximum of $3,000 per grant. Details online. Contact Catherine Jones , Youth Arts Officer The Australia Council. Tel 02 9215 9323 Email c.jones@ozco.gov.au Website www.ozco.gov.au
Closing 31 December

Robert Riley Scholarships for Young Indigenous Australians
Offering funding to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in pursuit of studies in the fields of law, legal practice, human rights, child protection, criminology and criminal or juvenile justice. Four scholarships of up to $5,000 each will be awarded to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 25 years or under for the pursuit of studies. An additional two Sydney-based Robert Riley Scholarships, of up to $5,000 each, will be awarded in 2008 by a partnership between the Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP Salary Trust and The Foundation for Young Australians. Further information and application forms available online. Tel 03 9670 5436 Website www.youngaustralians.org
Closing 4 February 2008

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DCITA | Contemporary Music Touring Program
The Contemporary Music Touring Program provides opportunities for a wide range of music to tour the country-from rock, pop and jazz to folk, country and Indigenous music. The program is committed to supporting touring opportunities for Australian musicians, and increasing audience access to live and original Australian contemporary music, particularly in regional and remote Australia. All professional members of the Australian music industry — including performers, managers, agents, music networks and music organisations representing all contemporary music genres are eligible to apply. Full details online. Email music.touring@dcita.gov.au Website www.dcita.gov.au/artsfunding
Closing 5 February 2008

DCITA | Festivals Australia
Festivals Australia is an Australian Government cultural funding program which provides assistance to Australian regional and community festivals for the presentation of quality cultural projects. Funding is available to add a new or special sort of cultural activity that has never been done before and could not otherwise be afforded. For projects starting after 1 July 2008. Details online. Tel 02 6271 1931 Email festivals.australia@dcita.gov.au Website www.dcita.gov.au/artsfunding
Closing 15 February 2008

DCITA | Festivals Australia Regional Residencies
Festivals Australia Regional Residencies funds communities to engage artists to help them develop new locally-themed projects for community festivals or celebrations. It provides assistance to regional and remote communities to ‘tell their stories and the stories of their communities’, at local festivals and major one-off community celebrations and provides funds for an artist(s) to undertake a residency to work with communities to express their stories through visual arts/crafts, literature, dance, music, drama or other mediums. Organisations managing regular festivals or significant one-off community celebrations are eligible to apply. For projects starting after 1 July 2008. Details online. Tel 02 6271 1931 Email festivals.australia@dcita.gov.au Website www.dcita.gov.au/artsfunding
Closing 15 February 2008

MGNSW | Leg-Ups – Professional Development Assistance for Volunteer Initiated Museums
Leg Ups are quick response skill development grants for workers in volunteer managed museums throughout NSW. The grant can be used for various skills development projects, such as: volunteers attending a workshop, conference or seminar in NSW; volunteers visiting other museums/ sites/ venues, to share information on a similar project, learn new practices etc.; hosting an event that develops skills in the museum. The funds provided by Leg Ups can be used for in-house workshops, speakers and related costs,
program attendance fee, travel and accommodation assistance. Application details online. Contact Megan Barham Tel 02 9339 9913 Email meganb@mgnsw.org.au Website [PDF]  www.mgnsw.org.au
Ongoing

NSW FTO | Development Assistance
This grant from the NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) is to assist projects to reach the stage where they are ready to attract production finance. Development assistance takes the form of an investment which is repaid with interest when a project goes into production. Funding is available for the following types of projects: feature films, television series and telefeatures; documentaries; animation. The FTO favours projects which show a commitment to quality, innovation and potential commercial viability; provide a clear economic benefit to NSW and its film community; are likely to be substantially produced in NSW; and are qualifying Australian films. Details online. Tel 02 9264 6400 Email devfin@fto.nsw.gov.au Website www.fto.nsw.gov.au
Ongoing

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