Individuals and groups 2021-22

General feedback

The peers were impressed with the applications received to this highly competitive round and commended all applicants for showing drive. They noted the strong resilience and innovation of applicants in pursuing projects during the COVID -19 pandemic.

The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications in the round and made the following comments:

• The peers recommended that applicants read the program guidelines closely and speak to Arts Tasmania staff before applying for support.
  • Several applications made to this round included ineligible costs like equipment purchases.
• Applications to Arts Tasmania’s program are assessed by multi-artform panels of artists from diverse backgrounds.
  • Applicants were reminded to write in Plain English and to avoid artform specific language.
• Applicants were encouraged to carefully curate support material.
  • The attachments and web links provided should speak to the assessment criteria (quality, planning and benefit).
  • Web links should take assessors directly to the chosen work or article rather than a generic website or homepage.
  • Applicants should make sure that links don’t not take peers to member only websites or content behind paywalls.
  • Relevant passwords should be provided if required.
  • The support material limits outlined in the application form should not be exceeded.
• Applications for large or longer-term projects should include a clear timeline to give the peers confidence that they can be achieved.
• Budgets should be clear and detailed.
  • Applications with budgets that included appropriate artist wages and fees in line with industry rates were more likely to be supported by the peers.
  • The peers were particularly impressed with budgets that included superannuation.
  • The peers noted many applications with small grant requests and encouraged applicants to budget realistically.
  • Applications focused on promotion or market development should include appropriate marketing costs in the budget.
  • Applicants were encouraged to make use of the budget notes section to include any additional information, especially around industry wages, co contributions or other grants and funding.
  • The peers recommended that applicants speak to Arts Tasmania staff about budget items, including artist wages and fees, if they were unclear.
  • The peers were particularly impressed with applications that budgeted for and addressed accessibility - including costs associated with interpreters and delivering on plans for diversity and inclusion.
• Applications that directly outlined the project and wrote directly to the criteria were strongly supported.
  • Applicants were encouraged to clearly state what the funding was for and why the project was important.
  • More compelling applications spoke to the timeliness and relevance of the opportunity to the applicant’s practice.
• Experienced artists were reminded that not all peers would be familiar with their practice or body of work.
  • Regardless of industry experience, appropriate artistic support material and letters of support still were required for an application to be competitive.
• Emerging artists were encouraged to include support material, even if they have limited evidence of past work.
• Applications that included compelling letters of support were more likely to be supported.
  • Letters of support that spoke to one or all of the assessment criteria greatly assisted the peers.
  • Letters of support from industry professionals that were not financially invested in the project held more weight with the peers.
• The peers recommended that applicants talk to Arts Tasmania’s Program Officer – Aboriginal Arts if the application included plans to involve Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural content or Tasmanian Aboriginal artists.

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s July 2021 round (including Artsbridge, Community Arts and Cultural Development [Arts Organisations], Community Arts and Cultural Development [Individuals and groups], Individuals and groups, the Live Performance Reactivation Program, Organisations, Organisations [multi-year] and Youth Arts Organisations):

• Alexandra Morse
• Astrid Wootton
• Belinda Kelly
• Bert Spinks
• Bhuvana Veeramani
• Bianca Templar
• Caine Chennatt
• Cali Prince
• Christian Ramilo
• Dawn Oelrich
• Emma Bugg
• Evan Carydakis
• Graeme Miles
• Greg Leong
• Harry Edwards
• Isabella Stone
• Jabra Latham
• Jane Edwards
• Jay Bushby
• Jeff Hockley
• Jillian Mundy
• Kate Gordon
• Keith Dougall
• Kim Lehman
• Kiri Morcombe
• Lasca Dry
• Luana Towney
• Lucie Cutting
• Lucy Pitt
• Matthew Lamb
• Rachel Small
• Raimondo Cortese
• Robert Flehr
• Ruth Langford
• Sarah McCormack