Artistic Development Grant

2011 Artistic Development Grant Recipients

Sebastian Lowe

My name is Sebastian Lowe and I’m currently studying Performance Viola with Dr. Lara Hall at the University of Waikato. I am into my fourth and final year. I have completed two undergraduate degrees at the University of Waikato: a Bachelor of Arts majoring in anthropology and German (2009), and a Bachelor or Music, majoring in Performance Viola (2010). I hope for a career as an orchestral musician.
In August this year I will be travelling to Norway to further my studies. I passed an audition earlier this year for the Grieg Academy in Bergen, Norway; and as well as studying viola, I will also be studying early music and Norwegian. The grant I have received from Creative Hamilton, for which I am incredibly grateful, will help support my life in the far north.

Yaniv Janson

I am a contemporary New Zealand artist (www.y-artist.blogspot.com) inspired by the works of Hundertwasser, Matisse and Monet. The people who enjoy my art tell me they connect emotionally to my work. I seek to surprise and having surprised, ask my audience to visualise another era – that of post-climate change. In so doing I aim to help raise awareness about environmental and sustainability issues using aesthetic channels of communication. My last international exhibition Chemins Croisés was in December 2010 at the Galerie Celal in Paris. In April 2011, I was the (youngest!!) guest artist at the Wellington Academy of Fine Arts Members Exhibition. I am very grateful to Creative Hamilton for having awarded me an Artistic Development Grant towards professional development in the USA and Canada and to support my next overseas exhibition taking place in Stanstead, Canada June 2011.

Evelyne Ann Bourton

Evelyne Ann Bourton, has a BMus-Honours and a post-graduate diploma in linguistics from the University of Waikato where she was a Sir Edmond Hillary scholar. While studying at the University she was also awarded a University blues award for outstanding performance in music and the Wallace Corporation award for the most service to the arts. Evelyne was a member of the Chapman Tripp NBR New Zealand Opera Chorus in 2007 & 2008. In 2007 she won first place for the regional prize at the New Zealand aria competition. She has been the Associate Artist for the Hamilton Civic Choir and a finalist in the Becroft North Shore Aria competition. She has participated in workshops with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Dame Malvina Major and has attended the NZ Opera School. Evelyne has played the role of Serpetta in Mozart’s ‘la Finta Giardiniera’ for Opera Unleashed and the Dragonfly in Maurice Ravel’s opera ‘the Bewitched Child’ for Opera Factory and there 2010 Christmas Gala. Recent performances have included, The Hamilton Gardens Art Festival for Slip of the Tongue Productions, house concerts in Cambridge for Gregor Morandini and the launch of the fringe festival in Hamilton at the Meteor Theatre. Evelyne is taking up two places in Italy this summer one at The Bel Canto institute in Urbania and the other at the International Lyric Academy in Rome, she auditioned for these schools at the beginning of 2011. She is currently working with NZ Basso Grant Dickson

$2000

Applications are invited from individual artists who have contributed to the local arts scene who now wish to further their artistic careers. The Artistic Development Grant has been established by the Hamilton Community Arts Council to support artists of various fields including: visual, performing, dance, craft, film, music (etc )and who require funding to develop their arts practice.

Now open, applications close Wednesday 4th April 2012

Criteria:

Applicants must reside or undertake the majority of their artistic activity within Hamilton city
Applicants must be a developing artist in the pursuit of enhancing/advancing their career prospects within the arts

Occurance: Once a year annually

Eligible projects may include:

Travel (either national or international) in relation to an arts project
Fees or course costs for training
Accommodation/expenses
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Types of Activities That Can’t be Funded:

Staging of a local exhibition, concert or performance
Servicing of debts
Facility development
Schools based projects
Equipment/materials

How to Apply

Please provide a two page project outline including:

What you have done in your chosen arts field and for how long
Why you want to undertake the professional development/training (or other) that you have selected
How it will enhance your career or progress in your arts field
Two referees who are familiar with your art practice