2021 CASP Recipients Announced
Frances Evans, musician, and festival organiser of the 2021 CASP project, Warren Chamber Music Festival. Image, B Creative Architecture and Photography.
An exciting number of creative and cultural projects will be popping up all over the Outback Arts region with the announcement of the successful recipients for the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) to be delivered throughout 2021.
A little over $17,000 has been awarded to eight projects within the Outback Arts region to support community arts and cultural development. This funding program is well established and provides regional people access to a diverse range of cultural programs each year and brings local opportunities that may otherwise have not been available.
Outback Arts Executive Director Jamie-Lea Trindall said, “CASP is a significant investment by Create NSW directly to regional areas. It is a great initiative that provides regional communities and local people with an opportunity to create and realise their own project ideas involving arts and culture, especially during these trying times. Outback Arts are looking forward to seeing these projects develop over the coming year.”
Warren Chamber Music Festival Incorporated Warren Chamber Music Festival ($5,000)
The inaugural Warren Chamber Music Festival 7-9 May 2021 will inspire and educate audiences and boost the local economy by facilitating four concerts of exceptional quality in the Warren Shire. Professional musicians and skilled local performers will workshop, rehearse, and perform alongside each other.
Burren Junction Parents & Citizens Association 2021 School Play ($1,000)
A whole school musical drama production in the Burren Junction School of Arts Hall. Children will help write the play, build the sets, paint the backdrop and design the program. Every child, from Kindergarten to Year 6, will take part.
Coonamble Arts Alive Society Inc A Craving for Colour ($1,782)
Jude Flemming will teach 2 x 3-hour classes at the Talent Scouts Studio, Coonamble in March 2021 focused on learning how to mix colours to create your own personal palettes in the students preferred medium.
Warren Shire Council Public art in Warren - water tower mural ($2,466)
The project is to undertake painting of the Stafford Street water tower in Warren with a mural. The Warren Public Arts Committee composed of Council and community representatives has been established to help drive this project. The project is scheduled to occur during 2021.
Brewarrina Shire Council Resin Art ($2,000)
Brewarrina Shire Council will hold two four-hour, resin workshops, for 15 participants in each workshop, who will learn how to work with resin and take home 3 items of resin work. The workshops will take place in April 2021 at the Brewarrina Visitor Information Centre Hall.
Walgett Art Group Wellbeing Weekend of Art ($1,000)
Coonamble Artist, Georgina Burton will hold a mixed media weekend workshop in March 2021 at 'Glenrow’, Walgett. The workshop will be open to all Artists in the Walgett Region and will be preparing paintings to be exhibited in September along with a retrospective exhibition showcasing Deb Murray's artworks.
Marra Creek Recreation Reserve Land Manager Lamp Shades & Cushions ($1,500)
Lamp Shade and Cushion workshop with Melinda O'Donoghue, owner of Bespoke Sewing and Design. The workshop will develop skills, provide creative outlet and important social interaction for isolated community.
Lightning Ridge Arts & Crafts Council Inc Leadlight window depicting local history ($2,466)
A group of artists are planning a scene depicting the original post office at Lightning Ridge which includes the mail coach and horses, early pioneers, mining scenes of men at work on a windlass, community nurse and the women who supported them.
The Country Arts Support Program is a devolved funding program coordinated locally by the 14 regional arts development organisations in NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. Applications are assessed locally by a panel.
