Sarah Reuben
Parap, NT, 0820 Theatre for Babies Professional Development

"This fellowship is designed to develop my practice, expand my networks and be inspired by the global leaders making theatre for very young audiences. This tailored program will see me observe ‘Trick of the Light’, in Wellington NZ, throughout a development of their newest work and then attend the Edinburgh International Children's Festival, Imaginate. I will bring my learnings back to Darwin for a series of forums with community groups and fellow artists."

Anna Richardson Mardella, WA,6125 The Good

"Development & delivery of a significant solo exhibition ‘The Good”: a playful drawing project seeking radical optimism in depicting parenting, animals & connection over food within my practice. I have been commissioned to create a major solo exhibition by the Condensery- Somerset Regional Arts Gallery QLD which will become an ongoing national regional tour to Wagga Wagga Art Gallery NSW & Warnambool Art Gallery VIC across 23023/2024"

Elisa Markes-Young Margaret River, WA, 6285 Tęsknota and the making of home (working title)

"I will explore the cultural melancholia expressed in the Polish concept of ‘tęsknota’, and old Polish superstitions and customs relating to establishing a home. I will also research materials and traditional textile techniques. Lastly, applying the cultural and material knowledge gained from the research I will develop a conceptual framework for a new body of work."

Erin McCuskey Ballarat East, VIC, 3350 Come Home

"Come Home explores the interchange between longing and belonging through moving-image research and experimentation in a regional cinema residency. Using layers of archival, found, and created film footage in analogue and digital formats, we investigate the nature of belonging through the development of moving image studies in response to a series of thematic provocations rooted in immigration and colonialism. In collaboration with First Peoples artists regarding aspects of Country and home, we interrogate and test film layering techniques to explore cinematic convention as cultural expression."

Anna Thomson Rapid Creek, NT, 0810 MOTHERSHIP NYC Residency

"I wish to undertake a one-month residency at Mothership NYC in August 2023 in New York City. This will be a multi-disciplinary project exploring the intersections of costume design, physical comedy, and participatory methods of performance creation, culminating in a performance at Mothership's Artist salon." 

Jhi Rayner Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650 Once in a lifetime: Improvisational Theatre Development and Training

"I will be working with an internationally renowned improvisor Nick Byrne, located in Canberra, to shadow his teaching of classes, alongside one on one development of improvisation skills, forms and techniques over a 3-month period. I will then take these new skills learnt back to Wagga Wagga and work with performers in the region to create a proof of concept showing for a 100% improvised performance that encompasses a single story without pre-planned ideas or prompts from Audience."