The recipients for the 20/21 Create NSW Country Arts Support Program (CASP) have been announced and we are both proud and thrilled to share the recipients from the Murray Arts footprint. You can read about the 6 successful projects below.
'A Land of Snow and Ice' Creatives Land of Snow and Ice Performances
A Land of Snow and Ice is an Arctic adventure for young people and their grown ups. Brave explorers must travel to the far North, to complete a very important mission. With an emphasis on providing imaginative opportunities to learn, to play and to discover, the work uses a combination of role play and sensory activities to promote belonging and connection between young people, their families and their community. CASP funding will allow the work to be shared with audiences in Albury, Corowa and Beechworth.
The work has been developed in consultation with young people and their families as well as educators to ensure that the work is relevant and engaging to our audience. https://www.facebook.com/rachelmcnamaraactor
Atomic Music Regional Originals Atomic Music
Regional Originals is a fortnightly, original music night to be hosted at Woolhouse Albury with a keen focus on three original music artists each event. This fortnightly, tables booked, COVID safe, seated event highlights original artists and gives them a supportive setting to perform their music.
Mulwala Public School P&C Inc Bpangarang Animal Garden
Mulwala Public School students will collaborate with local Elder Uncle Freddie Dowling to create a sculpture garden of plasma cut local native animals. The garden will enhance the school communities understanding of Bpangarang language and culture and provide a platform for students to experience the elements of drawing and design.
Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau Inc Our Home – a digital storytelling project
Our Home is a digital storytelling project that shares and celebrates the unique stories from Albury-Wodonga’s vibrant Bhutanese and Congolese communities. In partnership with local artists Alyson Evans and Tahni Froudist, community members will participate in storytelling workshops, resulting in 6 digital storytelling films that will be shared during Harmony Week.
Albury Wodonga Photography Group In The Bubble
A community photography project and exhibition showing the huge change 2020 has brought to our lives, particularly in the Border Bubble (Albury/Wodonga), and how we adapted and came together as a community, and as artists.
The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is an annual small grants program and is guided by the Arts and Cultural Funding Program’s three major objectives:
grow creative leadership and programming excellence in NSW
strengthen NSW arts and cultural activity that drives community and social benefits
showcase NSW as a leader for strategic arts and cultural governance and strong financial management.
President of Albury Wodonga Photography Group Dirk Wallace at Turks Head Gallery where the CASP project 'Bubble' will be exhibited. Photo: Jesse Hartwig
Murray Arts contributes directly to the arts and cultural lifeblood of the NE VIC/ Border region by working directly with individuals, communities and local government to assist them in developing the arts and cultural life of their communities.
Murray Arts gratefully acknowledges funding partners:
Murray Arts acknowledges the traditional custodians and caretakers of the land and waters on which we are privileged to work. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and encourage everyone to champion our emerging leaders of the future.
