Four arts projects supporting sustainable cultural development in Hepburn Shire have received significant funding in the first round of funding announcements from Regional Arts Victoria.
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The total of the fund, which supports participation in and access to the arts, is $160,000. The successful applicants from the shire ought to congratulate themselves for securing funding for four out of the fourteen projects which have been funded across Victoria as part of the government’s competitive Regional Arts Fund.
In Hepburn, Kirsten Bradley has received $15,000 of funding for a new collaboration between permaculture educators Milkwood and national sound art organisation Liquid Architecture.
The project is inspired by Milkwood’s daily observation of their beehive, which has provided insight into the health, mood and sociality of the bees via the sounds coming from the hive. Why Listen To Bees is a sound art project exploring the world of the honeybee through lecture performances, poetry and soundwalks.
Also in Hepburn, the Spa Country Events Group has received $11,400 to put on community storytelling workshops. The Mosquito: Community Storytelling is based on story slams and aims to tell the story of the community by focusing the slam themes to tell the story of Hepburn Shire. The workshops will be conducted by local storyteller Anne E Stewart, followed by storytelling heats. All stories will be recorded for podcast and vidcast.
Over in Glenlyon, the Glenlyon Progress Association has received $4860 for a project titled Nature Devours Art. In the project, artist Jodie Goldring and environmental education consultant Nicole Howie will lead the community in identifying and gathering indigenous and exotic plants growing alongside the riparian zone of the Loddon River. The community will then collaborate to create impermanent eco-scuptures using natural and found objects to be gradually absorbed back into the landscape by the elements.
Regional Arts Victoria partnerships director Liz Zito said the projects would contribute to the creative activity occurring across the state throughout the year.
“Here is a broad spectrum of artistic practice, including Indigenous storytelling, sound art, weaving, theatre making and visual arts. Mentorships and residencies, as well as creative new works, feature heavily within this Regional Arts Fund round,” Ms Zito said.