New Hopscotch round announced – Interarts, due November 4, 2011
A new round of Inter-Arts’ Hopscotch touring funding has been announced. Applications due November 4, 2011.
See http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/hopscotch_touring_initiative for more information.
The Australia Council invites live art practitioners to propose national and international tours for live art work.
Your live art work must be ready to tour, and have confirmed one or more presentation partners. This could include festivals, theatres, galleries or community spaces who can support you to present your work regionally, interstate and/or overseas.
Hopscotch is a Market Development initiative, in partnership with the Inter-Arts Office. The aims are to:
- support innovative Australian live art by developing new national and international markets
- extend the life of live art works through touring
- build knowledge, expertise and networks for presenting live art
- increase artists’ professional networks and income levels, and diversify their income
- maximise audience engagement with Australian live art
Who can apply?
Australian live art practitioners can apply as individual artists or as a group. You will need to articulate your work in the context of Australian and/or international live art practice.
What can I apply for?
You can apply for up to $10,000 to tour your live art work to presentation spaces which may be regional, interstate and/or overseas. You can only request Hopscotch funding to support travel, freight, accommodation costs and per-diems (a daily amount to cover basic personal expenses while on tour – you can refer to the Australian Tax Office’s per diem guidelines as a guide).
You must detail the artist fees and income within your budget, as confirmed with your presentation partner/s. We acknowledge that live art practice is experimental and may connect with emerging arts spaces so that full fees are not always possible, however you must clearly demonstrate the strategic opportunities and future income this presentation will generate.
Applications that demonstrate strong commitment from presenters and partners, including appropriate artist fees and other co-funding, will be more competitive against the selection criteria.
Restrictions:
- This initiative does not support purchasing capital items, production costs or artists fees. These must be outlined in your budget, with fees and in-kind support from presentation partner/s confirmed in support letter/s.
- Applicants with outstanding acquittals for Australia Council grants are not eligible to apply.
What is live art?
Live art is a term used to describe work in which artists explore the live experience of artistic processes, pushing conventions of theatre, performance art and site-specific work. It may also engage local communities and diverse audiences to develop, create and participate in the live event.
Live art networks include LALA (Live Art List Australia) and the Live Art Development Agency, supported by the Arts Council England. Recently the Australia Council has supported live art initiatives including the Visible City laboratory with the Melbourne Fringe festival, the P4 (Pilot) project with Performance Space, PICA and pvi collective, and the upcoming Live Art Cultural Leadership program with Field Theory and Performance Space. See recent Hopscotch grant recipients and stay tuned for stories about these live art tours.
Background
This is an Australia Council Market Development initiative, in partnership with the Inter-Arts Office.
Market Development aims to increase the visibility and viability of Australian arts with programs and initiatives that complement the sector plans of the artform boards. It is responsible for:
- connecting Australian art with markets and audiences, nationally and internationally
- building knowledge via research and evaluation
- strategic investment and initiatives to help artists reach their full potential.
The Inter-Arts Office is part of the Arts Funding division, and supports new artistic practice that does not fall within the existing funding guidelines of the artform boards. This includes creative processes such as interdisciplinary and hybrid arts, and experimental projects involving artists and practitioners from other fields. See news and details of some of the interdisciplinary arts projects Inter-Arts supports.
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