24 October 2023
Proudly supported by the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation, the Creative Investment Fellowships assist emerging creatives with ambitious projects and professional development programs.
We’re thrilled to announce that five emerging creatives will share in a pool of $50,000 to support their self-designed development projects.
Read on to learn more about the exciting projects our emerging creatives will embark on in the new year.
Virginia Blackwell (Flinders University)
Virginia plans to produce a 15-minute short film from her original script Dragging the Chain that explores the themes of grief and survival in young women. She wrote the script based on her personal experience of grief and loss and her journey to acceptance. Virginia is scheduled to commencing shooting in February next year.
Amber Cronin (University of South Australia)
Amber will undertake an international residency at PADA Studios in Lisbon, Portugal, enabling her to research and create new, ambitious work for Art Gallery of South Australia’s Radical Textiles exhibition in late 2024. This opportunity will expand her practice in scale and materials, enriched by vital international research.
Brittany Gallasch (Flinders University)
In early 2024 Brittany will produce a quality showreel, showcasing the past two years of her intensive motion capture (MoCap) experience and skill development. She will also travel to London distribute her showreel as well as undertake specialist mentorships to strengthen her MoCap, voice-over, combat and business skills. Upon her return, Brittany will run an introductory MoCap workshop in Adelaide to share her some of her knowledge and skills.
Gianluca Noble (Flinders University)
Gianluca travel to Chicago, United States to attend iO Theater’s Summer Intensive where he will learn the fundamentals of improv theatre. After this summer school experience, Gianluca will travel to Northern Ontario, Canada to attend devising courses at One North Clown and Creation.
Sam Wilson (University of Adelaide)
Sam Wilson is the songwriter, singer and guitarist of art-folk band, Wake in Fright. Sam will undertake a live and promotional tour of Wake in Fright’s 2023 album Touch Hands Pack Sting to Tokyo, Japan in in early 2024, with an emphasis on cross-cultural musical exchange to bring South Australian music to a broader international public.
Congratulations to the following Helpmann Academy Creative Investment Fellowship recipients.
The Helpmann Creative Investment Fellowships were made possible through support from the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation.
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