The Helpmann Academy Elevate Mentorship Program is a valuable way to build on your emerging career by providing knowledge, exploration, and hands on experience, beyond your studies. An Elevate Mentorship can take the form of creative development or business development.
The mentorship structure can vary considerably depending on the goals of the mentee and what the mentor can offer. Applications should include a proposal outlining how the mentorship will be structured and what the expected outcomes will be.
Here are a few examples of how your mentorship could be structured:
- Studio visits, allowing for the hands-on development of skills and observational learning
- Development sessions for a dance, music or theatre work
- Film script development and advice on editing a film
- Advice on mounting an exhibition
- Assistance with establishing the business and practical side of an arts practice (e.g. writing a business or marketing plan)
Your mentorship can be done face to face, or you could explore an online mentorship and connect with a mentor without the barrier of geography. You have the freedom to choose whatever mentor you deem most beneficial to your artistic development. The only limitation is your imagination.
Up to $3,000 is available for your Elevate Mentorship. You must carefully consider the most appropriate way to allocate this funding when submitting your application.
“I was holding myself back as an artist, out of fear and politeness and a bit of ignorance, and Elena and her mentorship helped me discover who I was and what I wanted to say and put out into the world. She helped me burst out of my shell.”
Aarod Vawser
Aarod undertook a mentorship in 2022 with South Australian based writer, director and actor Elena Carapetis.
“The Helpmann Elevate Mentorship has been a significant highlight in my arts career. Romy Mittelman is one of the most inspiring contemporary jewellers in Australia, and her generosity in sharing her knowledge was overwhelming. Being an independent artist and craftsperson is a whole lot of hard work, and it is easy to get isolated and discouraged. I think without these types of opportunities I would not be where I am today. The mentorship project transformed my practice…”
Erin Daniell
2022 Elevate Mentorship recipient with Australian jewellery designer and maker Romy Mittelman
KEY DATES
Round 1 Applications open 27 March 2023
Round 1 Applications close 14 May 2023 at 11:59pm
For activity between 1 July 2023 and 31 December 2023
Round 2 Applications open 25 September 2023
Round 2 Applications close 5 November 2023 at 11:59pm
For activity between 1 January 2024 and 30 June 2024
BEFORE YOU START YOUR APPLICATION
Please check your eligibility here.
Make sure you read the Information for Applicants guidelines thoroughly and review the application form in detail. We recommend that you read our Grant Writing Tip Sheet and adhere to the advice.
We strongly encourage you to discuss your submission with the Helpmann Academy. Please contact the Helpmann Academy on (08) 7089 0720 or info@helpmannacademy.com.au to make an appointment. Phone or Teams meetings are welcome and encouraged.
GET IN TOUCH
(08) 7089 0720 / info@helpmannacademy.com.au
MAJOR PARTNER & PROGRAM CHAMPION
The Elevate Mentorship Program is one of Helpmann’s most valuable programs, presented by Commonwealth Private and supported through a giving circle of key philanthropic patrons. Each Elevate patron makes an annual contribution of $2,000 toward the program. Through the generosity of Commonwealth Private your contribution when you become an Elevate patron will be matched. Learn more here.
Image: Aarod Vawser in New World Coming. Photo by Aiden Smith. Erin Daniell in the studio by Lana Adams.