Applications are now open for HOTA’s 2020 Creative Development Program, designed to support art-making and provide platforms for creative development, presentation and collaboration.
HOTA CEO Criena Gehrke said, “The Creative Development Program is a collaborative initiative and one of the ways in which ‘we put our money where our mouth is’, underscoring our support of artists,“ Gehrke said. “This program is focused on giving direct support to local artists. We’re offering funding, professional support and in-kind resources to help our amazing homegrown talent develop their ideas.”
She said the program was established last year and was incredibly successful with more than 60 artists involved in creating, developing and producing all kinds of work. “Successful applicants covered a wide spectrum of disciplines including dance, storytelling, visual art and mind blowing experiences and it was a great privilege to see first-hand how this kind of support can really help artists thrive.” Nadia Sunde was one of the inaugural grant recipients; a performing artist and author, who collaborated with Everybody Now on R.I.N.K: a celebration of rollerskating culture. “The Creative Development Program allowed us to take our rough diamond of inspiration for our project RINK, shine it under a light and really begin to explore its facets.”
This year there is a combined pool of over $200,000 in cash and in-kind resources available and HOTA is once again welcoming ideas both large and small from all artistic forms. “To be eligible you must be an individual artist or arts company that is currently working or living on the Gold Coast or are developing a body of work here,” said Gehrke. ”Local artists with projects that could benefit from some of their development taking place interstate, can also apply to co-develop their work at Carriageworks in Sydney, as well as here on the Gold Coast.
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