2023 CASP Winners Announced
Image from the Irish and Celtic Music Festival (irishcelticmusicfestival.com) site
The Country Art Support Program or CASP has funded creative projects and makers across the Southern Tablelands Arts (STA) region and regional NSW for decades.
Now the 2023 local CASP winners have been announced:
| LGA | Project | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Yass Valley | Poetry Workshops, Performance and Mentoring for Youth | CASP will help fund a page-to-stage program for young people, including three poetry workshops and performance opportunities at the Yass Irish & Celtic Music Festival. |
| Hilltops | SILO SOUNDS Inc. Youth Classical Music Mentoring Program | CASP to fund six mentoring programs for Harden’s school children. |
| Goulburn Mulwaree | Connecting Community Through Clay | Young adults with intellectual disability and members of the Goulburn Community Garden will work together to design, create and install a clay mural inspired and informed by nature. |
| Goulburn Mulwaree | Goulburn District Art Society – Tutored Workshop Program | “We are extremely grateful for the CASP GRANT awarded through STARTS to subsidise the costs of our workshops. This grant provides a wonderful opportunity to our GDAS members and other artists to participate in the exciting program planned for 2023.” |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang | Discover Possum cloaks though Aunty Matilda’s workshop and story-telling session. | Local elder Aunty Matilda will facilitate a workshop about the cultural importance of the Possum Cloak at The Queanbeyan Hive. |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang | Under the Influence | CASP to support the production of a musical and theatrical performance in which Bungendore’s cabaret duo Shortis and Simpson lead Braidwood’s Mikelangelo (Michael Simic) through his musical influences. |
| Wingecarribee | Find Your Folk – Emerging artists program | “We are completely thrilled to receive this grant, which will help emerging artists get the performance experience and exposure they need. Support of this kind is critical following the dearth of performance during Covid-19 lockdowns, it helps revive our cultural life.” Winsome Hall, Bundanoon Folk Festival Association. |
| Wingecarribee | Workroom Lockers | To fund the purchase of lockers for use in three workshops to be used by students, volunteers and tutors at Bowral District Arts Society. |
Congratulations all!
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