The Ian Potter Cultural Trust received 151 applications in the first Emerging Artist Grants funding round of 2024. From this highly competitive pool, 29 artists were awarded $344,584 in grants.

The Trust's new grantees will travel to 14 countries, including Finland, Japan, and Indonesia, to undertake professional development opportunities tailored to their respective creative practices.

New Way Voguing and screen music composition are among the diverse disciplines in which our new grantees will gain skills, knowledge, and expertise.

Congratulations to our new grantees; we look forward to following your professional development journeys. For further information on their projects, you can visit our Grants Database.

NEW GRANTEES

Crafts

 

Mikaela Earnshaw

$7,746

Zhu Ohmu

$15,000

Dance

 

Siobhan Lynch 

$14,390

Avalon Ormiston 

$10,500

Kade Power 

$8,258

Design

 

Jessie French

$15,000

Literature

 

Isabella Trimboli

$11,814

Mia-Francesca Jones 

$7,000

Nadia Mahjouri

$12,000

Music Classical

Daisy Wong

$15,000

Fiona Qiu

$15,000

Harrison Swainston

$15,000

Imogen Ferdinando

$5,172

Stefan Grant

$15,000

Bernice Chua

$15,000

Music Contemporary

Rebecca Bracewell

$4,500

Ayda Akbal

$15,000

Yasmin Sharaf

$12,034

Performing Arts

Joshua Belperio

$15,000

Anisa Nandaula $15,000
Maki Morita $6,806
Ben Walter $12,609
Daniel Ball $8,601

Visual Arts

Jenna Lee

$6,235

Ella Dunn

$10,224

Nicole Thomson

$13,770

Hana Earles

$15,000

Lorna Quinn

$15,000

Tinieka Page

$12,925