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GRANTS AWARDED
Board of Trustees Meeting
15 May 2008

Ms Alana Blackburn, NSW, Music
$7,000 to undertake postgraduate study (Recorder), Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 2008 - September 2009

Mr Wallace Gunn, VIC, Music
$7,000 to undertake a Master of Music in Composition, Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA, September 2008 to May 2010

Mr Laurence Meikle, VIC, Music
$7,000 to undertake a postgraduate Diploma in Opera, Royal Academy of Music, London, September 2008 - July 2010

Ms Julie Sommerfeldt, NSW, Literature and Conservation. $7,000 to undertake a Graduate Diploma in Book and Library Materials Conservation, West Dean College, West Sussex, UK, September 2008 - July 2009

Ms Jamie Nelson, VIC, Shoe Design
$6,000 to undertake a Masters in Fashion Footwear, Cordwainers, London College of Fashion, August 2008 - April 2010

Ms Claire Egan, VIC, Music
$5,000 to undertake an opera training course, Cardiff International Academy of Voice, September 2008 - June 2009

Mr Trent Jansen, NSW, Design
$5,000 to undertake a study tour visiting design producers, Amsterdam, Breda, The Netherlands; Kortrijk, Belgium; Zurich, Switzerland; Milan, Italy, August - September 2008

Mr Simon James Phillips, NSW, Music $5,000 to work as Peter Pichler's assistant for the production "1001 Nacht - which side are you on loser?" and undertake workshops with Tommi Zeuggin, Munich, Berlin, Germany, September - November 2008

Ms Paige Anderson, VIC, Film and TV $4,500 to complete graduating film project "He Goes, She Goes" as part of her Bachelor of Film and TV degree at the Victorian College of the Arts,  June - September 2008

Ms Chantelle Cano, VIC, Dance
$4,500 to undertake intensive flamenco dance training with Pepa Molina, Francesca Frima, Andres Pena and attend the Bienal de Sevilla Flamenco Festival, Madrid,  Seville, Spain; July - August 2008

Mr Nicholas Dorward, QLD, Theatre
$4,500 to meet and observe the rehearsals of;  the Wooster Group; Gob Squad; Lone Twin; Imitating the Dog; Hotel Pro Forma and to attend the Edinburgh International Arts and Fringe Festivals;, New York City, USA; Berlin, Germany; Brighton and Leeds, UK; Edinburgh, Scotland; Copenhagen, Denmark, July - August 2008

Mr Kieran Swann, QLD, Theatre
$4,500 to meet and observe the rehearsals of;  the Wooster Group; Gob Squad; Lone Twin; Imitating the Dog; Hotel Pro Forma and to attend the Edinburgh International Arts and Fringe Festivals, New York City, USA; Berlin, Germany; Brighton and Leeds, UK; Edinburgh, Scotland; Copenhagen, Denmark, July - August 2008

Ms Melissa Chambers, VIC, Theatre
$4,000 to undertake classes and mentorship with Carol Rosenfeld, Richard Armstrong, and The Production Company, New York City, USA, September - December 2008

Ms Olivia Crang, VIC, Theatre
$4,000 to participate in Mirage International , the International Performers Village and attend INTERREGNUM: In between States', Belgrade, Serbia; Malpils, Latvia; Copenhagen, Denmark, June - August 2008

Mr Daniel Smith, NSW, Music
$4,000 to undertake private lessons in conducting with Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti, Accademia Musicale Chigiana and Teatro Dell'Opera di Roma, Siena, Rome, Italy, July - August 2008

Mr Owen Leong, VIC, Visual Arts
$3,500 to undertake a two month visual arts residency at the Moya Dyring Studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, September - October 2008

Ms Amanda Mouellic, VIC, Theatre
$3,500 to attend a Directing Workshop, led by Cristian Drut, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November - December 2008

Mr Edwin Kemp-Attril, SA, Theatre
$3,000 to undertake training with the Headlines Theatre Company and Street Spirits, Vancouver, Canada, August 2008

Ms Jess Love, VIC, Theatre
$3,000 to attend clowning workshops at L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris, France, July 2008

Mr James Holland, Music
$2,500 to undertake private lessons in Lute and Theorbo with Nigel North, Indiana, USA, September 2008

Ms Lee Mathers, NSW, Glass
$2,500 to attend the American Glass Art Society's (GAS) 38th Conference, Portland, USA, June - August 2008

Ms Madeleine Boud, VIC, Music
$2,000 to attend the 2008 Mozarteum Summer Academy (violin), University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, July 2008

Ms Jessie Angwin, VIC, Visual Arts (New Media) $1,000 to undertake a residency at the New Pacific Studio, Masterton, New Zealand, September 2008

Read more about award recipients

To help provide you with more information about The Ian Potter Cultural Trust we have compiled the following list of the Trust's Media Releases, published reports and featured news articles.

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• The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Distribution Report 2005/06
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• The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Distribution Report 2004/05
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• Announcment of the 2005 Music Commissions Awards
  (148kb PDF Document)
• The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Distribution Report 2003/2004
  (764kb PDF Document)
• Announcement of the 2003 Music Commissions Awards
  (427kb PDF Document)
• The Ian Potter Foundation Distribution Report 2000/2001 (including The Ian Potter Cultural Trust)
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• Media Release 20 June, 2001 "Eight Australian Composers Receive Financial Support for New Music"
  (28kb PDF Document)
• The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Distribution Report 1999/2000
  (244kb PDF Document)
• Announcement of 1999 Music Commissions Awards
  (12kb PDF Document)
• Speech by Lady Primrose Potter, 6 September 1999, at the occasion of the Music Commissions Awards
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