RELEASE: ArtsNL Professional Project Grants: Fall 2023
Jan 29, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2024 (St. John’s, NL) – ArtsNL has invested $1,362,951 in 107 artistic projects through its Professional Project Grants Program (PPGP). Funding for this program is provided through the annual contribution of $5.2 million from the Provincial Government to ArtsNL to administer grant programs and undertake operations and communications.
“The demand from professional artists applying for grants has been steadily increasing for about two years, so we’ve been seeing the need for our programs now more than ever. The volume of applications and subsequent correspondence we received during the fall round of PPGP was nothing short of an explosion. The team worked hard and got all the applications processed and assessed before Christmas,” says Melanie Martin, Executive Director of ArtsNL. “Funding requests totalled $4,473,178 from 315 applicants. Year of the Arts funding allowed for the investment of an additional $520,000 into this PPGP funding cycle. ArtsNL also introduced the Adaptation category to encourage the adaptation of Newfoundland and Labrador literature to film, television, theatre, opera, or multidisciplinary platforms.”
The successful applicants for 2023-24 are:
ADAPTATION – ESTABLISHED
| Wendell Collier (St. John’s) | $19,991 |
| Sherry White (Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s) | $19,000 |
DANCE – ESTABLISHED
| Hilary Knee (Corner Brook) | $12,243 |
| Joshua Murphy (St. John’s) | $9,450 |
FILM – NEW
| Jessica Brown (St. John’s) | $6,720 |
| Stacy Gardner (St. John’s) | $6,720 |
| Heather Huybregts (Corner Brook) | $6,720 |
| Alexa Jerrett (St. John’s) | $6,720 |
| Jennifer Johnson (St. John’s) | $6,720 |
| Lorne Warr (Trepassey) | $6,720 |
FILM – ESTABLISHED
| Rhonda Buckley (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
| Renée Hackett (St. Bernard’s) | $20,000 |
| Elizabeth Hicks (Carbonear) | $20,000 |
| Geoffrey Lewis (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
| Justin Oakey (Petty Harbour) | $14,500 |
| Tamara Segura Gonzalez (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
| Anna Wheeler (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
MULTIDISCIPLINE – NEW
| Sophie Angnatok (St. John’s) | $8,000 |
MULTIDISCIPLINE – ESTABLISHED
| The Ballast Collective (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
| Violet Drake (St. John’s) | $17,033 |
| Rebecca Nolan (Maddox Cove) | $20,000 |
| Megan Samms (Katalisk) | $20,000 |
MUSIC – NEW
| Baraka Abayo (St. John’s) | $8,000 |
| Saltwater Brass (St. John’s) | $5,912 |
| Joshua Roberts (St. John’s) | $7,480 |
| Darcy Scott (Conception Bay South) | $8,000 |
MUSIC – ESTABLISHED
| Duane Andrews (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Tim Baker (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Jason Benoit (Fox Island River) | $7,500 |
| Natasha Blackwood (St. John’s) | $14,743.84 |
| Bill Brennan (St. John’s) | $12,129 |
| Rachel Cousins (Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s) | $15,000 |
| Amelia Curran (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Duo Concertante (St. John’s) | $8,919 |
| Damian Follett (Paradise) | $15,000 |
| Florian Hoefner (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Louise Gauthier (Corner Brook) | $14,918.46 |
| Mallory Johnson (Conception Bay South) | $15,000 |
| Jenina MacGillivray (St. John’s) | $13,245 |
| Stephan Maloney (St. John’s) | $12,376.56 |
| Pamela Morgan (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Kate Read (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Vernon Regehr (St. John’s) | $8,604.14 |
| Rum Ragged (Steady Brook) | $5,310 |
| Evan Smith (St. John’s) | $14,250 |
| Kathy Stock (Torbay) | $4,130 |
| Jim Vivian (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
THEATRE – NEW
| Jude Benoit Cutler (St. John’s) | $8,000 |
| Cheney Emberg (St. John’s) | $8,000 |
| Sobia Shaheen Shaikh (St. John’s) | $8,000 |
THEATRE – ESTABLISHED
| Lois Brown (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
| Mallory Clarke (English Harbour) | $20,000 |
| Azal Dosanjh (St. John’s) | $20,000 |
| Tara Manuel (Corner Brook) | $19,552 |
| Paul Power (St. John’s) | $18,100 |
| Jodee Richardson (St. John’s) | $19,895 |
| Sara Tilley (Happy Valley-Goose Bay) | $20,000 |
| Charlie Tomlinson (St. John’s) | $18,343 |
VISUAL ARTS – NEW
| Ting Ting Chen (St. John’s) | $6,000 |
| Georgia Dawkin (St. John’s) | $5,990 |
| Natalie Higdon (St. John’s) | $6,000 |
| Charlotte May Hobden (St. John’s) | $6,000 |
| Lauren Hodder (St. John’s) | $6,000 |
| Megan Holdfast (Frederick) (Little Rapids) | $2,328 |
| Megan Hutchings (Paradise) | $6,000 |
| Joseph Kade (St. John’s) | $5,000 |
| Denika Kelly (Pasadena) | $5,325 |
| Bethany MacKenzie (Bonavista) | $6,000 |
VISUAL ARTS – ESTABLISHED
| Ignatius Baker (St. John’s) | $14,993 |
| Hazel May Eckert (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Will Gill (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Beck Gilmer-Osborne (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Kym Greeley (St. John’s) | $14,604 |
| Jason Holley (Twillingate) | $9,000 |
| Marc Losier (Corner Brook) | $12,810 |
| Tessa May (Pasadena) | $15,000 |
| Ethan Murphy (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Julie Oh (Maberly/Elliston) | $14,999 |
| Michael Pittman (Grand Falls-Windsor) | $15,000 |
| Shan Pomeroy (St. John’s) | $5,105 |
| Nicole Sleeth (Carbonear) | $15,000 |
| Amber-Lynn Thorne (Harbour Main) | $15,000 |
| Melissa Tremblett (Corner Brook) | $13,292 |
| Laurence Weyand (Corner Brook) | $13,516 |
| Nelson White (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
WRITING – NEW
| Molly Clarke (Paradise) | $4,685 |
| Lori Savory (St. John’s) | $6,520 |
| Kristina Stocks-Heath (Conception Bay South) | $6,520 |
| Sarah Worthman (St. John’s) | $5,920 |
WRITING – ESTABLISHED
| Sharon Bala (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Mark Callanan (St. John’s) | $14,604 |
| Megan Gail Coles (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Eva Crocker (St. John’s) | $11,625 |
| Allie Duff (St. John’s) | $16,104 |
| Alison Dyer (St. John’s) | $6,831 |
| Katherine Alexandra Harvey (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Matthew Hollett (St. John’s) | $14,850 |
| Hannah Jenkins (Corner Brook) | $15,000 |
| Ed Kavanagh (Mount Pearl) | $15,000 |
| Willow Kean (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Wesley King (Port au Port East) | $15,000 |
| Kevin Major (St. John’s) | $13,500 |
| Trudy Morgan-Cole (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| George Murray (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| William Ping (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Douglas Walbourne-Gough (Corner Brook) | $14,865 |
| Ava Woolf (Harbour Grace) | $15,000 |
The Professional Project Grants Program provides grants for artistic projects involving creation, production, or professional development. Practicing artists and groups working in dance, film, multidiscipline arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing are welcome to apply for funding. Grants are awarded through a competitive application process, and assessed by a peer assessment committee, which is comprised of individuals with expertise in the relevant artistic disciplines.
The PPGP has two grant deadlines a year: one in the spring and one in the fall. The next deadline for the program will be Friday, March 15, 2024, and applications can be submitted via ArtsNL’s Online Application System.
Media enquiries:
Charlene Jackson
Communications Officer
(709) 726-2212 ext. 3
1 (866) 726-2212 ext. 3 (Toll-free, NL only)
charlene@artsnl.ca
The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (now known as ArtsNL) is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Council is governed by a volunteer board of 13 appointed by government, reflecting regional representation of the province. This includes 10 professional artists who provide sectoral representation of the arts community; two community representatives (with an interest in the arts); and one representative of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation (non-voting). ArtsNL receives an annual allocation of $5.2 million from the Province to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sector. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing.
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