RELEASE: ArtsNL Professional Project Grants: Fall 2024
Dec 11, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ArtsNL Professional Project Grants: Fall 2024
December 11, 2024 (St. John’s, NL) – ArtsNL has invested $1,370,000 in 113 artistic projects through the Professional Project Grants Program (PPGP).
“The applications received for the fall session of the Professional Project Grants Program reflect the exceptional creativity of our province’s artists,” said Melanie Martin, Executive Director of ArtsNL. “We continue to see increased interest in our funding programs. This fall we received 200 submissions seeking a total of $2.7M in funding. ArtsNL remains grateful to the provincial government for additional Year of the Arts funding, which allowed us to increase this PPGP round by another $520,000. This increased investment means more direct support for artists to bring their projects to life.”
The successful applicants for 2024-25 are:
DANCE – ESTABLISHED
| Shweta Mohan (St. John’s) | $13,114 |
| Robyn Breen (St. John’s) | $ 7,174 |
FILM – NEW
| Kelly Meadus (Conception Bay South) | $ 6,000 |
| Alexa Jerrett (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Yasmine Majchrzak (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Michael Peers (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Maika Hearson (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Michelle Clemens (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Roger Gallant (Kippens) | $ 3,000 |
| Kerenhappuch Gandu (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Peter Collins (St. John’s) | $ 4,913 |
FILM – ESTABLISHED
| Andrea Dunne (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Emmanuel Nwachukwu (St. John’s) | $14,056 |
| Nicola Hawkins (Cape Broyle) | $15,000 |
| Sherry White (Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s) | $15,000 |
| Anastacia Hopkins (St. John’s) | $12,000 |
| Xavier Georges (Pouch Cove) | $15,000 |
| Renée Hackett (St. Bernard’s) | $15,000 |
| Christian Sparkes (Outer Cove) | $14,400 |
| Rhonda Buckley (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Dana Puddicombe (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Benjamin Noah (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Michael Simms (St. John’s) | $12,596 |
MULTIDISCIPLINE – NEW
| Krystal Hillier (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
MULTIDISCIPLINE – ESTABLISHED
| Vernon Regehr (St. John’s) | $14,988 |
| Rhea Rollmann (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Hilary Knee (Corner Brook) | $14,825 |
| Lynn Panting (St. John’s) | $14,380 |
| Allison Kelly (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Michael Rigler (Corner Brook) | $14,750 |
MUSIC – NEW
| Ryan Kelly (Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Tyler Humby (Clarenville) | $ 6,000 |
| Joshua Roberts (St. John’s) | $ 4,030 |
| Aaron Wagner (St. John’s) | $ 5,989 |
| Stephen Nurse (Mount Pearl) | $ 3,210 |
MUSIC – ESTABLISHED
| Jim Vivian (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Duo Concertante (St. John’s) | $12,750 |
| Nicole Paulo (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Florian Hoefner (St. John’s) | $12,000 |
| Gabriela Sanchez Diaz (St. John’s) | $ 3,196 |
| Rob Power (Outer Cove) | $15,000 |
| Delf Hohmann (St. John’s) | $14,360 |
| Jake Nicoll (St. John’s) | $ 8,390 |
| Rosemary Lawton (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Katherine Moffatt (St. John’s) | $10,010 |
| Karla Jane Pilgrim (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Janet Cull (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Elliot Kavanagh-Dicks (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Peter Daniel Newman (Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s) | $ 5,630 |
| Jenny Mallard (Mount Pearl) | $15,000 |
| Roblo’s Rock (Stephenville) | $15,000 |
THEATRE – NEW
| Daniel Lanigan O’Hara (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
THEATRE – ESTABLISHED
| Rory Lambert (St. John’s) | $14,989 |
| Marie Pike (Mount Pearl) | $15,000 |
| Stacy Gardner (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Heather Huybregts (Corner Brook) | $14,580 |
| Melissa Williams (St. John’s) | $13,500 |
| Tara Manuel (Corner Brook) | $13,500 |
| Brad Hodder (St. John’s) | $12,000 |
| Luke Rowe (St. John’s) | $12,000 |
| Jeremy Nolan (St. John’s) | $10,373 |
VISUAL ARTS – NEW
| Emily Pittman (Wabush) | $ 5,950 |
| Seonyoung Heo (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Georgia Dawkin (St. John’s) | $ 5,946 |
| Margaret Joba-Woodruff (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Tessa Graham (St. John’s) | $ 4,327 |
| Jennifer Cake (Conception Bay South) | $ 6,000 |
| Nathan Keil (Mount Pearl) | $ 6,000 |
| Chloe Lundrigan (St. John’s) | $ 6,000 |
| Chelsea Beehan (Conception Bay South) | $ 6,000 |
VISUAL ARTS – ESTABLISHED
| Bethany MacKenzie (Bonavista) | $15,000 |
| Sheilagh O’Leary (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Michael Connolly (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Ethan Murphy (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Andrew Testa (Corner Brook) | $ 5,598 |
| Kyle Bennett (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Lori Deeley (Kippens) | $ 9,061 |
| Enzina Marrari (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Wendy Shirran (St. John’s) | $ 5,544 |
| Emily Pittman (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Nicole Sleeth (Carbonear) | $14,550 |
| Christine Koch (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Bill Rose (St. John’s) | $11,500 |
| Caroline Clarke (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| M’Liz Keefe (Joe Batt’s Arm) | $ 8,452 |
| Robert Hengeveld (Corner Brook) | $14,600 |
| Jaclyn Humphries (Tors Cove) | $ 7,020 |
| Shan Pomeroy (St. John’s) | $11,025 |
| Shane Dwyer (St. John’s) | $10,566 |
| John A. Cosgrove (St. John’s) | $11,187 |
WRITING – ESTABLISHED
| Shelly Kawaja (Corner Brook) | $13,000 |
| Katherine Alexandra Harvey (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Laura Temple (St. John’s) | $14,748 |
| Thomas Cho (St. John’s) | $ 4,938 |
| Heather Nolan (Bonavista) | $15,000 |
| Mark Callanan (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Ava Woolf (Harbour Grace) | $15,000 |
| Meghan Greeley (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Andreae Callanan (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Carmella Gray-Cosgrove (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Andrew Jones (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| George Murray (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Jennifer May Newhook (St. John’s) | $ 5,000 |
| Christina Wells (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Maggie Burton (St. John’s) | $14,750 |
| JT Hynes (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Carolyn Parsons (Change Islands) | $15,000 |
| Matthew Hollett (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Veronica Dymond (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Valerie Francis (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Joshua Goudie (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Megan Gail Coles (St. John’s) | $15,000 |
| Douglas Walbourne-Gough (Corner Brook) | $14,960 |
PPGP provides funding for artistic projects involving creation, production, or professional development. Eligible individual artists and groups working in dance, film, multidiscipline arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing can apply for funding. Grants are determined through a highly competitive application and peer assessment process, which is comprised of individuals with expertise in the relevant artistic disciplines.
ArtsNL’s funding programs are made possible through the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s annual allocation of $5.3 million. The PPGP has two intake periods annually, in spring and fall. The next deadline for the program will be Tuesday, March 18, 2025, and applications can be submitted via ArtsNL’s Online Application System. More information about the PPGP is available on the ArtsNL website.
Media enquiries:
Charlene Jackson
Communications Officer
(709) 726-2212 ext. 3
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 $5.3 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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