Author of the article: Liane Faulder
Publishing date: Feb 16, 2021 • February 18, 2021 • 4 minute read • Gianna Vacirca holding a tray of her homemade pasta - credit to Oscar Derkx. jpg
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Life, from scratch. That’s what Gianna Vacirca is creating in her tiny apartment in downtown Edmonton.
Even as COVID-19 turned a fire hose on her career as a theatre performer, the resourceful actor and dancer has discovered another source of income, and artistry. It’s called bell’uovo (‘beautiful egg’ in Italian), a home-based pasta business that has also proven a satisfying path to her past.
Arts services to receive more funding
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An annual fund would be established by the Berejiklian government to address âgapsâ in arts services, under a major review published amid sector criticism of funding processes.
The 2020 review written by Create NSW suggests $300,000 be set aside each year to fund âsix priority areasâ, with only some of the extra money expected to be directed through arts service organisations themselves.
Major state museums and galleries could be called upon to help artists and performers with career development, mentoring, entrepreneurship and curatorial skills, the report said.
Arts industry loses faith in Berejiklian governmentâs grants process
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The Berejiklian government committed $20 million to the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in Wagga Wagga without a business case or formal assessment, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Leading arts bodies representing thousands of artists and performers across the state also criticised the adequacy, integrity, and lack of transparency of the governmentâs arts funding process.
Peak arts bodies say the industry has lost faith in the NSW governmentâs grants process.
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Kate McDowell, Mark Swivel and Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal at the NORPA Courtyard Bar on Thursday, talking about the state of the arts sector.
State of the Sector Picnic at NORPA
The State of the Sector is usually a formal address but given the arts sector has been ‘in a state’ for the past year, NORPA and Theatre Network NSW are putting on a more informal picnic in order to gather, chat and reconnect.
Writer/director Kate McDowell, writer/comedian Mark Swivel, and choreographer/teacher Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal will each present a short talk responding to the following provocation: There is no ‘new normal’; you are the NSW Minister for the Arts, what is your vision for the Arts, and the role it plays in the wider community in a post pandemic, climate impact world?
EDMONTON A large crane towering over the Westmount neighbourhood has been brought in to help with the redevelopment of the old Roxy Theatre. The 500-tonne crane is currently dismantling a smaller crane on site that has lifted more than 1,000 cubic tonnes of concrete to build the structure. “This is huge progress, this means that the structure of the building is mostly maybe 95 per cent complete and now we work on the inside, the fun stuff, the finishes,” said Bradley Moss, Theatre Network Artistic executive director. The new Roxy is scheduled to open in November. “There will be the Nancy Power Theatre which will be a 200-seat theatre, and then downstairs what we call a black box a moveable seating and that is going to be called the Lauren Cardinal Theatre who’s from here,” said Moss.