One of the city’s most senior artists says people with great ideas are missing out because they don’t apply for grants.
Dr Karen Lonsdale says one of those grants is the council’s Regional Arts Development Fund.
She said RADF funding had helped her further develop as an independent performing artist and educator.
Dr Lonsdale took part in a series of professional development sessions in jazz singing and accompanying, composition, arranging and recorder playing as well as business marketing and promotion strategies with renowned Australian ensemble Topology as well as other specialists.
She has also created some short pieces for beginner to intermediate ensembles as well as a piece for a beginner concert band.
Grants are available in the areas of dance, music, design, new media, visual arts, writing, theatre, performing arts, museum and cultural heritage.
