Tag: Helpmann Academy
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Artist profile: Julia Vosnakis
“The Americans were like ‘We’ve got to watch out for these Australians, man’. I got told that so many times,” Julia says. “I really was eager to take what I could get from the people who have done it before us in America and essentially bring it back here.” The 28-year-old actor, writer and producer…
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Art prize split over ‘competitive’ entries
Visual artist and educator Chelsie Morey and artist Josh Juett each received $10,000 in seed funding from the Helpmann Academy’s Creative Innovator Program, announced on Tuesday. The program – in its fifth year – has a major prize of $20,000 in startup funds, but this year’s prize was split in two as the Academy deemed…
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Music review: A Night of Jazz with Linda May Han Oh
The Helpmann Academy’s annual jazz awards concert took on an unusual form this year, with featured guest artist, the internationally renowned and Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh, performing alongside the top graduating students of the Elder Conservatorium at UKARIA Cultural Centre in Mount Barker. Past award nights have been modelled after…
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Music review: A Night of Jazz with Jazzmeia Horn 2024
On a bigger stage than last year, the Helpmann Academy brought together seven of the most outstanding young jazz players in Adelaide, presenting them alongside the innovative voices of singer Jazzmeia Horn and her fellow New York-based Grammy nominee, pianist Victor Gould. The evening began with a collection of tunes from the jazz graduate award…
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The passion behind regional filmmaking
Writer and director Brendan Godfrey was born and raised in Port Augusta, where growing up he did not see the film industry as a viable career option. Brendan Godfrey Connect: Instagram “Which is kind of why it took me so long to actually bite the bullet and do it. There was no, sort of industry…
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Green Room: Awe-some art, jazz meets hip-hop
Art in nature Awe is the theme of 2024 Nature Festival, which this week launched a line-up of more than 400 events ranging from folk music in a forest to seven-minute “awe talks” at the Art Gallery of South Australia. The festival will take place across the state from September 28 until October 13. One…
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Tracing the impact of Helpmann fellowships
Since 2017, the Helpmann Academy, with generous support from the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation, has provided fellowships to more than 32 emerging South Australian creatives. These fellowships have provided not only the financial support for artists early in their careers to be ambitious, but have proven to be profoundly transformative experiences that have shaped…
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The art of collecting: A conversation with Diana Jaquillard
Few connoisseurs of the Adelaide art world have as iconic a presence as Diana Jaquillard – but beyond her immaculate style, working with husband Philippe, she has for nearly 25 years invested in and transformed the careers of our state’s emerging artists. Henry Wolff, Helpmann Academy engagement and development manager, sat down with Diana to…
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Pianist and visual artist awarded reviewing mentorships
The Helpmann Academy InReview Mentorship program is a joint venture between Helpmann Academy and InReview that seeks to develop the next generation of arts reviewers and rebuild the practice of robust discourse and analysis of South Australian performing and visual arts. The program – now in its fourth year – connects experienced arts writers with…
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Development grants cultivate creative potential
The Helpmann Academy Creative Development Grants extend crucial support to up-and-coming creatives, offering funding specifically designed to kickstart original projects, facilitate research and development of new work, or refine and build on emerging artists’ practical skills. Chris Siu and Jack Calver are two emerging creatives who received Creative Development Grants last year, enabling them to…