Eumundi School of Music, Anywhere Festival and The Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival have received a combined $90,000 in funding as part of Sunshine Coast Council’s Creative Industries Investment Program.
The funding, which followed a rigorous application process, will support the groups for two years.
Katie Noonan’s Eumundi School of Music received funds to help deliver its 10-week scholarship program, which offers free mentoring, stagecraft lessons, and live gig experiences to young artists.
Anywhere Festival scored a grant for its Creating Performance Makers Anywhere Program, which helps support 10 performance groups in theatre, music, cabaret, comedy, dance, poetry, and immersive works.
The Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival will put their money towards a program of bespoke events staged in natural locations and intimate venues.
Arts portfolio Councillor Rick Baberowski said Council wanted the Coast to be known for its creation of inspiring content and as a place where arts practitioners could make a living.
“Each funded program will deliver for both artists and audiences, progressively developing a local arts ecology to foster and deliver significant cultural benefits,” Cr Baberowski said.
“(This program) provides important funding certainty to established arts organisations to develop and deliver a high-quality, diverse program of arts experiences that will further grow our creative industries capacity, audiences and participation.”
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