Key scholarship details
Application status
Open for automatic consideration
Benefit amount
Up to $45,000
Eligible study level
Graduate coursework, Graduate research
Eligible student type
Domestic students
Eligible study stage
Current study, Alumni
Benefit duration
One-off
Summary
The Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency is an annual award that provides a Victorian Aboriginal emerging artist with financial support to explore ideas and develop skills that will realise new iterations of cultural practice and development and build their practice into the future. Established in 2014 by the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, the Hutchinson Indigenous Fellowship and Residency program honours Mr Darvell Hutchinson AM, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his direct stewardship of the Trust's activities.The Helen Macpherson Smith Trust makes grants to support the immediate and long term needs of the wider community of Victoria across a range of targeted program areas to help build fair, creative and resilient Victorian communities through initiatives that promote positive change.
About the donor
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
Benefits
The Fellowship award offers a grant of $45,000, payable in two instalments, with an additional amount up to $5,000, towards the cost of materials.
Amount:
Up to $45,000
Duration:
One-off
Quantity:
1
Eligibility and selection criteria
Eligibility
To be considered for this scholarship, you must be an indigenous creative practitioner and have an ancestral or other connection to Victoria.
Selection criteria
Artistic practices can include (but are not be limited to) the visual arts; music; creative writing - including fiction, film, theatre and dance performance, and other practices generally understood to be part of the arts and cultural practice. A selection panel will be convened to determine the Fellowship awardee.
Study level:
Graduate coursework, Graduate research
Student type:
Domestic students
Study stage type:
Current study, Alumni
Study area:
Music, visual and performing arts
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How to apply
Selection is by invitation only.
Status:
Open for automatic consideration
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