2011 Peace Trust Grant – No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
$10,000 Major Grant Recipient
The Graham Smith Peace Trust announced the recipient of its major grant for 2011 of $10,000 at its annual fund raising dinner held at the Italian Club, Carrington Street on Saturday 25 June 2011.
There was a very competitive field of 15 applications submitted, with several projects shortlisted. The winning project is Knowing Home by No Strings Attached, (NSA) Theatre of Disability, towards the creative development of a theatre piece about the place and meaning of ‘home’ in the lives of 16 adult, disabled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) performers.
Peace Trust Funds will support ATSI artists to collaborate with this project, which also involves a partnership with Kura Yerlo & Tandanya. The selection committee was impressed by NSA’s commitment to social justice – Knowing Home will be based on the lives of those most marginalised and disadvantaged – disabled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
This project has a well-considered process and plans to develop an education component. NSA is also highly regarded for the artistic quality and integrity of its work. NSA was previously awarded the inaugural Fringe Peace award in 2011. This was not considered in the process and while also not part of the criteria this project does fit with the Peace Trust’s Reconciliation Action Plan. Overall NSA has demonstrated in the past that it produces high quality work and involves members of the community that are often forgotten by the mainstream. The Peace Trust is proud to use its funds to promote the production of work that meets its objectives of peace, justice and care for the environment through the arts.
2012 GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN IN APRIL 2012