Biggest thanks to the National Assistance Program for the Arts for the one-off payment I received in May.
I spent lockdown writing in-depth applications for assistance from federal, state, local and subscriber arts agencies, to be continually rejected one after the other. At one stage I submitted my name, only — frustrated by the time, thought, hope and expectation each application extracted — to see that rejected too.
Nothing worse than spending time on an activity that generates continual rejection during a pandemic lockdown that has caused most to ride its various waves of panic. Governmental safety nets were stoically put in place to avoid this type of degenerating despair for many in society — except for artists.
The last sentence of the letter from the National Assistance Program for the Arts still makes me emotional: ‘We see you and we value your contribution to life in Australia’.
Thank you.
Participating Philanthropists and Philanthropic Entities:
| Andrew Myer AM & Kerry Gardner AM Ann & Warwick Johnson Berwyn Roberts & Jennifer Mackenzie Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner Creative Partnerships Australia Darin Cooper Foundation Day Family Foundation Doc Ross Foundation FWH Foundation Inner North Community Foundation James and Diana Ramsay Foundation Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation Kathryn Fagg AO Kim Williams AM Lindisfarne Foundation | Mandy and Edward Yencken & Family Mark and Louise Nelson Minderoo Foundation Nunn Dimos Foundation Robert Bishop Philanthropy Australia Sarah Myer and Baillieu Myer AC Sidney Myer Fund Simon Mordant AM and Catriona Mordant AM Spinifex Trust Tim Fairfax AC The Skrzynski Family Sky Foundation Vallejo Gantner Yulgilbar Foundation |