❓ A parliamentary question regarding the deferral of arts fellowships due to a decrease in Lotterywest funding. The answer details the funding amounts for each fellowship and indicates a review will occur after the State Budget.
AnsweredQoN 846Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the deferral of the 2017 Young People and the Arts Fellowships, Aboriginal Arts Forward Fellowship, Performing Arts Mid-Career Fellowship, Visual Arts and Craft Mid-Career Fellowships and Creative Development Fellowships and ask: (a) why have these fellowships been deferred; (b) what is the value of each fellowship; and (c) when will each fellowship be reinstated?
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Answered
9 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
6 days
(a) The allocation of funding from Lotterywest to Department of Culture and the Arts is in accordance with the Lotteries Commission Act 1990 has fallen by $1,965,00 or 12 per cent from the original 2016/17 State Budget estimates.
(b)
Maximum of two Young People & Arts Fellowships at $20,000
$40,000
Maximum of two Creative Development Fellowships at $60,000
$120,000
Maximum of two Visual Arts and Craft Mid-Career Fellowships at $35,000
$70,000
Maximum of one Aboriginal Arts Forward Fellowship
$35,000
Maximum of one Performing Arts Mid-Career Fellowship
$35,000
Total
$300,000
(c) The DCA is reviewing the impact of the current and potential further decline in Lotterywest funding. The DCA will consider the reinstatement of the fellowships following the State Budget to be handed down later this year.
(b)
Maximum of two Young People & Arts Fellowships at $20,000
$40,000
Maximum of two Creative Development Fellowships at $60,000
$120,000
Maximum of two Visual Arts and Craft Mid-Career Fellowships at $35,000
$70,000
Maximum of one Aboriginal Arts Forward Fellowship
$35,000
Maximum of one Performing Arts Mid-Career Fellowship
$35,000
Total
$300,000
(c) The DCA is reviewing the impact of the current and potential further decline in Lotterywest funding. The DCA will consider the reinstatement of the fellowships following the State Budget to be handed down later this year.
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