KICKSTART APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

02 October, 2008

Kickstart is Next Wave’s major artist development program, and young emerging artists working across all art forms are invited to apply.

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

ABOUT KICKSTART
Kickstart will give you time and money to create ambitious new work for the 2010 Next Wave Festival. Kickstart artists will receive a series of free workshops in Melbourne, development funding, and the ongoing advice and support of the Next Wave staff. Kickstart is a chance to meet and work with other artists also making new work. Kickstart is open to individuals and groups. You must be under 30 at the start of 2009 to apply.

To read more about Kickstart, including past Kickstart recipients, click here.

TO APPLY
Download an Application Pack HERE and read it. Then, call us and book a time to talk to us about your ideas. Fill out the Application Form and send it to us, with your application, by December 15, 2008. Kickstart begins February 2009.

Successful applicants to Kickstart 2009 are eligible to receive:

• Up to $5,000 cash support from Next Wave;
• Three, 3-day Development Intensives over the Kickstart period: these are weekend-long programs of workshops, field trips and presentations running Friday, Saturday and Sunday;
• Assistance with seeking further funding and/or sponsorship;
• Assistance with developing budgeting, promotion and project management skills;
• Support with negotiating venues, partnerships and other resources necessary for the completion of the project;
• Feedback, advice and support from experienced practitioners in relevant artistic fields.

PREVIOUS KICKSTART ARTISTS, ON KICKSTART:
“Kickstart was fundamental in realising this project. The forums [and] workshops were essential in the Kickstart process. It was really inspiring to be surrounded by so many talented people with such varied practices, giving us the feeling that we part of a community with a sense of purpose. The financial assistance from the grant … gave us the freedom and scope to explore our ideas throughout the creative development period”
Matthew Kneale (VIC), Kids Can Get Lost

“Kickstart has provided me with the structure to delve into something on-going and ambitious that I would not have otherwise had.”
Pip Stafford (TAS), I wish I could show you

GOT QUESTIONS?
Email us nextwave@nextwave.org.au or call us on 03 9329 9422.

Image of Next Wave Kickstart 2007 artist Trevor Flinn’s work at Platform, The Puma, The Stranger, The Mountain part of the 2008 Next Wave Festival. Photo by Jeremy Dillon.