Announcement | 2016 Creative Arts Fund

17 local artists and community organisations will receive funding assistance through the Blacktown City Council 2016 Creative Arts Fund.

The Creative Arts Fund is an initiative of Blacktown City Council which provides $40,000 worth of grants to encourage artistic endeavours in the region.

Grants of up to $3,000 have been awarded to support the following projects:

1. Assefa Bekele, script development
2. Association of Bhutanese in Australia, weaving workshops
3. Australian-Cook Islands Community Council (NSW), drumming project
4. Farzin Fardin, film project
5. Hayley Williams, visual arts project
6. Helmy El-Rab, visual arts project
7. Jackson Mathew, music project
8. Jan Cleveringa, visual arts project
9. Life Without Barriers, mural project
10. Michael Duchesne, music project
11. Mahmmd Lelo, music project
12. Mount Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency, film project
13. NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS), multi-arts project
14. ONELOVE Mentoring, youth choir project
15. Police Citizens Youth Club NSW (Blacktown), youth choir project
16. Rap 4 Change, hip-hop workshops
17. Zahid Ahmad and Fozia Zahid, visual arts project