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Next Level Creative Mentorship

Take Your Project to the Next Level with a Creative Mentorship

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Closing Date

Feb 23, 2025

Location

National

Artform

All Arts

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The 2025 Next Level Creative Mentorship Program has expanded to support writers, musicians, dancers, choreographers, actors, directors and/or producers with disability or who are d/Deaf from New South Wales and South Australia.

Ten artists with disability working in the performing arts will be provided with $3000 in project funding and access to a mentorship within a leading performing arts organisation to develop an innovative new project.

Mentorships will take place within one of our Partnering Organisations (listed below) and will result in the opportunity to develop a project concept brief and prepare it for effective pitches to relevant companies, venues, artistic directors, and producers. This is a hybrid program with both professional and project development outcomes.

Over a period of three months, a dedicated mentor will work individually with the selected participants to:

Assess your creative concept

Develop your concept into a project brief

Provide advice on drafting a detailed project outline, including budgets, timelines, deliverables, and key contacts

Provide guidance regarding potential pitch meeting opportunities with relevant companies, venues, artistic directors and/or producers

The program will involve facilitated sessions with a mentor and self-directed tasks. The mentor will be available for a total of 20 hours. The Next Level Creative Mentorship Program will be undertaken and completed between March – August 2025.

Partnering Organisations

Australian Dance Theatre

Bangarra Dance Theatre

Bell Shakespeare Belvoir St Theatre

Gravity and Other Myths

Merrigong Theatre Company

Penrith Performing and Visual Arts

PYT Fairfield

State Theatre Company South Australia

Windmill Theatre Company

Access

Applicants will need to provide information on their access requirements via the application form. Successful applicants and partnering organisations will be provided with Disability Confidence Training facilitated by Accessible Arts. Accessible Arts will provide access support to both the host organisations and the mentees throughout the mentorship program.

Who can apply?

Applicants must identify as being d/Deaf or a person with disability

Applicants must reside in New South Wales or South Australia

Applicants must be an emerging or mid-career writer, actor, musician, dancer, choreographer, director and/or producer

Applicants must be over the age of 18 when applying

Applicants must have previous experience at any level in the performing arts industry

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