Today I announce the recipients of the Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (ACDGP) for 2023-24, which promotes Australia’s vibrant creative sector and First Nations experience and expertise internationally.
The Program also aims to deepen bilateral partnerships, strengthen Australia’s reputation as a modern, diverse nation, and build people to people links internationally.
Promoting the vital role that First Nations stories play in Australia’s art and culture is a priority for the Program and Revive, Australia’s National Cultural Policy. This year five First Nations applicants received grants.
I congratulate the 11 successful grantees, including the following projects:
- A Pacific Tour of Burrbgaja Yalirra 2 by dance company Marrugeku to build connections through workshops and tell histories of migration, relocation, cultural adaption and survival.
- Ngulmiya Nundhirribala will perform and collaborate with leading Indonesian musicians in Jakarta, Ubud and Makassar.
- Australian filmmakers will be able to show their work in Germany, Denmark and Iceland, at the Down Under Film Festival.
- Outdoor screen projections of urban ecological futures by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology will feature in Hong Kong.
- Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands artists and educators DEM MOB spoke and performed at the 2024 International Indigenous Summit in Toronto, Canada in June.
There has been a surge of interest in representing Australia on the global stage, with a record 229 applications received, the highest number of applications in the Program’s history.
Further information on ACDGP can be found on the DFAT website.