Participants Announced – Local Giants Regional Producer Platform
PAC Australia, along with Local Giants partners, Regional Arts Australia and Performing Lines, is thrilled to announce the 2022 cohort taking part in the Regional Producers Platform – a skills development program led by Performing Lines that takes participants through a practical, industry led capacity building program in producing, culminating in an in person gathering at APAX 2022. The cohort was chosen from a list of 76 applicants, demonstrating the necessity for investment in regional arts infrastructure.
The Local Giants supported participants are:
Aimee Grey | QLD
Amber Grossman | QLD
Anna Thomson | NT
Claire Chapman | NSW
Craig Bary | NSW
Danelle Degrassi | TAS
Georgia Deguara | WA (Supported by Circuit West)
Jade Ranson | SA
Natasha Shimpf | NSW (Supported by Eastern Riverina Arts through the Renew Wagga project, in partnership with the NSW Government)
Rebekah Gibbs |VIC (Supported by Flying Fruit Fly Circus)
Rosie Sitorus | WA
Sarah Reuben | NT
Sinsa Mansell | TAS (Supported by Performing Lines TAS)
Sky River | WA
Tracey Skinner | VIC
Our heartfelt congratulations to all producers selected for the Regional Producers Platform. We look forward to seeing the connections and works that will come to life through this experience.
The Producer Platform is one part of Local Giants, the ambitious new capacity building program born of a partnership between Regional Arts Australia, PAC Australia and Performing Lines, which seeks to unlock the cultural ambition and potential of regional Australia. The project is supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund—an Australian Government initiative, the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund, and the NSW Government through Create NSW.