GIFTED ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN
Gifted invests in artists to ensure their success and our region’s artistic prosperity.
The Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation’s Annual Giving program, Gifted, invests in creative development of artists to ensure their success and our region’s artistic prosperity.
Each year a group of artists across all disciplines are selected by the Board to receive a contribution towards production or presentation of work, or their professional development.
Gifted was launched in November 2020 with a very generous gift by the De Deyne Family. Ferre De Deyne is a SCAF Board Director, Sunshine Coast businessman, art collector and philanthropist.
The Gifted Patrons Group links local ‘gifted’ artists with a gift from a donor. Patrons nominate the art medium or practice that inspires them to invest $1000 into a recipient’s creative journey.
Here on the Sunshine Coast we are ‘gifted’ by the fabulous environment, a caring community and, most importantly, with gifted artists and creatives, who are talented, innovative, entrepreneurial and engaging. The program supports artists across the variety of disciplines, in keeping with the Foundation’s purpose.
SHANNON GARSON FOREST LAND AND SEA
Shannon Garson will develop materials to create, porcelain pots, drawings and watercolours
PEACE RUN TV PILOT
Andrea Kirwin will film and record the pilot for a music concert series, called Peace Run TV
PHILANTHROPY AND THE ARTS LECTURE
Trust, relationships and community are keys to successful philanthropy for the arts
ALISON MOONEY’S SKETCH WALL
Alison Mooney will develop The Sketch Wall, a publicly situated wall she will repaint seasonally.
FIONA HARDING GOLD BENEATH
Fiona Harding, who works under the name ‘spirit you’, will create a new body of watercolour work, gold beneath
THE DANCER PROJECT
Jane Anderson will work with a collaborative team to create a new experimental work
AMANDA BENNETTS RESIDENCY
Amanda Bennetts will develop a new body of work during residency
FINN COSSAR SCULPTURE
Finn Cossar will create quality sculptural works for the Sunshine Coast region.
MICHELLE BUCCI
Michelle Bucci will develop Bound, a new collaborative dance work
STEVENS STREET GALLERY
Stevens Street Gallery is a vibrant art space located in the historical township of Yandina.
D.I.V.E. THEATRE COLLECTIVE
GIFTED contributes to D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective’s 2022 production
CELLO DREAMING
GIFTED supports Dreaming Production’s first music video production
LIBBY DERHAM
GIFTED recipient Libby Derham is developing a ground breaking new body of work
BIANCA TAINSH
GIFTED recipient Bianca Tainsh is creating an art film and touring exhibition
SUNSHINE COAT PROJECT
GIFTED recipients Shaye Hardisty and Ketakii Jewson-Brown will undertake the Sunshine Coat Project
AUSTRALIAN PASTEL EXPO
GIFTED supports the second Australian Pastel Expo
AUDIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT
The Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation’s audience and market research project, in collaboration with Sunshine Coast Council, aimed to increase participation in the arts.
EUMUNDI SCHOOL OF ROCK
GIFTED has contributed to Eumundi School of Rock, a free music education and mentoring program for young people.
COURTNEY SCHEU
GIFTED recipient Courtney Scheu is developing an ambitious new contemporary dance work.
RUBY DONOHOE
GIFTED recipient Ruby Donohoe’s project Lung Water will debut during Horizon Festival’s Homegrown Program.
LJ PROJECTS
Poetical Inhabitants is a new dance theatre work by GIFTED recipient LJ Projects that explores the relationship we have with our homes.
A GIRL’S GUIDE TO WORLD WAR
GIFTED has contributed to the compelling podcast sharing the story of the Australian ‘lady doctors’ on the frontline in World War One.
DANCELAB
GIFTED has contributed to development of a new performance piece by DANCELAB to be showcased during THRIVE at Old Ambo.