| Rita Orsini is an artist, object designer and French lecturer, with a passion for contemporary design, applied arts and languages. She is well-known for her Osso Buco resin work, OMA silver-lace jewellery using silver wire recycled from double bass gut strings, and her multiple award-winning hand-painted artist lamps - the Orsini Light - which are in private collections in Australia and Europe. More about Rita and her work here.
Coinciding with Youth Week, Monster Mouse Studios, a 2022 Arts Grant recipient, is offering Ulterior Noises workshops giving young people the opportunity to make sound-based objects out of found materials (see Ulterior Noises tile below). The workshop outcomes will be showcased and celebrated at Noise Objects in Monster Mouse Studios during Youth Week on 21 April.
There are so many opportunities for artist to take advantage of this month, volunteer nominations, live music and women in business marketing program expressions of interest and also Council's arts grants. Check out the below headings for more details. Nominations for the 2023 Volunteer Awards are open! Nominate a volunteer, or a volunteer team and help celebrate the enormous contribution volunteers make in the Inner West, nominate here.
Calling all local musicians and creatives... the Live Music Activation Expressions of Interest open 11 April to 11 May, successful recipients will be provided with funding and resources to deliver live music events across the Inner West, for all the details visit Council's website. The Women in Business Marketing Makeover Program will be delivered on Wednesdays in May. It targets women in business who want to review, reinvigorate, and reprioritise their marketing with content and strategy for FREE. Apply here.
Also opening this month (24 April) is Council's annual grants program with Arts Project Grants (up to $10,000) for the production and presentation of new work, creative partnerships or significant multi-artform projects that benefit the Inner West community. And Creative Development Grants (up to $5,000) for Inner West artists to further their professional skills development and to advance artistic practice. More about the grants here. |