The Update - March 14, 2017
Marten Bequest Scholarships - $600,000 in total
The Marten Bequest Scholarships for young emerging Australian artists – created in 1975 – have come a long way. Until recently they were worth $20,000 each. Now, thanks to a new three-year partnership between the Australia Council for the Arts and Perpetual, twelve scholarships, each worth $50,000, will be offered to successful artists across music, dance, visual arts, theatre, literature, and architecture.
The charitable trust is the enlightened legacy of John Chisholm Marten (1908–66), an author, performing artist, and philanthropist. Previous recipients have included Tim Winton, Delia Falconer, Judith Bishop, and Sarah Holland-Batt.
Tony Grybowski, CEO of the Australia Council, has welcomed the new partnership with Perpetual, which will provide further means for ‘Australian artists to explore collaboration, build networks and develop their practice’. Applications close on Monday 10 April 2017. More information can be found on The Australia Council’s website.
Continue reading for only $10 per month. Subscribe and gain full access to Australian Book Review. Already a subscriber? Sign in. If you need assistance, feel free to contact us.
Leave a comment
If you are an ABR subscriber, you will need to sign in to post a comment.
If you have forgotten your sign in details, or if you receive an error message when trying to submit your comment, please email your comment (and the name of the article to which it relates) to ABR Comments. We will review your comment and, subject to approval, we will post it under your name.
Please note that all comments must be approved by ABR and comply with our Terms & Conditions.