Member for Bathurst Paul Toole and Minister for Arts Don Harwin announced a $125,000 NSW Government grant for the Cementa festival on Monday, January 21.
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Cementa is a four-day Australian contemporary arts festival held in Kandos each year in November.
The event brings artists from urban and regional contexts together and is now one of 53 supported recipients sharing a total of $4.030,000 through Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Organisation Program funding to help organisations bring their offering to local audiences.
“In addition to multi-year support provided across the sector, this investment will help a broad range of NSW arts and cultural organisations stage a huge variety of annual programs of events, exhibitions and performances for the State to enjoy year-round,” Minister for Arts Don Harwin said.
He also said the annual funding would help the Cementa festival contribute to local employment and increase the number of opportunities for audiences to access and enjoy arts and culture locally.
Bathurst MP Paul Toole said he was delighted that Cementa would share in this support to help deliver another exciting 2019 program of activity.
“This support from the NSW Government is crucial and I know that getting behind Cementa will be greatly received not only by the local Kandos community, but also by visitors to the area,” he said.
Cementa will be held from November 21 to November 24 this year and is expected to bring more than 60 artists from urban and regional destinations who exhibit video, installation, sound, performance, 2D and 3D artworks at venues across Kandos and its surrounds.
Venues include shopfronts, vacant lots, the scout hall, local museum, community centre, golf course, people’s yards, rural properties and public parks.
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