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Funded projects for 2013

Malta Arts Fund

Applicant: Nigel Baldacchino

Reference number: S 490-FN 615

Project Title: ‘Fastidju’ – ‘Sajda’ Album Proposal

Amount Awarded: €4,790.80 (full funding)

A musical album containing largely slow symphonic ballads, and darker more up-tempo tracks.
 
Organisation: Kinemastik

Applicant: Emma Mattei

Reference number: S 491-FN 616

Project Title: Ben Russell: Visual Arts Residency

Amount Awarded: €5,000 (full funding)

Media artist and curator Ben Russell will attend a visual arts residency in Malta. Ben Russell will host a 2-day workshop, provide 2 masterclasses and performances, and create a 30-minute 16-millimetre work entitled Atlantis.
 
Applicant: Dominic Galea

Reference number: S 493-FN 618

Project Title: Karba

Amount Awarded: €2,500

An album commemorating some of the essential works penned by Rużar Briffa. The release of Karba is set to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of Briffa’s death.
 

Applicant: Christian de Souza Jensen

Reference number: S 494-FN 619

Project Title: Sea Puppy’s Tales from the Bloody Mary Oracle

Amount Awarded: €1,790.45 (full funding)

A solo exhibition organised by the ART & SOUL Collective. The main theme of the exhibition is on the lines of short and random stories told through 8 illustrative paintings.
 

Applicant: Alexandra Alden

Reference number: S 501-FN 626

Project Title: Alex Alden - The Curious Child EP Release & Launch

Amount Awarded: €3,496 (full funding)

An EP consisting of 5 songs. The 5 compositions deal with the perplexities, curiosities and escapist-tendencies of a child.
 

Applicant: Jon Mallia

Reference number: S 502-FN 627

Project Title: Hip Hop is Yours

Amount Awarded: €4,775.65 (full funding)

A multidisciplinary team of hip hop artists will give workshops at the YOURS section (Young Offenders Unit Rehabilitation Services) at the Corradino Correctional Facilities (CCF). These will focus on rap, spoken word, poetry, breakdance and graffiti.

Applicant: Alana Attard

Reference number: S 504-FN 702

Project Title: Short Course: Transmedia Next - London

Amount Awarded: €730.50 (full funding)

Attendance to a short course in London with a focus on transmedia.

 

Applicant: Michael Galea

Reference number: S 509-FN 707

Project Title: Harmony of Rhythm Seminars

Amount Awarded: €1,937.60 (full funding)

Kostas Anastasiadis,  a well known Greek music educator, will be invited to Malta to deliver a music workshop and a music masterclass.

 

Applicant: Jesmond Psaila

Reference number: S 513-FN 711

Project Title: Jes Psaila – Fusion Sessions

Amount Awarded: €3,893 (full funding)

The recording of an instrumental fusion CD and a booklet on improvisation and form in music.

 

Applicant: Tricia Dawn Williams

Reference number: S 517-FN 715

Project Title: Béla Bartók Memorial House

Amount Awarded: €1,120

The applicant has been invited to perform at the concert hall of the Béla Bartók Memorial House in Budapest, Hungary.

 

Applicant: Annemarie Mayo

Reference number: S 518-FN 716

Project Title: The Kite Project

Amount Awarded: €2,995 (full funding)

The recording and production of a music album discussing the applicant’s struggle with living on an island.

 

Applicant: Rune Bo Jakobsen

Reference number: S 519-FN 717

Project Title: Popcorn

Amount Awarded: €3,500

By means of the casting method, a 1x1x1m Popcorn sculpture will be exhibited in a number of outdoor public locations around Malta.

 

Applicant: James Micallef Grimaud

Reference number: S 521-FN 719

Project Title: Graffiti Jam on Human Rights at Msida Skatepark

Amount Awarded: €3,600 (full funding)

A group of 8 international and local artists will create their own artwork  on the theme of Human Rights in full public view.

 

Applicant: Charlene Calleja

Reference number: S 534-FN 789

Project Title: The Trees

Amount Awarded: €512  (full funding)

An exhibition featuring a series of paintings inspired by the theme of trees.

 

Applicant: Dustin Cauchi

Reference number: S 536-FN 791

Project Title: ‘Lost Epigraph Trilogy’ Publication

Amount Awarded: €1,250

The creation and publication of a book on three short films by the applicant.

 

Applicant: Christine Dimech

Reference number: S 540-FN 795

Project Title: Malta Saxophone Festival

Amount Awarded: €4,908.35  (full funding)

A four-day event comprising individual and group lessons, a master class, quartets, a saxophone ensemble, talks, lectures and a participants’ concert.

 

Applicant: Lou Ghirlando

Reference number: S 543-FN 798

Project Title: Neith: Performing our World – Creating a Performing Experience for Adolescents with PMLD

Amount Awarded: €3,512

The development phase of an interesting performance that will form part of the Żigużajg Festival.

 

Applicant: Michael Bock

Reference number: S 549-FN 804

Project Title: Hermetik

Amount Awarded: €4,527.92  (full funding)

An interesting fusion of Maltese contemporary art and history.

Applicant: Raymond Pitré

Reference number: S 558-FN 821

Project Title: Documentary

Amount Awarded: €2,000

A collection of around 50 new works and the launch of a website which will be a catalogue of the applicant’s 3 dimensional works.

 

Organisation: Teatru Salesjan

Applicant: James Spiteri

Reference number: S 565-FN 828

Project Title: Beyond Borders

Amount Awarded: €3,500

An 8 week arts residency on script writing.

 

Applicant: Anna Formosa

Reference number: S 566-FN 829

Project Title: Kre-Anza – Proġett Kreattiv Għall-Anzjani

Amount Awarded: €2,011 (full funding)

A multi-disciplinary project consisting of the delivery of a series of drama and creative art workshops for the elderly in Naxxar. This project aims to improve the quality of life of its participants.

 

Applicant: Alex Attard

Reference number: S 575-FN 838

Project Title: The Overlooked Performance

Amount Awarded: €4,953 (full funding)

An exhibition focusing on construction workers as performers relating to the construction site of Valletta.

 

Applicant: Kris Micallef

Reference number: S 577-FN 840

Project Title: REGNVM

Amount Awarded: €3,000

The applicant’s first underwater photography exhibition in Malta followed by a publication.

 

Organisation: Kinemastik 

Applicant: Slavko Vukanovic

Reference number: S 582-FN 845

Project Title: Kinemastik Back to School

Amount Awarded: €4,390 (full funding)

An outreach, education and community project consisting in the hiring of a van which will be used as a set to create a film.

 

Organisation: Għaqda Każini tal-Banda 

Applicant: Joseph C. Azzopardi

Reference number: S 573-FN 836

Project Title: Innovative Approach to a Band Concert

Amount Awarded: €2,545 (full funding)

A first time performance of a selection of original compositions by a Maltese composer.

Applicant: James Baldacchino

Reference number: L 158-FN 729

Project Title: Kantilena: Folk Għal-Lum

Amount Awarded: €14,578.36 (full funding)

The recording and launch of Kantilena’s first album. The band aims to cast a light on traditional Maltese folk music by giving it a contemporary twist in order to make it more attractive and accessible to the general public and younger generations, all the while keeping this part of Maltese heritage alive and progressing.

 

Applicant: Ritianne Muscat

Reference number: L 159-FN 730

Project Title: Four Rooms

Amount Awarded: €7,010 (full funding)

A project about human relationships. The project aims to present, primarily through visual means yet also through literary means, the layered and developmental process entailed when forming human relationships.

 

Applicant: Nadine Mercieca

Reference number: L 161-FN 732

Project Title: The Production, Recording and Launch of Nadine Axisa’s Project

Amount Awarded: €12,800

An album featuring original jazz compositions interpreted by the applicant. The project aims to promote and strengthen the local music jazz scene through creative and innovative compositions.

 

Applicant: Victor Agius

Reference number: L 174-FN 745

Project Title: Ġgantija 2013

Amount Awarded: €11,000

An interdisciplinary arts project incorporating visual art and music composition. The pre-historic heritage of Ġgantija (4000 B.C.) is the main inspiration of the project.

 

Organisation: Rubber Bodies 

Applicant: Rebecca Camilleri

Reference number: L 176-FN 747

Project Title: Personal Science

Amount Awarded: €14,500

The project aims to provide the public with observations from personal scientific practise, and present a new perspective of the concept of scientists and their life through the use of art.

 

Organisation: 808

Applicant: Justin Schembri

Reference number: L 180-FN 751

Project Title: Design Dialogues

Amount Awarded: €14,000

An intense series of public lectures conducted by local and foreign designers and artists.

 

Applicant: Nadine Theuma

Reference number: L 172-FN 743

Project Title: Two Heads and a City

Amount Awarded: €5,964.80 (full funding)

The applicant’s first solo exhibition as an illustrator. The project aims to showcase life in Valletta from two perspectives – the city rooted in reality, history and tradition, and cheeky and humorous illustrations inspired by the applicant’s imagination.

Applicant: Carlo A. Muscat

Reference number: L 187-FN 855

Project Title: ‘The Sounds Catalogues’ – Volume 1: Extraordinary Episodes

Amount Awarded: €15,000

A proposal that brings together a diverse group of jazz artists with a mixture of strong and highly promising track records. A well-planned project that has the potential to benefit the practice of these artists. A good example of a collaborative project.

 

Applicant: Ruth Abela

Reference number: L 188-FN 856

Project Title: TroffaĦamra Album Project

Amount Awarded: €6,350

The cultural and aesthetic blend of the music samples submitted are innovative and of a high quality. The mix of instruments is unusual and effective. This project has the capacity of taking the artist’s work to a new level, through the processes of writing, rehearsing and recording. A multilingual, collaborative project that helps disseminate a Maltese artistic production internationally while making it relevant to international audiences.

 

Applicant: Dana McKeon

Reference number: L 200-FN 868

Project Title: ArtERNATIVES

Amount Awarded: €9,650

An innovative and creative collaboration that brings together a range of contemporary genres and digital media. This gives the project the potential to make significant inroads into public spaces and public perception through art.

 

Applicant: Ellen Pace

Reference number: L 209-FN 877

Project Title: Posthuman

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding)

The core artistic idea behind the game is extremely promising, drawing on artistic expertise, mixed and hybrid media and personal interaction with the public. The project scores high in relation to creativity, innovation, public engagement and excellence.

 

Applicant: Rebecca Hall

Reference number: L 210-FN 878

Project Title: On The Edge of the Eastern Ocean

Amount Awarded: €9,000

A promising proposal that presents an opportunity to showcase an emerging Maltese composer on an international platform. The project is interesting, innovative in its original composition and connections with environmental themes.

 

Applicant: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Reference number: L 213-FN 881

Project Title: Islelanders

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding)

The artistic idea behind this project is extremely strong, evidenced not only by the applicant’s portfolio but also the depth and relevance of the subject. The plans submitted suggest that the applicant will deliver a project of exceptional artistic quality and contemporary social relevance. The project scores high in terms of creativity.

 

Organisation: The Malta Film Foundation

Applicant: Joyce Grech

Reference number: O 27 FN 647

Project Title: The Malta Short Film Festival

Amount Awarded: €10,000

A festival aimed at increasing film appreciation amongst audiences who would not normally attend a film festival.

 

Organisation: Gaulitanus Choir

Applicant: Colin Attard

Reference number: O 31–FN 651

Project Title: Gaulitana: A Festival of Music ‘14

Amount Awarded: €5,000

The choir’s annual artistic programme featuring a number of events.

 

Organisation: L-Għanja tal-Poplu

Applicant: Rev Maurice Mifsud

Reference number: O 32–FN 652

Project Title: L-Għanja tal-Poplu – 38 Edizzjoni

Amount Awarded: €13,000

An annual festival featuring songs describing feelings and experiences of the Maltese population.

 

Organisation: Beland Band Club

Applicant: Anthony Aquilina

Reference number: O 33–FN 653

Project Title: Beland Music Festival

Amount Awarded: €5,000

An open-air event consisting of a full week dedicated to culture and music.

 

Organisation: 808

Applicant: Chris Briffa

Reference number: O 36–FN 656

Project Title: 808 Organisational Startup

Amount Awarded: €20,000 (full funding)

Support for 808  to grow as an organisation. 808 would like to have a yearly presence and not simply restrict itself to the biannual running of Malta Design Week.

 

Organisation: Kinemastik

Applicant: Slavko Vukanovic

Reference number: O 38–FN 658

Project Title: Kinemastik 2013

Amount Awarded: €12,000

Kinemastik will be staging a number of events, for both local and foreign audiences. These events will provide a solid structure that will enable the organisation to become a sustainable entity. 

 

 

Organisation: Maltese Chamber of Scientists

Applicant: Edward Duca

Reference number: O 42–FN 662

Project Title: Science in the City – ‘SitC’

Amount Awarded: €10,000

A series of interactive events for families with children (5-11 years) and/or adolescents (12-15 years), youths, professionals and pensioners.

 

Organisation: Opening Doors Association

Applicant: Brian Gauci

Reference number: O 43–FN 663

Project Title: Opening Doors Art Programme

Amount Awarded: €10,000

A project aimed at giving music its full autonomy and exploring it as a separate performative entity to then reintegrate this exploration into a complete performance piece in July 2013.

 

Organisation: Koperattiva Kulturali Universitarja (KKU)

Applicant: Patricia Camilleri

Reference number: O 45–FN 665

Project Title: Evenings on Campus 2013

Amount Awarded: €5,000

Evenings on Campus aim to produce top quality cultural and educational performances addressed to a summer audience between July and August.

 

Organisation: Fundazzjoni Avventura

Applicant: Mario Philip Azzopardi

Reference number: O 46–FN 666

Project Title: Staġun tat-Teatru Malti

Amount Awarded: €10,000

The second edition of Staġun tat-Teatru Malti, whereby original new Maltese works are commissioned and produced.

 

Organisation: Leone Band Club

Applicant: Joseph Debrincat

Reference number: O 25-FN 645

Project Title: Leone Goes Pop 6th Edition

Amount Awarded: €3,500

A musical programme performed by the Leone Band Club on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Leone Philharmonic Society (1863-2013).

Applicant: Laura Cioffi

Reference number: M 91-FN 632

Project Title: Participation in NYOS 2013

Amount Awarded: €756.15

An invitation to be part of the inaugural NYOS senior orchestra for the duration of 2013

 

Applicant: Daniel Lapira

Reference number: M 92-FN 633

Project Title: NFTS Short Course – The Craft of Editing

Amount Awarded: €1,210.33

Attendance to a short course focusing on editing to be held in the National Film and Television School, London.

 

Applicant: Clare Azzopardi

Reference number: M 93-FN 634

Project Title: Gużeppina Goes to Lyon

Amount Awarded: €339.82 (full funding)

An invitation by two public libraries and one public primary school in Lyon, France to present one of the applicant’s latest books for children entitled ‘Gużeppina’. The applicant will be involved in three or four readings in Maltese.

 

Applicant: Omar Grech

Reference number: M 95-FN 636

Project Title: European Tour

Amount Awarded: €3,000 (full funding)

A tour in support of the album entitled ‘Never to Dawn’ by the band Beheaded.

 

Applicant: Pierre Louis Attard

Reference number: M 98-FN 639

Project Title: USSO ‘13

Amount Awarded: €408.40

Attendance to the University of Scotland Symphonic Orchestra 2013 gathering held in Belgium.

 

Applicant: Kane Cali

Reference number: M 102-FN 643

Project Title: Art Shanghai Exhibition

Amount Awarded: €850

Participation in Art Shanghai 2013. The applicant will be presenting one sculptural piece taken from the cast crystal series Ripple Landscape.

 

Applicant: Karl Fiorini

Reference number: M 103-FN 644

Project Title: Symphonic Music from Malta

Amount Awarded: €2,181.60

A concert consisting of symphonic Maltese music by Carmelo Pace, Charles Camilleri and Karl Fiorini, and a series of lectures/talks/papers on the subject.

Applicant: Walter Vella

Reference number: M 105-FN 668

Project Title: Without Borders

Amount Awarded: €1,264 (full funding)

Attendance to the ‘Without Borders’ forum to be held in Varna, Bulgaria in September 2013.  ‘Without Borders’ is a music/art forum attended by music agents and festival organisers from Europe and other continents.  Attendees listen to chosen world music compositions and live performances by ethnic music groups and musicians.

 

Applicant: Michael Cutajar

Reference number: M 107-FN 670

Project Title: Aberystwyth Musicfest

Amount Awarded: €839 (full funding)

Participation in Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s Musicfest to be held at Aberystwyth University between July and August 2013.

 

Applicant: Gabi Sultana

Reference number: M 109-FN 672

Project Title: IBLA Grand Prize 2013

Amount Awarded: €935.17 (full funding)

Participation in the IBLA Grand Prize 2013 which is to be held in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily, Italy in July 2013. An international jury will determine whether the applicant will perform in Carnagie Hall in 2014.

 

Applicant: Lou Ghirlando

Reference number: M 110-FN 673

Project Title: Attachment: Masks, Dreams and Stories

Amount Awarded: €1,004.93 (full funding)

Attendance to the International Summer School in Romania organised by renowned dramatherapist Dr Sue Jennings – ‘Creative Care.’

 

Applicant: Ritianne Muscat

Reference number: M 112-FN 675

Project Title: Post-humanist Desire, MOCA Taipei

Amount Awarded: €2,065 (full funding)

An exhibition curated with theoretical consideration of the concepts of Post-humanism. The exhibition will be curated and co-ordinated by Dr Ming Turner, lecturer at the Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

 

Applicant: Christopher Zahra

Reference number: M 114-FN 677

Project Title: Fungus Rock: A New Sub-Genre

Amount Awarded: €2,220.80

The launch of the band’s EP entitled ‘Fungus’. The band will tour a number of European countries in order to promote a new genre entitled ‘Fungus Rock.’

 

Applicant: Adrian Scicluna

Reference number: M 115-FN 678

Project Title: London Exhibitions

Amount Awarded: €1,923.45

Two back-to-back exhibitions to be held at The Other Art Fair (TOAF) and at Debut Contemporary Gallery in London, UK.  Both exhibitions include mentoring sessions, workshops and networking opportunities.

 

Applicant: Carmel Bonnici

Reference number: M 118-FN 681

Project Title: REDucation UK Training

Amount Awarded: €1,183.86

The applicant has been selected to attend the ‘Audio Visual Training Programme’ organised by the Malta Film Commission and the Media Desk Malta. The training programme will focus on producing and writing for animation, films and documentaries.

 

Organisation: Kinemastik

Applicant: Slavko Vukanovic

Reference number: M 120-FN 683

Project Title: Kinemastik Goes East Europe

Amount Awarded: €2,500

Kinemastik has been invited to organise screening and an exhibition of photography, illustrations and screening in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia in June 2013.

 

Applicant: Elaine Bonavia

Reference number: M 121-FN 684

Project Title: Form as (Dynamic) Unknown Workshop

Amount Awarded: €1,007.94 (full funding)

Attendance to an explorative, research, design-and-build workshop hosted by the AA Visiting School in Rome, Italy in May 2013. The workshop will focus on interactive architecture and question the nature of the static urban environment in which we live.

 

Applicant: Chris Borg Costanzi

Reference number: M 122-FN 685

Project Title: Form as (Dynamic) Unknown Workshop

Amount Awarded: €1,016.31 (full funding)

Attendance to an explorative, research, design-and-build workshop hosted by the AA Visiting School in Rome, Italy in May 2013. The workshop will focus on interactive architecture and question the nature of the static urban environment in which we live.

 

Applicant: Marouska Attard

Reference number: M 123-FN 686

Project Title: Masterclass in Choir Direction

Amount Awarded: €1,435.98 (full funding)

Attendance to private tuition with Dr Colin Durrant, Josephine McNally and Simon Gregory to be held in Littlebury-Essex and Sherborne-Dorsethttp, UK.

 

Applicant: James Micallef Grimaud

Reference number: M 126-FN 689

Project Title: Anatomical Portrait Drawing Course

Amount Awarded: €785.42

Attendance to an intensive 5-day course led by Stuart Elliot, a lecturer at Central Saint Martins, London, UK.

Applicant: Glen Zammit

Reference number: M 136-FN 761

Project Title: BISYOC

Amount Awarded: €632 (full funding)

Participation in an 11 day series of workshops organised for the intercultural youth symphony orchestra.

 

Applicant: Therese Storace

Reference number: M 137-FN 762

Project Title: The Memory Project

Amount Awarded: €2,500

Description of Project: Attendance to the Art Academy London Summer School to follow a number of specialised modules under the tutorship of acclaimed practitioners and professionals. The applicant will then apply her research for a portrait-based project centred upon the faces that inhabit the halls of St. Catherine’s Home for the Elderly, Attard.

 

Applicant: Jessica Ellul

Reference number: M 138-FN 763

Project Title: Aberystwyth Music Fest

Amount Awarded: €500

Attendance to organised, structured chamber music opportunities and coaching held at the award winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre, a department of the Aberystwyth University, London, UK.

 

Applicant: Charlene Portelli

Reference number: M 140-FN 765

Project Title: Lidal North International Opera Workshop

Amount Awarded: €2,079.49 (full funding)

Attendance to a summer program for young professional opera singers that will embark on Lidal North’s eight season this summer. The Lidal North program spotlights international talent and helps them on their way to operatic careers on the international stage.

 

Applicant: Pamela Bezzina

Reference number: M 141-FN 766

Project Title: Estill Model Voice Training Course

Amount Awarded: €1,980 (full funding)

Attendance to a specialised 5 day course for singers and singing teachers held in London, UK. The project is aimed towards the preparation and exploration of the Estill Model, a specific and highly recommended vocal technique used by many professional singers worldwide.

 

Applicant: Clare Ghigo

Reference number: M 142-FN 767

Project Title: Masterclass Solti Accademia di Bel Canto

Amount Awarded: €229.50

Participation in a masterclass led by the best tutors and opera singers such as soprano Renato Scotto, Dennis O’Neill, Jonathan Papp and Richard Bonynge, who will guide the young singers through the intricate Bel Canto repertoire. The participants will also sing folk songs in their native language.

 

Applicant: Audrienne Degiorgio

Reference number: M 143-FN 768

Project Title: PILOT Comic Anthology at MCM

Amount Awarded: €1,403.90 (full funding)

The presentation of the Pilot Group’s Medieval Edition, the successor of the Steampunk release – a collection of short stories in comic form. The group’s aim is to have Pilot available during the MCM Manchester Comic Convention that will take place at Manchester Central, Petersfield, Manchester, UK.

 

Applicant: Marie Therese Vella

Reference number: M 147-FN 772

Project Title: The Colours of a Journey

Amount Awarded: €2,500

A portrait of the life of an African immigrant woman, namely the journey from her birth to her arrival in Malta, through a series of paintings which will be exhibited to the general public.

 

Applicant: Noel Curmi

Reference number: M 148-FN 773

Project Title: Aberystwyth Musicfest

Amount Awarded: €500

Attendance to organised, structured chamber music opportunities and coaching held at the award winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre, a department of the Aberystwyth University.

 

Applicant: Alison Ellul

Reference number: M 154-FN 779

Project Title: Weeping Silence in The Netherlands

Amount Awarded: €2,000

A series of the band’s music performances organised by the Music Agency ‘Limelight Productions’ based in The Netherlands. The decision to play in The Netherlands is the result of careful research about the music industry within the context of the band’s musical style, and the group’s aim is to promote the band’s music in foreign and new territory.

 

Applicant: Rachel Formosa

Reference number: M 157-FN 782

Project Title: Carrying Research in Archive, Exhibition Design, Art and Politics

Amount Awarded: €1,000

An initiative to undertake research and training in archive, exhibition design and the relationship between art and politics, over a period of two weeks, at the University of the Arts, Central St. Martin’s, London, UK. The applicant will participate in intensive courses led by international lecturers and entitled Archive and Exhibition Design and Art and Politics: Form Dada to Present.

 

Applicant: Michaela De Bono

Reference number: M 156-FN 781

Project Title: Performance Course, Royal Academy of Dance, London

Amount Awarded: €2,992.80 (full funding)

Attendance to a 2 week specialised Performance Course of the Royal Academy of Dance. The course will be held in Battersea, London, UK.  

Applicant: Christine Dimech

Reference number: M 158-FN 805

Project Title: Campus Internazionale di Sassofono

Amount Awarded: €547.98 (full funding)

Attendance to a saxophone workshop where participants will have the opportunity to follow individual lessons with five internationally acclaimed saxophonists and tutors, namely Mario Ciaccio, Antonino Mollica, Pascal Bonnett, Fabrizio Mancuso and Federico Alba.

 

Applicant: Andrei Delicata

Reference number: M 159-FN 806

Project Title: 2⁰ International Campus of Saxophone

Amount Awarded: €578.52 (full funding)

Attendance to a saxophone workshop where participants will have the opportunity to follow individual lessons with five internationally acclaimed saxophonists and tutors, namely Mario Ciaccio, Antonino Mollica, Pascal Bonnett, Fabrizio Mancuso and Federico Alba.

 

Applicant: Michela Scicluna

Reference number: M 160-FN 807

Project Title: Corso Perfezionamento

Amount Awarded: €961

Attendance to a six-day dance course in Forli, Italy at Ateneo Danza. The main tutor will be Diane Van Schoor, Director of the Royal Ballet School in London, UK.

 

Applicant: Steve Hili

Reference number: M 161-FN 808

Project Title: Attending a Two-Day Comedy Writing Masterclass in London with Rob Grant

Amount Awarded: €531.93 (full funding)

Attendance to this masterclass will enable the applicant to learn more about the craft of comedy writing.

 

Applicant: Pierre Louis Attard

Reference number: M 164-FN 811

Project Title: 3rd International Masterclass Narni ‘13

Amount Awarded: €854.67 (full funding)

Attendance to this masterclass in Narni, Italy organised by the Associazione Mozart Italia. This masterclass ends with a series of concerts featuring the students solo and as part of ensembles.

Applicant: Rachel Fabri

Reference number: M 167-FN 848

Project Title: Estill Voice Training Course: Level I & II

Amount Awarded: €880 (full funding)

Attendance to a course delivered by Ms Charlotte Shorthouse, accompanied by Ms Helen Rowson and Ms Sarah Stephenson. The course will be held at The Urdang Academy, Rosebery Avenue in London, UK.

Applicant:  Dustin Cauchi

Reference number: M 174-FN 884

Project Title: Personal Exhibition at Via Farini, Milan

Amount Awarded: €825

An opportunity that will help further the applicant’s exposure on an international platform whereby exchange and interaction are guaranteed.

 

Applicant:  Adrian Grima

Reference number: M 175-FN 885

Project Title: Nicaragua Literature Festival

Amount Awarded: €1,280

The applicant was invited to participate in a prestigious literary festival in the Latin continent. This is a valid platform for the applicant. The proposal is strong in terms of artistic development and international engagement.

 

Applicant:  Glen Calleja

Reference number: M 177-FN 887

Project Title: Bookbinding Workshops with Lori Sauer

Amount Awarded: €2,378 (full funding)

A strong project in terms of creative development; this project offers exposure to an art form which has insofar been little explored in Malta.

 

Applicant:  Christine Dimech

Reference number: M 179-FN 889

Project Title: Advanced Course in Saxophone Performance

Amount Awarded: €2,427.72 (full funding)

The proposed course will help the applicant develop her performing skills and repertoire. This is a strong proposal in terms of collaboration and artistic development.

Applicant: Immanuel Mifsud

Reference number: SW 01-FN 667

Project Title: A Handful of Leaves (Prgišče Listja)

Amount Awarded: €5,000 (full funding)

The IRIU Institute (Slovenia) plans to publish the applicant’s poetry. The applicant’s collection will comprise of 50 poems entitled ‘A Handful of Leaves’ (Prgišče Listja in Slovenian). IRIU plans to print, publish and distribute 500 copies of the collection.

 

Applicant: Clare Azzopardi

Reference number: SW 04-FN 670

Project Title: Traduzzjoni ta’ ‘Frejp’

Amount Awarded: €1,082 (full funding)

A novel describing the emotions and events that youths go through as part of their experiences.

 

Applicant: Albert Gatt

Reference number: SW 05-FN 671

Project Title: ‘Ulied in-Nanna Venut’ – An English Translation’

Amount Awarded: €3,900

The novel is a classic of modern Maltese prose fiction. The applicant feels that interest in Juann Mamo’s work is currently reaching a peak, as shown by the recent publication of Ġrajja Maltija (edited by M. Vella, Midsea Books, 2010), as well as the forthcoming publication of a new, annotated version of Ulied in Nanna Venut based on the author’s manuscript (edited by A. Grima).

Applicant: Norbert Bugeja

Reference number: SW 07-FN 883

Project Title: South of the Kasbah

Amount Awarded: €5,000 (full funding)

A fine literary product whereby the richness of expression and the wealth of experience appear to be capable of lending themselves admirably to a potentially wider manifestation of cultural development both locally and abroad. A translated work that will appeal to a specialised and valid readership. The project promises to push boundaries and to provoke artistic and technical challenges.

  • The filled-in, official application form;
  • The CVs/portfolios of creative practitioner/s;
  • The compiled budget template;
  • Official quotations/estimates of costs corresponding to the listed budget items in the application form;
  • The applicant’s declaration duly signed;
  • A copy of the applicant’s Maltese ID card or Maltese residence permit or Maltese citizenship certificate or Maltese passport.
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