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Featured Project | Soda_Jerk Wins $60,000 Visual Arts Scholarship
Soda_Jerk Wins $60,000 Visual Arts Scholarship
Sydney sisters Dominique and Dan Angeloro, collectively known as Soda_Jerk, have won this year’s prestigious Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship worth $60,000. The emerging visual artists will use the Scholarship to undertake a one-year program of professional development overseas.More
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ARTS NSW | What we do
As the NSW Government’s arts policy and funding body, Arts NSW supports our state as a vibrant, dynamic and creative place.More