Guiding Principles
Bruny Island Foundation
for the Arts
The Foundation's
Guiding
Principles
The Bruny Island Foundation for the Arts facilitates:
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Bruny Island as a space to encourage arts practice of national and international importance
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Bruny Island as a site for exploring universal themes, particularly the relationship between people and the environment
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the reputation of Bruny Island as a creative community
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involvement of the general community in awareness of and support for the arts on Bruny Island
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Bruny Island as a destination for arts practitioners and as a hub for arts communication
The Foundation is a non-profit public company limited by guarantee and a registered Australian charity. The Foundation is on the Commonwealth Register of Cultural Organisations and has Deductible Gift Recipient Status. This means eligible donations to the Bruny Island Foundation Fund are tax deductible.
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Activities of the Foundation
The types of visual arts, performance, music and literature projects that can be supported by the Foundation include:
Infrastructure to support the arts on Bruny Island
(studios; retreats; performance spaces; community halls; equipment)
Financial assistance to Bruny Island arts events
(exhibitions, group projects, installations, residencies, fellowships, prizes)
Residency stipends for artists
(including financial support for artists at all stages of career development)
Cultural exchange
(between Bruny Island and other arts-focused locations around the world, especially island communities)
Arts education on Bruny
(to support the arts at our local school and engage people of all ages)
Direct grants to eligible arts organisations
(for projects and activities that advance the arts on Bruny Island)
Partnerships with other local organisations
(for example, support for community infrastructure and events with an important arts component)
Image Robert Hollingworth, Detail: The Last Goodbye (still bright in the sky) Richmond Birdwing, (Detail), BRUNY18
Why support the arts on Bruny Island?
The Foundation believes that advancing culture on Bruny Island is important for at least four reasons:
Artistic expression and cultural endeavour help sustain the fabric of the community
Creative endeavour connects residents and visitors in a shared experience and appreciation of the island, its people and its environment.
Bruny Island gives rise to unique, original and compelling art that is important to nurture, share, protect and grow in perpetuity
Bruny is a place to exchange and grow ideas of universal importance. It is a site for art making, creative development and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The arts and culture help sustain Bruny Island’s economic and social future
Bruny can be a home for an increasing number of artists who operate in global markets. These artists will bring families who contribute to the ever-evolving identity and economy of Bruny Island.
The arts and culture are a celebration of everything that the Island community has been, is now and will be in the future
The arts record and represent the character, the triumphs and the follies that have shaped Bruny Island over the years. They form the story of place and the language of innovation yet to come.
