THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND’S STUDENT ENDOWMENTS
SUPPORTED BY MINDEROO FOUNDATION
At the 2024 Performing Arts WA Awards, The Artist Relief Fund’s Student Endowments – Supported by Minderoo Foundation were presented to six students studying one of the major performing arts streams at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
The Endowments were created in 2020 as an initiative of Artist Relief Fund WA and Minderoo Foundation. Across five years, they have been awarded to twenty nine emerging artists to help support them in their studies and careers.
“The endowments bring immense benefits to our students as they seek to pursue careers as professional practitioners during a period of immense challenge and upheaval. Through their continued commitment to artists, Artist Relief Fund WA and Minderoo Foundation play an essential role in nurturing and supporting the emergence of new generations of confident and dynamic arts practitioners.”
endowment alumni
Find out more about past recipients of the Artist Relief Fund’s Student Endowments – Supported by Minderoo Foundation.
Lila McGuire – winner (aboriginal theatre) 2020
“I cannot stress how much The Artist Relief Fund’s Student Endowment – Supported by Minderoo Foundation helped me… I was able to focus on my studies to a much greater extent and do what I love to do.
I have since been accepted into the Bachelor of Arts in Acting at WAAPA which is a huge achievement that I’m not sure I would have been able to do without this award.”
Whadjuk and Wardarndi Noongar woman Lila McGuire is now in her final year of Acting at WAAPA. In February 2022, Lila had her mainstage debut as the title role in Perth Festival and Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s new musical Panawathi Girl. Lila has been identified as a rising talent and was profiled by The West Australian as one of the state’s “faces to watch”.
2024 Alumni
Aboriginal Performance Reese Horne
Acting Monique Mitchell
Dance Georgina Simpson
Music Theatre Kimberly Macgown
Performing Arts Sanna Ansaldo
Production & Design Kristopher Long
2023 Alumni
Aboriginal Performance Cadence McNamara
Acting Riley Warner
Dance Ruby Brazzalotto
Music Theatre Jake Binns
Performing Arts Marie-Eve Cigna
Production & Design Verity Wyllie
2022 Alumni
Aboriginal Performance Lucy Arnall
Acting Ruby Henaway
Dance Tegan Carter
Music Theatre Mia Guglielmi
Performing Arts Harrison Lorenz-Daniel
Production & Design Elouise Greenwell
2021 Alumni
Aboriginal Performance Taj Jamieson
Acting Remy Danoy
Dance Sarah Kinch
Music Theatre Jackson Britza
Performing Arts Alexandra Veleva
Production & Design Skye Heales
2020 Alumni
Aboriginal Performance Lila McGuire
Acting Angelica Lockyer
Dance Indiana Mulherin
Music Theatre Sam Moloney
Performing Arts Jacob Sgouros