JUMP

Closing date: 26 February 2010
Decisions advised: March 2010
Start date: 31 March 2010 – finish date 31 December 2010

Amount: Up to $5,000

Managed by Youth Arts Queensland

www.jumpmentoring.com.au

The JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists supports the career development of artists aged 18-30, and in the first five years of their professional practice, by providing mentoring opportunities with established professionals in their artform.

Mentored artists receive funding of up to $5,000 for a creative concept, to be realised through a one on one relationship with their chosen mentor, and access to a range of professional development, showcasing and networking activities.

The JUMP program aims to promote excellence in artistic practice across artforms, and facilitate pathways for geographically and culturally diverse artists, in order to identify and champion Australia’s next generation of arts industry leaders.

Three annual mentorship rounds of up to 10 months’ duration will be delivered from 2010 to 2012, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through the Opportunities for Young and Emerging Artists initiative.  

JUMP is managed nationally by Youth Arts Queensland, and will be delivered in 2010 in collaboration with inaugural state delivery partners Carclew Youth Arts (SA) and Propel Youth Arts WA. Additional state delivery partners and funding partners will be secured incrementally, attracted by the JUMP program’s local, national and international reputation.

For more information, application forms and FAQs, visit www.jumpmentoring.com.au