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2022 Recipient – Angela BaileyCurator and photographic artist, Angela Bailey’s fellowship will result in The GLAD Project, an exploration into the often secreted queer lives of performance artists. Bailey notes that there are queer stories and queer icons across the full breadth of the Australian Performing Arts Collection; “This project is an opportunity to further bring out and highlight these queer lives and connections, and to open up the Collection for broader discovery”. The project will result in a multi-faceted creative work with an online exhibition, physical installation as well as a performative element. The work is expected to be presented around June 20232021 Recipient – Cathy PryorThe Frank Van Straten Research Fellowship for 2021 was awarded to Ms Cathy Pryor. Cathy’s project Rare Flowers and Golden Butterflies – women and magic in mid-20th century Australia, focuses on the careers of three female magicians; Esme Levante, Myrtle Roberts and Loretta “Moi-Yo” Miller Montes. Often hired as attractive assistants to be sawn in half or to be the foil for other tricks, Rare Flowers and Golden Butterflies demonstrates that women played a pivotal role both on stage and behind the scenes through telling the stories of their fascinating careers.Discover more about these female magicians in the online exhibition – Rare Flowers and Golden ButterfliesListen to the outcome of Cathy’s research, an audio documentary – The Illusory world of Esme Levante for Radio National’s The History Listen2020 Recipient – Kate RiceDr Rice used her fellowship opportunity to research a number of historical theatrical performances documented in the Australian Performing Arts Collection and produce a series of performative podcasts that bring these forgotten stories of the Australian stage to life. Dr Rice explored a range of subjects including the 1919 Influenza Pandemic, child performers and a fight for copyright in the early twentieth century.Read more about Dr Rice’s research: Theatre and the Influenza Pandemic of 1919 Researching the Performing Arts Collection Without Leaving HomeListen to the creative docu-drama podcast about what happened to Melbourne theatre during the 1919 pandemic in Performing the PastThe post Frank Van Straten Fellowship appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

<h2>2022 Recipient – Angela Bailey</h2>Curator and photographic artist, Angela Bailey’s fellowship will result in The GLAD Project, an exploration into the often secreted queer lives of performance artists. Bailey notes that there are queer stories and queer icons across the full breadth of the Australian Performing Arts Collection; “This project is an opportunity to further bring out and highlight these queer lives and connections, and to open up the Collection for broader discovery”. The project will result in a multi-faceted creative work with an online exhibition, physical installation as well as a performative element. The work is expected to be presented around June 2023<h2>2021 Recipient – Cathy Pryor</h2>The Frank Van Straten Research Fellowship for 2021 was awarded to Ms Cathy Pryor. Cathy’s project Rare Flowers and Golden Butterflies – women and magic in mid-20th century Australia, focuses on the careers of three female magicians; Esme Levante, Myrtle Roberts and Loretta “Moi-Yo” Miller Montes. Often hired as attractive assistants to be sawn in half or to be the foil for other tricks, Rare Flowers and Golden Butterflies demonstrates that women played a pivotal role both on stage and behind the scenes through telling the stories of their fascinating careers.Discover more about these female magicians in the online exhibition – <a href="https://stories.artscentremelbourne.com.au/rare-flowers-and-golden-butterflies/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rare Flowers and Golden Butterflies</a>Listen to the outcome of Cathy’s research, an audio documentary – <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/esme-l/13491022" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Illusory world of Esme Levante for Radio National’s The History Listen</a><h2>2020 Recipient – Kate Rice</h2>Dr Rice used her fellowship opportunity to research a number of historical theatrical performances documented in the Australian Performing Arts Collection and produce a series of performative podcasts that bring these forgotten stories of the Australian stage to life. Dr Rice explored a range of subjects including the 1919 Influenza Pandemic, child performers and a fight for copyright in the early twentieth century.Read more about Dr Rice’s research: <a href="https://artscentremelbourne.com.au/community/content-hub/together-with-you/stories/2020/theatre-and-the-influenza-pandemic-of-1919" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Theatre and the Influenza Pandemic of 1919</a> <a href="https://artscentremelbourne.com.au/community/content-hub/together-with-you/stories/2020/researching-the-performing-arts-collection-without-leaving-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Researching the Performing Arts Collection Without Leaving Home</a>Listen to the creative docu-drama podcast about what happened to Melbourne theatre during the 1919 pandemic in <a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/exhibitions-collections/research-access/performing-the-past" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Performing the Past</a><a href="https://joy.org.au/sundayarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/276/2022/07/Frank.jpeg?x36712" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>The post <a href="https://joy.org.au/sundayarts/2022/07/17/frank-van-straten-fellowship/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Van Straten Fellowship</a> appeared first on <a href="https://joy.org.au/sundayarts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunday Arts Magazine</a>.

Frank Van Straten Fellowship

Kate Rice

Arts Centre Melbourneand the Australian Performing Arts Collection are committed to providing opportunities for Victoria’s creative community with the 2021 Frank Van Straten Fellowship. Applications are now open and close on Friday 30 October, 2020 […] http://media.blubrry.com/sunday_arts_magazine/p/joy.org.au/sundayarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/276/2020/09/Rice.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:37 — 12.1MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Dr Kate Rice – Frank Van Straten Fellowship appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

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Dr Kate Rice – Frank Van Straten Fellowship

Frank Van Straten is a performing arts historian, author and a former director of the Performing Arts Museum in Melbourne. You've probably read one of his insightful commentaries on the history of a musical or play, in a program you purchased whilst visiting a theatre.Van Straten was the first archivist of the Performing Arts Museum (now the Performing Arts Collection), at the Victorian Arts Centre, and was the director from 1984 until 1993.For many years he researched and presented ABC Local radio's Nostalgia segment, broadcast on Melbourne's 774 and the ABC Victorian Regional Network.He has acted as the Historical Consultant for Graeme Murphy's dance musical TIVOLI, and given his vast knowledge, has accepted invitations to contribute information to considerable books, speeches, biographies, performances and exhibitions.In recognition of his services to the performing arts in Australia Van Straten was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1999.Frank's passion for our performing heritage is palpable and his knowledge is supreme ... with an ability to talk at length on any subject to do with the performing arts in Australia he is the ideal guest on STAGES.

Frank Van Straten is a performing arts historian, author and a former director of the Performing Arts Museum in Melbourne. You've probably read one of his insightful commentaries on the history of a musical or play, in a program you purchased whilst visiting a theatre. Van Straten was the first archivist of the Performing Arts Museum (now the Performing Arts Collection), at the Victorian Arts Centre, and was the director from 1984 until 1993. For many years he researched and presented ABC Local radio's Nostalgia segment, broadcast on Melbourne's 774 and the ABC Victorian Regional Network. He has acted as the Historical Consultant for Graeme Murphy's dance musical TIVOLI, and given his vast knowledge, has accepted invitations to contribute information to considerable books, speeches, biographies, performances and exhibitions. In recognition of his services to the performing arts in Australia Van Straten was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1999. Frank's passion for our performing heritage is palpable and his knowledge is supreme ... with an ability to talk at length on any subject to do with the performing arts in Australia he is the ideal guest on STAGES.

Performing Arts Historian/Custodian - Frank Van Straten