Arts OutWest Mentorships

A program to match Central West arts and creative practioners with industry expert mentors.

2010 'Moving on up' program

Through a small amount of funding from Arts Training NSW, Arts OutWest was able to offer three people involved in the arts from the Central West the opportunity to be mentored by an expert in their field.

The program bagn with the first three participants attending a training day with Tracey
Callinan in Orange in November 2010.

Aida Pottinger (Orange), Jane Bennie (Forbes) and Christine Weston (Cumnock) will now be
matched with industry mentors. The three mentees will also work as a kind of collegiate network, supporting each other.

The huge number of applications to this new mentorship program has encouraged Arts OutWest
to seek further funding to run something similar in 2011. We’ll keep you posted.

Whilst the funding for this first round of the program is small, it will cover costs such as the mentor’s travel and some of the participant’s travel costs as well as a fee for the mentor’s time.

For more information call Arts OutWest on 6338 4657.