Supporting regional NSW professional artists

Annual scholarship of $10,000 awarded for painting, printing, sculpture or drawing.

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  'Eleven Limbs'

  Ellen Ferrier - 2023 Windmill Scholarship Read More
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  'gii mara-bula/Heart Hand-also'

  Juanita McLauchlan - 2022 Windmill Scholarship Read More
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  'Leap Frog Sequence'

  Dale Collier - 2019 Windmill Winner Read More
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  'Beyond Gavrinis'

  Debbie Taylor-Worley - 2020 Winner Windmill Trust Scholarship Read More
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  'Mangrove Studies 1'

  Fiona Foley - 2018 Winner Read More
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  'This/That'

  Rachel Peachey & Paul Mosig - 2017 Winner Read More
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  'Together'

  Duke Albada - 2016 Scholarship Winner Read More
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  'Which Way Forward'

  Harrie Fasher - 2015 Scholarship Winner Read More
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  'Native Grid II'

  James Blackwell - 2014 Scholarship Winner Read More
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  'Ferrying'

  Rochelle Summerfield - 2014 Encouragement Award Read More

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WINDMILL TRUST 2024

APPLICATIONS OPEN 22 JULY →

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Reviews

• As an emerging artist, receiving this scholarship feels like an incredible vote of confidence in my practice,’ said Ellen Ferrier. ‘This scholarship will enable me to push the scale and material rigour of the work and collaborate with relevant experts in the field. I feel incredibly blessed to receive the support and encouragement from The Windmill Trust, and excited at the opportunity to enhance and fortify my installation for Cementa24 thanks to this funding.
  Ellen Ferrier / 2023 WINDMILL SCHOLARSHIP
• I’m pretty excited to be receiving this scholarship,’ said Juanita McLauchlan. ‘To make the new work for Everywhen it is essential that I visit my family’s ancestral country on Gamilaraay land at Kootingal, near Tamworth and I would not be able to afford this without assistance. This opportunity will enhance it to another level. I am on the edge of an incredibly exciting and moving moment in my practice. I feel that all the threads are coming together in a really positive and productive way.
  Juanita McLauchlan / 2022 WINDMILL SCHOLARSHIP
• "Upon receiving the news that my application to the 2019 Windmill Trust Scholarship was successful, I was overcome by the most ridiculous flood of happy tears. Being awarded this scholarship is an enormous affirmation of my current and future practice and gives great confidence to the world of ideas I inhabit as a critically engaged artist working across urban, regional and remote divides."
  Dale Collier / 2019 WINDMILL SCHOLARSHIP
• "In December 2017 I completed my practice-led PhD titled, Biting the Clouds: The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897. Now it’s time for a change of pace and spending some time back on my traditional country. The landmass of K’gari1 means Paradise. With the assistance of the Windmill Trust Scholarship I am overjoyed to be going home and creating a new body of work during the Spring of 2018. After a lean six months this really feels like winning lotto."
  Fiona Foley / 2018 WINDMILL SCHOLARSHIP
• Being the Windmill Trust Scholarship recipient for 2010 enabled me to confidently move forward with the survey show at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and definitely helped ensure its success. It was a great plus for advertising and gave the show some added prestige.
  
  Jane Lander / 2010 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
• The grant extended my practice beyond the regional by building networks. I have been asked to exhibit as part of two group shows at Katomba Cultural Centre and at the Tweed Regional Gallery, in 2016. Thanks to the Windmill grant, my work looked contemporary and professional.
  Rochelle Summerfield / 2014 ENCOURGEMENT AWARD

2023 Ellen Ferrier

As an emerging artist, receiving this scholarship feels like an incredible vote of confidence in my practice,’ said Ellen Ferrier. ‘This scholarship will enable me to push the scale and material rigour of the work and collaborate with relevant experts in the field. I feel incredibly blessed to receive the support and encouragement from The Windmill Trust, and excited at the opportunity to enhance and fortify my installation for Cementa24 thanks to this funding.

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