Georgina Gould-Hardwick

2023 Haymes Family Foundation Award

2021 Isobella Foundation Award
2021 Mentoring Program
Genre: Visual Arts

An interdisciplinary artist based in Ballarat. Georgina creates realistic coloured pencil illustrations of Australian flora & fauna. With tertiary degrees in both fine art and environmental management, her artworks communicate themes of environmental conservation, and aims to increase public awareness of native Australian species.

Adrian Liston

2022 BLOC and Lyric Theatre Award for Performing Arts/Musical Theatre
Genre: Music

Adrian is a percussionist who is a regular performer in local theatre companies and ensembles. BAF’s support will enable Adrian to acquire an electronic percussion pad that will improve the versatility and range of percussion sounds within his performances.

Kaine Hansen

2021 Out of Round Grant
2019 Nicholson Award for Contemporary Performance

Genre: Music

Receiving a grant in 2019 enabled Kaine Hansen’s band Saint Ivory (now known as Apex Bloom) to work in a professional studio and make a recording of their latest songs.

An update from the band (March 2020):
Here are some of the photos from the studio! All in all the whole week was an incredible experience, we all learnt so much individually but even more together as a band. We’re so excited to share the music to the world and expect that the first single will be out in early June. 



Jack L. Stacey

2008 Shep Award
2011 Shep Awards
2017 BAF Award
2021 Mentoring Program
Genre: Music

Jack L. Stacey is an accomplished composer, pianist and organist.  As a composer Jack's works have won him numerous awards. His ability to express the human condition through music is exceptional. As a jazz pianist Jack's audiences are swept away in the colour and vibrancy of his playing. His performances are a combination of the standards and his original, jazz inspired works.  As a classical pianist Jack explores the many nuances and textures of such composers as Debussy, Rachmaninov and Beethoven, to name but a few. Jack presents his recitals with an intensity and maturity beyond his years as he brings to life the works of the great composers. As a pipe organist Jack plays the organ with a rich understanding of acoustic registration, classically-trained improvisation, and professionally performed hymns and offertories. He currently plays each Sunday at St Paul's Anglican Church, Bakery Hill, in Ballarat.

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