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ALLYCIA STAPLES

A dark image of Allycia on stage holding a microphone in one hand.

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Jesse is painting on his easel. His back to the camera, he is wearing a mustard coloured t-shirt and is holding a paint pallet in his hands. 

SAFE Grant Recipient

The SAFE Fund provides one-off funding opportunities for artists living with disability or disadvantage to access new opportunities and remove barriers to their professional career development.

The SAFE Grant enabled Allycia to attend Back to Back Theatre’s “Come and Make Performance” CAMP in Geelong, Victoria. CAMP is a weekend of theatre and art-making workshops for new and emerging artists.

Allycia was able to connect with new people who shared her interests and passions during the four workshops she attended at CAMP. In these workshops, Allycia explored different creative exercises with speech, movement and breath, and left feeling inspired and motivated to do more.

“I would like to thank Access Arts for sponsoring me to attend this event, I feel like it has encouraged me to step up in my community and take more of a leading role to become a mentor myself one day,” Allycia said.

In her home town on the Sunshine Coast, Allycia performs in a dance group called The Sunshine Troupe, and she aspires to be a mentor to other creatives. She would love to organise her own camp one day, where people can learn, collaborate and create together.

“To see other people’s work made me feel validated because I realised I had good skills to share.” 

Allycia Staples, 2020
Image of Jesse Jones painting

Image description:

Jesse is painting on his easel. His back is to the camera, he is wearing a mustard coloured t-shirt and is holding a paint pallet in his hands. 

ALLYCIA STAPLES

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