Stairwell Project COVID-19 Survival Fund Raiser - Thankyou

Thank you to all who gave in support of these and other musicians who form the team of The Stairwell Project. It is greatly appreciated. 

Many of you who have given are up against it financially and emotionally and so we are more than grateful. It shouldn't have to be this way!

It adds to our successful Jugglers ArtSpace Australia Council grant [$5000] for 11 musicians!! So each musician will get around$600- $700 - about a month's pay for some musicians on the road these days! 

And for that we are grateful but reality says that it feels like charity not a serious German-like commitment*.

[*Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries—and Puts Other Countries to Shame. "Artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now," says the country's culture minister.Mar 25, 2020]

The failure of the Conservative Federal Government to recognise the value of the arts at this and all times [ unless its the top 5% of galleries/museums/concert halls/some festivals] has been highlighted slowly and now with increasing intensity. The investment into the arts has not changed - only the voices are being given a louder voice on the ABC at least. 

We are artists, not businesses. 
Our "business" - let's call it out calling - is the arts not business. 

But without the arts there is no cultural depth, health, well-being and a society that is alive. 

We live in hope that one day a long term strategic visionary change will make Australia an arts nation as much or more than a sports nation.