CREATIVE AUSTRALIA ART AND DISABILITY AWARD - EARLY CAREER

 

Letters of Support

This page contains a letter support from:

  • Professor Jill Bennett, Scientia Professor at UNSW and Director of The Big Anxiety.

  • Joel Werner, internationally renowned audio maker.

It also contains support quotes from:

  • Professor Patrick McGorry AO, former Australian of the Year and one of the country’s leading mental health reformers.

  • Dr Tim Sharp (aka Dr Happy), clinical psychologist and mental health leader.

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

PROFESSOR JILL BENNETT
Director of The Big Anxiety Festival, UNSW Sydney

Support Letter from Prof Jill Bennett (click here)

Professor Jill Bennett, Scientia Professor at UNSW and Director of The Big Anxiety, has worked closely with Honor and can attest to her creative rigour, tenacity, and the cultural significance of her work – including leading a sold-out, technically complex closing night performance for the 2022 festival at the Capitol Theatre.

“Honor Eastly is an extraordinary artist whose work is reshaping how we understand and engage with complex mental health experiences. Her creativity, tenacity, and lived experience leadership are unmatched. The impact of No Feeling Is Final – Live at our festival was profound — technically ambitious, emotionally resonant, and critically important.”

- Professor Jill Bennett

JOEL WERNER
Internationally Acclaimed Audio Producer
Executive Producer of the No Feeling Is Final podcast

Joel Werner Support Letter (click here)

Joel Werner has worked closely with Honor as the Executive Producer for the No Feeling Is Final series, and affirms the artistic excellence of the series. While podcasting is often overlooked in traditional arts contexts, his endorsement highlights the extraordinary craft Honor brings to this form.

“Honor’s work on No Feeling Is Final set a new benchmark for audio storytelling. It’s a stunning example of lived experience art: inventive, affecting, and technically masterful. As a producer, I’ve rarely seen a work resonate this deeply with such a broad audience.”

- Joel Werner

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

PROFESSOR PATRICK MCGORRY AO
Australian of the Year and Mental Health Advocate

Prof Patrick McGorry Support Letter (click here)

Prof Patrick McGorry has worked with Honor for over a decade, and offers a quote supporting the vital role of Honor’s work in communicating complex mental health experiences to broader audiences.

“Honor has maintained and established herself as a unique creative voice, using her art to speak to the heart of the mental health systems failings, and the very real human fall-out of a broken system.

I unequivocally support Honor’s grant application and believe in the positive impact of Honor’s creative work to be part of the cacophony of voices calling for change. I hope this new version of her incredible performance will be able to be seen by many more Australians who need it.”

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

DR TIMOTHY SHARP
Psychologist, Mentor and Mental Health Leader

Dr Timothy Sharp Support Letter (click for pdf)

Dr Tim Sharp is a current mentor of Honor, and supports her development of creative workshops and theatre experiences aimed at destigmatising long-term mental health conditions.

“I am committed to supporting this development phase and can confirm substantial interest from my networks in presenting this work once tour-ready.”