Deadline: 31-Jan-22
The NSW Government is calling for applications for Round 2 of Create NSW’s 2021/2022 Arts and Cultural Funding Program for Annual Organisation and Project Funding.
Aims
- Annual Organization Funding: Annual Organization funding is provided on an annual basis to support arts and cultural organizations (including service organizations) to deliver multiple arts and cultural activities. Funding can contribute to any aspect of an organization’s program throughout a single calendar or financial year. It aims to:
- increase access by and engagement of diverse audiences and artists
- improve the quality and excellence of arts and culture in NSW
- ensure the best practice and sustainability of arts and cultural organizations.
- Project Funding: Supports innovation, vibrancy and creativity within the NSW arts and cultural sector. It aims to:
- deliver a dynamic and diverse range of arts and cultural experiences to communities across NSW
- contribute to the development of a vibrant and accessible arts and cultural sector
- support the employment and development of professional NSW-based artists and arts and cultural workers.
Funding Information
- There is no maximum request amount for Annual Organization funding. However, if you are applying for more than $ 140,000, you need to consult with Create NSW three weeks before the closing date.
- The amount of funding that you can apply for under Project funding is $ 60,000. However, if as an organization you wish to apply for more than $ 60,000 this requires:
- matched funding from non-NSW government sources; and
- consultation with Create NSW staff three weeks prior to the closing date.
What can I apply for?
- Annual Organization Funding: Funding is available for a wide range of arts and cultural activities, including but not limited to:
- creation of new arts and cultural work, practice-based research or experimentation, and professional
- development
- production, exhibition, presenting, publishing or recording, touring and festivals
- promotion and marketing
- audience growth and development
- conservation and / or development of collections and archives (including Aboriginal Keeping Places)
- business development activities including new responses to environmental changes
- partnerships, capacity building and sustainability.
- Project Funding: Funding is available for a wide range of arts and cultural activity, including:
- the creative development and / or public presentation of work (s), for example, literary works, music, dance or theater pieces
- commissioning professional artists – including writers, composers, choreographers or visual artists – to develop a work for an event
- partnerships (including those with the non-arts sector) to develop arts and culture in a specific region, Priority Area or artform / discipline community collaborations involving professional artists, to develop skills, public performances, exhibitions or participatory events
- research and / or development of creative / cultural projects that develop new skills and / or engage with new ways of working including new approaches to museum practice, including curated shows and engagement strategies
- arts and cultural activities aimed at engaging young people, particularly students attending geographically and / or socio-economically disadvantaged schools
- extending an artist’s practice, audiences or markets, including skills exchanges for workers developing and deepening audience engagement with arts and culture.
Eligibility Criteria
Arts and cultural organizations are eligible for Annual Organization, Annual Project and Strategic funding.
To be eligible to submit for Organization funding you need to meet the following three criteria:
- Applicant type: You must be an arts and cultural organization located in Australia
- Focus: Your annual program or project must have clearly defined arts and cultural activity at its core.
- Benefit: Your core program or project must benefit NSW by either:
- employing NSW artists or arts and cultural workers; and / or
- providing arts and cultural experiences to the people of NSW.
For more information, visit https://www.create.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/arts-and-cultural-funding-program/organisation-funding/