Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Grants – Professional Development (Australia)

Deadline: 3-Jul-23

Submit applications for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Grants to support professional development opportunities for individual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers to undertake skills development and training that is relevant to their arts practice or professional practice as an arts or cultural worker.

Funding Information

• Grant amount Up to $10,000 available.

What you can apply for

• Mentoring
• Short courses, including arts-related business courses
• Work placement
• Masterclasses
• Workshops
• Attendance at conferences
• Arts residencies
• Attachment to festivals or arts organisations, internships

What this category funds

• Accommodation
• Artists’ fees
• Conference/workshop/masterclass fees
• Travel, accommodation, living allowance
• Mentoring fees
• Materials (directly related to the development opportunity)
• Hire of studio, venue, equipment
• Short course fees

Eligibility Criteria

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists (individuals)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural workers (individuals)
• Arts and cultural organisations and Aboriginal arts centres may submit and/or auspice grants on behalf of individual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts and cultural workers
• Individuals and groups
  • Applicants must:
    • Be professional practicing artists or arts workers / cultural workers
    • Be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status
    • Live in South Australia six months or more per year.
    • In some cases, employees of South Australian Government funded arts and cultural organisations may be able to apply. Refer to individual grant categories for category-specific eligibility.
    • Please note: Artists and arts workers employed by funded arts and cultural organisations (at least 0.6 FTE) require a financial contribution of a minimum of 30% of total activity cost to be made by the organisation if the eligible activity relates to their employment.
    • Individuals and unincorporated South Australian groups may have their grant auspiced by a recognised incorporated body.

• Organisations
  • Generally, applications are accepted from not-for-profit South Australian arts and cultural organisations, including those funded through Arts South Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department for Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education. Local Government and state government agencies and for-profit arts and cultural organisations are eligible applicants in some grant categories.
  • Refer to individual grant categories for category-specific eligibility.
  • Individuals and unincorporated South Australian groups may have their grant auspiced by a recognised incorporated body.

Ineligible

• Groups and organisations (unless auspicing individual artists and/or arts and cultural workers)
• Non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander individuals

For more information, visit Government of South Australia.