Deadline: 19-Apr-22
The North South Wales Government (NSW) is pleased to announce Regional Arts Touring funding to support projects that provide access to arts and culture for audiences living in regional NSW.
Funding is available for tours of all art forms, including performing arts, music, visual arts, literature, history, museums and multi-arts. Applicants should demonstrate strong audience development and engagement strategies.
Objectives
- Provide people in regional NSW with access to a high calibre and diverse range of artistic and cultural experiences, no matter where they live.
- Support best practice programming in regional and rural facilities.
- Build audiences by encouraging and promoting regional and local support for arts and culture.
- Build the viability of NSW arts and cultural organisations by developing new markets and audiences.
Focus Areas
Your tour must be a clearly defined arts and cultural activity.
How much can you apply for?
- There are no minimum or maximum funding limits for this category.
- A tour is considered more viable when it has multiple sources of income (see Viability criterion). As such, you should contribute other cash or in-kind support towards the tour.
What can I apply for?
- Funding is available for a wide range of touring activity which may include but is not limited to:
- A Sydney-based dance company touring to three regional NSW destinations and delivering workshops with young people
- A regional NSW theatre organisation touring a performance to one Western Sydney and two regional NSW locations
- Artist/curator from Western Sydney touring an exhibition to multiple regional NSW galleries
- A band touring regional NSW to support an album release.
You can apply for works in development, which is when the tour may include local outputs such as workshops, professional development or engaging local performers.
Who can apply for funding?
To be eligible to submit for Regional Arts Touring funding, you need to meet the following criteria:
- An Australian citizen or
- An Australian permanent resident or
- A group located in Australia with Australian citizenship and/or permanent resident members and
- A current resident of NSW
- You are a Local Government Authority (LGA)
- An organisation whose main purpose is the delivery of arts and cultural activity in NSW
- Professional artist or arts/cultural worker (including museum workers) with:
- A commitment to arts and cultural work as a major aspect of their working life (even if this work is not the main source of your/their income) and
- A degree of training, experience or manner of working that allows your/their work to be assessed against the highest practiced standards in the relevant art form or discipline.
If applying as an Individual:
- You can apply with no ABN but if successful will be required to either
- obtain an Individual/Sole Trader ABN, or
- engage a Funds Administrator
If applying as a Group, you can provide:
- A members’ Individual/Sole Trader ABN, or
- A Partnership ABN or
- An Unincorporated Entity ABN
If applying as an Organisation Action, you must provide
- An Incorporated Association ABN
- A Private/Public Company ABN.
For more information, visit https://www.create.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/arts-and-cultural-funding-program/regional-arts-touring/