Deadline: 7-Mar-23
The Australia Council for the Arts is now accepting applications for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups to fund a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.
Funding Information
- Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must not last longer than two years from the proposed start date.
Eligible Projects
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They fund a range of activities, for example:
- professional skills development, including mentoring and residencies
- the creation of new work
- practice based research
- creative development
- experimentation
- collaborations and exchanges
- touring
- festivals
- productions
- exhibitions
- performances
- publishing
- recording
- promotion and marketing
- market development activity
- activities that creatively engage communities.
- Activities can take place nationally, internationally, online, or in a combination of in-person and online (hybrid activities).
Ineligible Projects
- projects or activities that do not involve or benefit Australian practicing artists or arts professionals
- projects or activities that do not have a clearly defined arts component
- projects that have already taken place
- activities engaging with First Nations content, artists and communities that do not adhere to the Australia Council First Nations Cultural & Intellectual Property Protocols.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can only submit one application to each closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.
- Only individuals and groups may apply to this category. You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts professional.
- Applications for funding to the First Nations panel must come from First Nations individuals or groups.
- You can only submit one application per closing date to each of the following categories: Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups, Fellowships and Arts Projects for Organisations.
- They accept applications in the following artforms and arts practice areas: First Nations Arts and Culture, Community Arts and Cultural Development, Emerging and Experimental Arts, Multi-Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts and Literature.
Ineligible
You cannot apply for this grant if:
- you have already applied to this closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
- you have an overdue grant report
- you owe money to the Australia Council
- you are an organisation.
For more information, visit Australia Council for the Arts.