Deadline: 13-Apr-21
The Australia Council for the Arts is seeking applications for its Arts and Disability Mentoring Initiative grant that provides support to extend arts practice, networks, skills and ambition.
This program is for individuals with disability undertaking an artistic collaboration involving mentoring. The proposal should lead to a major step forward in the applicant’s arts practice and build foundations for an enduring career. The purpose is to support collaborations that fuel ambition, embolden ideas and innovation, build networks and capacity, and strengthen future works.
This initiative has been developed in response to Australia Council research involving artists and arts workers with disability. The findings highlighted the importance of role models and mentors, and of disability-led practice. The research has informed the Australia Council’s three-year strategic investment in artists with disability.
Funding Information
- The Australia Council for the Arts is offering six grants of $30,000 in each Arts and Disability Mentoring Initiative round.
Activities
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What can apply for?
- collaboration
- professional skills development
- residencies
- experimentation
- creation of new work
- creative development
- practice based research
- presentation, promotion, or marketing
- inbound and outbound travel.
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What can’t apply for?
- do not involve or benefit practicing artists or arts workers
- do not have a clearly defined arts component
- have already taken place
- do not involve a clear mentoring component.
Eligibility Criteria
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Who can apply?
- Only individuals may apply to this category.
- Applicant must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident.
- Applicant must identify as an artist or arts professional with disability.
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Who can’t apply?
- Applicant received a grant, or administered a grant, from the Australia Council in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted
- Applicant owes money to the Australia Council.
- The program does not accept applications from legally constituted organisations in this category.
For more information, visit Australia Council.
For more information, visit https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/arts-and-disability-mentoring-initiative-2019-21/