Arts Organisations Investment Program in Australia

Deadline: 20-Oct-22

The Government of Western Australia is seeking applications for Arts Organisations Investment Program to support Western Australia’s arts, cultural and creative sector organisations.

The AOIP aims to build strong Western Australian arts, cultural and creative sector organisations that support the vibrancy of their State and celebrates this internationally.

Categories

• The program invites applications every 3 years and consists of 2 categories with a minimum request of $100,000 per annum:
  • Producing and Presenting
  • Service.

Objectives

• The Arts Organisations Investment Program aims to build strong Western Australian arts, cultural and creative sector organisations that support the vibrancy of their State and celebrates this internationally.
• It invests in a portfolio of small to medium organisations that:
  • Create and present high quality and the best of its type arts, cultural and creative experiences
  • Create work that is original, innovative and authentic that respects cultural tradition, or promotes social awareness and cohesion
  • Broaden and deepen community access and engagement in arts, cultural and creative experiences
  • Reflects the diversity of the State through telling Western Australian stories
  • Have strong connections with and presence in communities increasing the reach, depth and diversity of audience engagement
  • Collaborate with others to create new sustainable ways of working together
  • Leverage opportunities and funding from a range of sources and partners develop and operate in a financially, environmentally and socially sustainable way.

Funding Information

• Service: Minimum of $100,000 per annum
• Producing and Presenting: Minimum of $100,000 per annum.

Outcomes

• Primary outcomes
  • Quality
    • Artists, and arts organisations are supported
      to produce high-quality cultural and
      creative experiences.
    • Organisations create experiences that are of high-quality and considered the best of its type
    • Organisations create work that is original, innovative and explores new possibilities and views
    • Organisations create work that is authentic, respects cultural tradition, or promotes social awareness and cohesion.
  • Reach
    • Community access and engagement with WA’s cultural and creative experiences is broadened and deepened.
    • Organisations enable engagement with audiences that reflect the diversity of West Australians
    • Organisations have a strong connection with, and presence in, their communities
    • Organisations attract people in and beyond their communities of interest to directly engage with the work.
  • Leverage
    • Artists, and art organisations develop collaborative partnerships within, and across, sectors to leverage new opportunities, funding and support.
    • Organisations collaborate with others within and beyond their communities of practice, striving for creative, long-lasting and structurally new ways of working together
    • Organisations leverage opportunities and funding from a range of different sources, including through partnerships
    • Organisations develop and operate in a financially, environmentally and socially sustainable way.
• Secondary outcomes
  • Social
    • WA’s community is strengthened through participation and engagement with arts and culture.
    • Build harmonious and inclusive communities where people feel connected to each other through arts and cultural activities
    • Young people are engaged and empowered to tell their stories through arts and cultural experiences
    • People in the community have improved mental heath and wellbeing
    • Arts and culture activities support strong creative learning outcomes for young people.
  • Diversity
    • WA’s diversity is celebrated and represented through cultural and creative content and practice.
    • Aboriginal arts and culture is celebrated and recognised as WA’s strongest asset
    • People recognise and connect to WA’s history and cultural heritage through engagement and shared storytelling, including the celebration of Aboriginal culture
    • The stories of all individuals, regardless of their identities, are promoted and celebrated, including their creative expression and diverse voices.
  • Economic
    • WA’s economy is strengthened through a flourishing industry of creative and cultural sector organisations.
    • High-quality local arts and creative jobs are created to attract and retain WA talent
    • The cultural and creative industry continues to grow and develop, contributing to the diversification of WA’s economy
    • The WA cultural and creative industry is a leader of collaborative and innovative practice
    • WA is seen as a destination for arts and cultural experiences.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Arts Organisations Investment Program supports professional arts, cultural and creative organisations that:
  • Are not-for-profit
  • Have been legally constituted for a minimum of two years
  • Are based in Western Australia, or a national organisation offering significant benefits to Western Australians
  • Have formal governance and professional operational infrastructure
  • Have annual financial budgeting processes and reporting systems with accounts independently audited annually.

For more information, visit Arts Organisations Investment Program.

For more information, visit https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-organisations-investment-program