Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity Closed
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) is inviting applications for the Arts U-15k Grant Program to support artists and creative industry professionals to deliver a one-off project or a program of activity.
The program supports the development and growth of a vibrant sector that promotes the participation and active engagement of Western Australian communities in high quality arts and cultural experiences.
Funding Categories
- Aboriginal Arts
- Commercial Development
- Creative Development
Objectives
- Aboriginal Arts
- Promote or facilitate greater engagement of Aboriginal communities in the arts
- Encourage the expression of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture, individuality, spirituality and empowerment through the arts
- Encourage the involvement of Aboriginal Arts expertise, skills, knowledge and resources
- Support long term skills development goals for Aboriginal artists, arts workers and communities
- Support Aboriginal cultural maintenance
- Deliver artistic and social outcomes for Aboriginal communities through the arts.
- Commercial Development
- Support contemporary design, arts and creative businesses that are recognised as high quality to access new commercial markets, increase audience capacity and develop new networks
- Raise the profile of contemporary design, arts and creative businesses through promotional and marketing activities
- Support arts, cultural and creative businesses to strengthen and develop the economic and cultural growth of the WA creative industries
- Support professional and skills development of contemporary designers, artists, arts and cultural workers at different points in the life cycle of their business to strengthen commercial viability
- Develop commercial sustainability of creative businesses through support for increasing sales and business revenue.
- Creative Development
- Support the development of high quality, diverse creative practices, including community arts practices
- Increase professional and skills development of artists, arts workers, cultural workers
- Support creative industry professionals at different points in the life cycle of their careers
- Create and present high quality and diverse arts, cultural and creative experiences for the people of Western Australia
- Reflect the State’s identity through telling Western Australian stories and developing creative content in Western Australia
- Support International initiatives that promote both the artist and the State of Western Australia
- Facilitate collaboration, experimentation, excellence and growth for the Western Australian arts and cultural sectors.
Funding Information
Eligible applicants can apply for up to $15,000.
Eligible Disciplines
- Circus and physical theatre
- Comedy
- Community Arts and cultural development
- Cross-art form
- Dance
- Design
- Interactive arts content
- Literature and writing (limited to literary fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, illustrated narrative);
- Multi-arts festivals
- Music
- Music theatre and opera
- Other performing arts
- Theatre
- Visual arts
Eligible Projects
- Aboriginal Arts
- the creation, production and/or presentation of new Aboriginal art works or events
- the revival, reinterpretation, distribution or presentation of existing works or events
- participation in skills or professional development workshops and/or residencies
- cultural maintenance activities with a clearly defined arts component such as bushtrips, intergenerational skills transfer, recording of cultural stories for archival purposes and/or collection of traditional materials for construction of cultural products
- support high-calibre, respected, nationally-recognised Aboriginal artists to undertake an intensive period of creative or professional development, similar to a fellowship
- develop commercial sustainability through support for activities that develop strategies to increase sales and business revenue.
- Commercial Development
- opportunities to present locally or nationally
- collaborations between industry professionals with commercial benefits for the WA arts or creative industry sectors
- development and creation of strategic marketing and promotional tools
- opportunities to participate in skills or professional development
- recording, mastering and pressing of recorded product for public consumption and retail release
- sourcing new networks for supply and manufacturing purposes
- a period of research and development
- presentation of works using new approaches and methods, including collaborative projects.
- Creative Development
- the creation, production and/or public presentation of new high quality works or presentations
- opportunities to participate in a skills or professional development activity
- revival and/or reinterpretation of existing material
- working with communities to produce and/or present creative activities
- a period of research and development
- presentation of works using new approaches and methods, including collaborative projects.
What can’t I apply for?
- Projects or activities that do not involve or benefit Western Australian practicing artists, creatives, or arts or cultural workers
- Purchase of capital equipment including instruments, equipment, software, computers and/or uniforms
- Capital works such as construction or purchasing of studios, work spaces or gallery spaces
- Activities already funded by the department through any of their funding programs
- Activity relating to radio broadcasting
- Display, restoration or conservation of cultural and/or historical material
- Costs of manufacturing and/or producing prototypes
- Activities relating to podcasts and audiobooks that do not involve creative arts practitioners
- Fundraising, competitions, prizes and trophies
- The work of State or Federal government departments
- Activity that will be academically assessed or any school curriculum-based activity
- Facsimiles, genealogical works and histories of local governments, clubs, districts and organisations
- Activities related to an individual’s membership in a national organisation
- Ongoing staffing costs
- Film and television activities such as:
- The development or production of narrative shorts or features, pilots for television series, web series, mainstream animation e.g. conventional character-based narrative cartoons
- Documentaries, including documentaries on the arts
- Screenwriting activities or script development for film and television
- Stand-alone documentation activities
- Education activities, or activities where members of the public take part, where the main or only art form being used is film or digital, unless it’s in support of an artist’s work
- Film festivals, unless they support works created by practicing artists.
Eligibility Criteria
- individuals must have Australian citizenship or permanent resident status
- groups including unincorporated bodies, partnerships and individuals informally collaborating on an activity must be based in Australia
- if you are considering submitting an administered/auspiced grant you must contact the department before commencing your application
- organisations must either be registered under law (e.g. incorporated association, company limited by guarantee) or created by law (e.g. university, school or government statutory authority)
- WA educational institutions (kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities) cannot apply for curriculum-based arts activity.
- if you are applying on behalf of Aboriginal people you must provide evidence of significant Aboriginal involvement in the conception, development of and participation in the activity
- although WA residency is not a requirement to apply for a grant, if you are applying from outside WA you will need to show the benefits to WA artists, creatives, arts or cultural workers in your application.
For more information, visit https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-u-15k