Deadline: 31-Jul-22
The Act Government has announced Arts Activities Funding program that supports Canberra artists, groups and organisations to undertake a range of arts activities including creative projects, professional or skills development, mentoring, residencies, and community arts engagement.
Activities can be across a broad range of artforms including dance, literature, music, theatre, visual arts, digital, new media and arts based festivals.
Funding Categories
- Arts Activities Funding has two categories:
- Up-to-$5k: Up to $5,000 per application for smaller projects.
- $5–50k: $5,000 and up to $50,000 per application for larger projects.
Funding Aims
- Arts Activities funding applications must strongly meet one or more of the following aims:
- Arts Development
- Supports:
- new and exciting ideas
- artists to develop their skills and practice.
- Supports:
- Arts Participation and Access
- Engages the community:
- as active participants in artistic skills development
- in inclusive and accessible arts activities that reflect the diversity of the community.
- Engages the community:
- Arts Opportunities
- Assists:
- artists and organisations to reach new audiences and markets
- artists and organisations to connect nationally and internationally including through residencies and cultural exchange
- work to be showcased to national and international audiences.
- Assists:
- Arts Development
Eligible Artforms
- Disciplines may include (but are not limited to):
- visual arts and crafts
- contemporary design
- performing arts: music, theatre, dance, circus, comedy
- literature: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, illustrated narrative
- interdisciplinary: digital, animation, projection art or time-based media art
- which is not associated with a screen activity (including film, television or game development).
Eligible Activities
- Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- creation or commissioning of a new artwork
- production or public presentation of new artworks or events
- professional or skills development
- participation in artistic skills or professional arts development workshops
- a residency or mentoring opportunity that is significant to the development of an arts practice
- revival and/or reinterpretation of existing material.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants who reside in Canberra or whose practice is clearly based in Canberra.
- Groups (including unincorporated bodies, partnerships and individuals informally collaborating on an activity) where the majority of the members have a Canberra based practice.
- Organisations registered under law (e.g. incorporated association, company limited by guarantee) and are based in Canberra.
- Individuals holding Australian citizenship, permanent resident status, New Zealand.
- Special Category visa or on a temporary Australian visa which expires no less than two years from the date of application.
- Up to $5k for smaller projects, available all year round.
- Requests can be from $500 to $5,000. Given high demand for limited funds, requests for $5,000 need to be exceptional.
- Applications can be made at any time but must be submitted at least six weeks before the activity start date.
- Applications are assessed by arts ACT staff. External peers may be consulted if required.
- Applicants can only receive funding in this category once each calendar year, except in exceptional circumstances.
- Applicants may also apply to the $5-50k category, for a different activity or another stage of the Up to $5k activity.
For more information, visit https://www.arts.act.gov.au/funding/arts-activities-funding