Australia Council for the Arts seeking Applications for Arts Projects for Individuals & Groups

Deadline: 01-Sep-20

Australia Council for the Arts is currently seeking applications for the Arts projects for individuals and groups.

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences.

Funding Information

Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000.

Eligibility Criteria

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts panel must come from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals or groups.

Please note: You can only submit one application to this closing date of Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.

Ineligibility Criteria

You can’t apply for this grant if:

you have an overdue grant report
you owe money to the Australia Council
you are an organisation.

Eligible Activities

The Council funds 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
touring
festivals
productions
exhibitions
performances
publishing
recording
promotion and marketing
market development activity
activities that creatively engage communities.

Ineligible Activities

You can’t apply for the following activity:

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.

Assessment Criteria

First criterion
- Quality
  - Peers will assess the quality of the artistic and cultural activities at the centre of your proposal. They may consider:
    - vision, ideas and artistic rationale
    - benefit and impact on career, artistic and cultural practice
    - level of innovation, ambition, experimentation or risk-taking
    - rigour and clear articulation of creative, engagement or development processes
    - significance of the work within the relevant area of practice and/or community
    - contribution to diverse cultural expression
    - timeliness and relevance of work
    - quality of previous work
    - responses to previous work from artistic or cultural peers, or the public.
Second criterion
- Viability
  - Peers will assess the viability of your proposal. They may consider:
    - relevance and timeliness of proposed activity
    - skills and ability of artists, arts professionals, collaborators or partners involved, and relevance to activity
    - realistic and achievable planning and resource use, including contingency planning
    - appropriate payments to participating artists, arts professionals, collaborators or participants
    - the safety and wellbeing of people involved in the project
    - role of partners or collaborators, including confirmation of involvement
    - the diversity and scale of income and co-funding, including earned income, grants, sponsorship and in-kind contributions
    - adherence to relevant cultural protocols
    - evidence of appropriate consultation with participants, audiences or communities.
Third criterion
- The third criterion tell them how the outcomes of your proposal meets their strategic goals, as described in Corporate Plan.