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.

For more information, visit https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/arts-projects-for-individuals-and-groups/