Deadline: 07-Sep-21
The Australia Council for the Arts is seeking applications for its ‘Arts Projects – Organisations’ program to fund a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences.
The organisations that undertake arts programs, projects or that provide services to artists are welcome to apply. Organisations can propose a single project, a suite of projects or annual programs of activity.
Funding Information
- Grants are available from $20,000 to $100,000.
- Supported activities must last no longer than two years from the proposed start date.
Program 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
- activities to develop the arts sector
- promotion and marketing
- market development activity
- activities that creatively engage communities.
- Applicant 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant can only submit one application to the closing date for Arts Projects – Organisations.
- Only organisations may apply to this category.
- Organisations that provide a service to the arts are welcome to apply. International organisations can apply for projects that benefit practicing Australian artists, their work or Australian audiences.
- Applications for funding to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander panel must come from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
- Applicant can’t apply for a grant if:
- have already submitted an application to the closing date for Arts Projects – Organisations
- have an overdue grant report
- owe money to the Australia Council
- are an individual or group
- receive funding through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework
- will receive multi-year investment via the Four Year Funding program from 2021 to 2024.
For more information, visit https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/arts-projects-organisations/