Deadline: 3-Oct-22
Tasmania Government is seeking applications for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Arts Mentoring Scheme to support mentorships for young Tasmanian Aboriginal artists with an established Tasmanian Aboriginal artist, and/or Tasmanian arts organisation.
Funding Information
Four mentorships of $10,000 are available each round.
What can you apply for?
Funding is available for artist-led activities, projects or programs that start after the program notification date. Activities funded may include professional development, mentorships, and national and international collaborations. Costs associated with administering or participating in prizes, awards and competitions are not eligible for funding.
Eligibility Criteria
This scheme supports:
- Aboriginal people who have lived in Tasmania for six of the last 12 months
- Arts organisations based in Tasmania
- Applicants should be aged 25 years or under, or in their first five years of artistic practice.
- Arts organisations should be proposing to mentor a young Aboriginal
- Arts Tasmania accepts applications from individuals, groups and organisations.
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Individuals and groups
- If you are applying as an individual, you must be a practicing artist or arts worker who has been resident in Tasmania for six of the past twelve months.
- Groups must have at least one Tasmanian member.
- Students are eligible to apply for grants. However, any activity that is part of a course or contributes to course assessment is not eligible for funding.
- If you have received a grant from Arts Tasmania in the past and that grant has not been acquitted, you will not be eligible to apply to Arts Tasmania until your acquittal is accepted.
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Organisations
- Organisations must be registered under law (an incorporated association, or a company limited by guarantee) or created by law (a government statutory authority).
- Organisations that are not based in Tasmania may apply to certain programs for activities that benefit Tasmanian artists or audiences.
- Organisations in receipt of multi-year operational support from Arts Tasmania are not eligible to apply to other Arts Tasmania programs for the term of the agreement.
- Tasmanian or Federal Government departments and government business enterprises are not eligible to apply to Arts Tasmania.
Ineligible
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The following organisations are in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government and are not eligible to apply to Arts Tasmania’s programs:
- The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Ten Days on the Island
- The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
- The Theatre Royal Management Board may apply to Arts Tasmania’s programs for support towards its artistic program.
- If you or your organisation has received a grant from Arts Tasmania in the past and that grant has not been acquitted, you will not be eligible to apply to Arts Tasmania until your acquittal is accepted.
For more information, visit Tasmanian Government.
For more information, visit https://www.arts.tas.gov.au/grants_and_loans/tasmanian_aboriginal_arts_mentoring_scheme