Deadline: 7-Nov-22
The Brisbane City Council is now accepting applications for its Creative Sparks Grants Program to create jobs, aid economic growth, attract tourism and improve social cohesion by supporting the creative and cultural sector in Brisbane.
The Creative Sparks Grants Program is an arts and cultural grants program that assists artists and not-for-profit community arts, historical and cultural organisations to create and present work.
Through strategic investments, the program aims to build capacity and resilience of the sector to contribute to the liveability and vibrancy of Brisbane. The Creative Sparks Fund is managed by Council in partnership with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Aims
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The grant program aims to:
- assist artists, arts workers, cultural workers, creative producers and Brisbane not-for-profit community arts, historical and cultural organisations to test, develop, and realise ideas for local products, markets, partnerships, and new work to build the city’s creative capacity and enable creative enterprises to grow and prosper
- support a range of diverse and accessible arts experiences to grow arts audiences and participation;
- foster opportunities for the creation and promotion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island/er’ artistic endeavours;
- empower the Brisbane creative industry in their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and to develop resilience to confidently regenerate by creating employment opportunities for local artists and arts workers.
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for up to $10,000 per application for the creation and presentation of projects that are shared with the public (either online or at a venue/location within the Brisbane local government area).
Eligibility Criteria
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An applicant must:
- be an individual professional artist, arts worker, cultural worker, creative producer residing in the Brisbane Local Government Area (LGA) OR
- be a not-for-profit community arts, historical and cultural organisations based in the Brisbane LGA
- be a permanent resident or Australian citizen
- be 17 years of age or over at the time of submitting an application
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or be auspiced by an incorporated Auspice Organisation that is based in the Brisbane LGA.
- have an accessible public outcome that occurs within the Brisbane LGA between 16 March 2023 and 18 January 2024.
- have other sources of funding as the program will not support 100 per cent of the proposed activity or project costs.
- hold appropriate insurance (s) (including Workers Compensation, Public Liability, Volunteers Insurance and others) to cover artists and their work.
- An incorporated Auspice organisations can only support a maximum of two applications per grant round.
- Applicants can only submit one application for either this grant or the Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowships and must not have any overdue Council grant acquittals or outstanding debts with Council.
- Applicants applying as an organisation must employ Brisbane independent artists and arts workers to deliver new projects.
For more information, visit Brisbane City Council.
For more information, visit https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community-and-safety/grants-awards-and-sponsorships/creative-and-history-grants/creative-sparks-grants-program