Deadline: 29-Sep-20
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) is seeking applications for its Arts 15k-plus grant program to provide funding to artists, creative industry professionals and organisations to deliver a one-off project or a program of activity.
The program supports the development and growth of a vibrant sector that promotes the participation and active engagement of Western Australian communities in high quality arts and cultural experiences.
Funding Categories
- Aboriginal Arts:
- Promote or facilitate greater engagement of Aboriginal communities in the arts
- Encourage the expression of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture, individuality, spirituality and empowerment through the arts
- Encourage the involvement of Aboriginal arts expertise, skills, knowledge and resources
- Support long term skills development goals for Aboriginal artists, arts workers and communities
- Support Aboriginal cultural maintenance
- Deliver artistic and social outcomes for Aboriginal communities through the arts
- Commercial Development:
- Support contemporary design, arts and creative businesses that are recognised as high quality to access new commercial markets, increase audience capacity and develop new networks
- Raise the profile of contemporary design, arts and creative businesses through promotional and marketing activities
- Support arts, cultural and creative businesses to strengthen and develop the economic and cultural growth of the WA creative industries
- Support professional and skills development of contemporary designers, artists, arts and cultural workers at different points in the life cycle of their business to strengthen commercial viability
- Develop commercial sustainability of creative businesses through support for increasing sales and business revenue.
- Creative Development:
- Support the development of high quality, diverse creative practices, including community arts practices
- Increase professional and skills development of artists, arts workers, cultural workers
- Support creative industry professionals at different points in the life cycle of their careers
- Create and present high quality and diverse arts, cultural and creative experiences for the people of Western Australia
- Reflect the State’s identity through telling Western Australian stories and developing creative content in Western Australia
- Support international initiatives that promote both the artist and the State of Western Australia
- Facilitate collaboration, experimentation, excellence and growth for the Western Australian arts and cultural sectors.
- Sector Development:
- Build the capacity of the State’s arts, creative and cultural sector
- Contribute to the State’s creative economy through increased employment and development of professional artists, creatives and cultural workers
- Support identified Government priorities for the art, creative and cultural sector
- Increase the level of international engagements and touring of high quality Western Australian art, creative and cultural organisations and/or
- Support the development of new business models for Western Australian art, creative and cultural organisations.
Funding Information
- Eligible applicants can apply for funding between $15,000 and $60,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals, groups and organisations are welcome to apply however:
- individuals must have Australian citizenship or permanent resident status
- groups including unincorporated bodies, partnerships and individuals informally collaborating on an activity must be based in Australia
- organisations must either be registered under law (e.g. incorporated association, company limited by guarantee) or created by law (e.g. university, school or government statutory authority)
- WA educational institutions (kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities) cannot apply for curriculum-based arts activity.
- If applicants are applying on behalf of Aboriginal people they must provide evidence of significant Aboriginal involvement in the conception, development of and participation in the activity
- although WA residency is not a requirement to apply for a grant, if applicants are applying from outside WA they will need to show the benefits to WA artists, creatives, arts or cultural workers in their application.
- Sector Development category is open to all eligible applicants. It is the only category open to Arts Organisation Investment Program funding recipients and Major Performing Arts organisations.
Ineligibility Criteria:
- do not adhere to support material limits and format requirements
- do not adhere to budget requirements including requesting more than 80% of your project cost
- start the activity before the eligible start date
- submit an application late
- exceed application limit to the Arts U-15k and Arts 15k-plus programs (no more than 3 submissions per financial year);
- have any key personnel with an overdue acquittal report
- are a staff member of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (staff of portfolio organisations may apply subject to meeting the Code of Conduct and Secondary Employment Policy)
- request funding that exceeds the funding cap of the program
- exceed your $60,000 per financial year limit
- apply for activity that is delivered as part of an educational institution’s curriculum or will be academically assessed
- are a Portfolio Organisation of the DLGSC
- are an Arts Organisation Investment Program or Major Performing Arts funded organisation applying for any category other than Sector Initiative.
For more information, visit https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/arts-funding/arts-15k-plus