Grants to Support Collaboration Between Professional Artists and Communities (Australia)

Deadline: 6-Feb-23

The Community Project Grant Program is now open for applications to support collaboration between professional artists and communities to achieve inclusive artistic, cultural and social outcomes.

Project activity must be developed in consultation with the target community and designed to meet identified community needs, aspirations or intentions. Project proposals must incorporate and reference community and cultural development methodologies; engagement and creative process is the primary focus. A public outcome is not essential; the outcome may be building capacity within a community to engage further with arts and culture.

Funding Information

• Up to $40 000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Independent arts and cultural organisations and groups
• Funded organisations: small-to-medium organisations, major organisations.
• Individuals and groups
• Applicants must:
  • Be professional practicing artists or arts workers / cultural workers
  • Be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status
  • Live in South Australia six months or more per year.
  • In some cases, employees of South Australian Government funded arts and cultural organisations may be able to apply. Refer to individual grant categories for category-specific eligibility.
• Please note: Artists and arts workers employed by funded arts and cultural organisations (at least 0.6 FTE) require a financial contribution of a minimum of 30% of total activity cost to be made by the organisation if the eligible activity relates to their employment.
• Individuals and unincorporated South Australian groups may have their grant auspiced by a recognised incorporated body.
• Organisations
  • Generally, applications are accepted from not-for-profit South Australian arts and cultural organisations, including those funded through Arts South Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department for Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education. Local Government and state government agencies and for-profit arts and cultural organisations are eligible applicants in some grant categories.
  • Refer to individual grant categories for category-specific eligibility.
  • Individuals and unincorporated South Australian groups may have their grant auspiced by a recognised incorporated body.

Criteria

• All applications are assessed against the following criteria.
• Artistic Merit and Viability are the two key criteria to consider in your proposal.
• Address the Engagement and/or Development criteria as they relate to your proposal – your proposal may meet all criteria.
• You do not need to respond to each individual bullet point.
• Artistic merit
  • In assessing the Artistic Merit criterion, the peers may consider:
  • Innovation, originality, quality, creativity and ambition
  • The track record, creative achievement and skill of the artist or artists involved
  • The context in which the work is being undertaken
  • The potential contribution to the development of the art form
  • Evidence of experimentation, risk taking and bravery.
• Viability
  • In assessing the Viability criterion, the peers may consider:
  • The planning and resources required to achieve the potential of the proposal
  • The ability of the applicant to meet the logistical challenges of the proposal
  • Evidence of strong financial and operational management, including a realistic budget and timeline
  • Evidence of additional resources and support, including other sources of income
  • In-kind contributions.
• Engagement
  • In assessing the Engagement criterion, the peers may consider:
  • The potential to grow audiences and their critical understanding of the art form
  • The development of new markets, locally, nationally and/or internationally
  • The development of new ways to engage with those markets
  • The potential to provide a broader range of people with opportunities to participate in arts experiences through strategies that increase access, social inclusion and cultural diversity
  • Evidence of deeper engagement with, and the involvement of, particular communities and/or audiences and the delivery of artistic benefits to them.
• Development
  • In assessing the Development criterion, the peers may consider:
  • The development of artist and art form practice
  • The potential to enhance the skills and/or professional reputation of the applicant
  • The capacity to forge new pathways for artist and sector development
  • The capacity to develop new networks, collaborations and partnerships
  • The contribution to South Australia’s reputation as a centre of cultural leadership
  • At a national and international level, and the resultant economic benefits.

Ineligible

• Individuals
• Statutory Authorities
• Organisations funded through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework (NPAPF) formerly known as Major Performing Arts (MPA) Companies
• Local government
• Non-arts and cultural organisations.

Please note: Statutory Authorities, local government and non-arts and cultural organisations are encouraged to partner with eligible applicants. Partner organisations are required to make a cash or in-kind contribution to the funded activity.

For more information, visit Projects – Community.