Deadline: 28 May 2020
The Australia Council for the Arts is inviting applications for the 2020 Resilience Fund which is designed to provide emergency relief to support the livelihoods, practice and operations of Australian artists, groups and organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This funding can be combined with relief offered by other arts funding agencies, government departments, support services and philanthropy.
The Council has developed this program using input and ideas from the arts sector. They gathered this input through various sector roundtables and discussions, feedback and ideas provided to them by artists and organisations they fund and people who have participated in their sector development programs.
There are three streams you can apply for:
- Survive Resilience Fund: Small grants for individuals, groups and organisations to offset or recoup money lost due to cancelled activity.
- Adapt Resilience Fund: Grants for individuals, groups and organisations to adapt their arts practice and explore new ways of working.
- Create Resilience Fund: Grants for individuals, groups and organisations to continue to create artistic work and/or develop creative responses in this time of disruption.
Funding Information
The Council is directing approximately $5M to the Resilience Fund to provide immediate relief to the Australian arts sector.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals can apply for themselves or on behalf of a group. You must be a practicing artist or arts worker, and an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident.
- Australian organisations that create artistic work or provide a service to the arts sector can apply.
- Non arts organisations that deliver artistic activity or provide a service to the arts, particularly for the benefit of artists and/or communities are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/2020-resilience-fund/