Touring Support Grant Program in Australia

Deadline: 6-Feb-23

The Government of South Australia is inviting applications for its Touring Support Grant Program to support the expansion of markets through regional, national, and international touring and includes all art forms.

Touring Support provides opportunities to extend audiences and the life of South Australian works.

Note: Due to the uncertainty around national and international touring due to COVID-19, applications submitted to this category in the 2020–21 financial year may be to rebuild or adapt touring opportunities to enable different outcomes.

Activity may include:

• one-off presentations away from your home base (for example, if you are based in Adelaide, a presentation in a regional, interstate or international area is eligible but a one-off presentation in Adelaide is not)
• tours to more than one venue in your home base and away from your home base (for example, one presentation in your home base of Adelaide does not constitute a tour, but seasons in multiple venues in your home base of Adelaide or elsewhere does)
• Developing and/or implementing virtual opportunities and avenues for the presentation of established work (which may or may not be monetised) as an alternative to physical presentation
• Developing and/or implementing new models of, and opportunities for, more sustainable presentation that reduces carbon emissions.
• This category supports the touring of established work that has premiered, exhibited or been presented or the translation of this work through digital opportunities. Please note that you can also apply in the Market Development category for tour development activity to support the development of new touring activity.

Funding Information

• Up to $50,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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

• Individual independent artists and artist groups
• Organisations funded through the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework (NPAPF) formerly known as Major Performing Arts (MPA) Companies
• Statutory Authorities.

For more information, visit Projects – Touring Support.