Call for Entries: Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups (Australia)

Focus Areas

• First Nations
• Community Arts and Cultural Development
• Dance
• Emerging and Experimental Arts
• Literature
• Multi-art form
• Music
• Theatre
• Visual Arts

Funding Information

• Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must not last longer than two years from the proposed start date.

Eligible Activities

• They fund a range of activities, for example:
  • professional skills development, including mentoring and residencies
  • the creation of new work
  • practice based research
  • creative development
  • experimentation
  • collaborations and exchanges
  • touring
  • festivals
  • productions
  • exhibitions
  • performances
  • publishing
  • recording
  • promotion and marketing
  • market development activity
  • activities that creatively engage communities.

Ineligible Activities

• You can’t apply for:
  • projects or activities that do not involve or benefit Australian practicing artists or arts professionals
  • projects or activities that do not have a clearly defined arts component
  • projects that have already taken place
  • the same projects or activities you are applying for via our International Engagement Fund
  • activities engaging with First Nations content, artists and communities that do not adhere to Creative Australia’s First Nations Cultural & Intellectual Property Protocols.

Eligibility Criteria

• You can only submit one application to each closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.
• Only individuals and groups may apply to this category. You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts professional.
• Applications for funding to the First Nations panel must come from First Nations individuals or groups.

Ineligibility Criteria

• You cannot apply for this grant if:
  • you have already applied to this closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
  • you are applying to our International Engagement Fund for the same activities
  • you have an overdue grant report
  • you owe money to Creative Australia
  • you are an organisation.

For more information, visit Creative Australia.