Allambee Art Fair
21-23 May – Art Fair – Yass Artworks presented in the circa 1925 private Allambee clubhouse and gardens. Inaugural show, featuring 40 artists. A great
Opportunities
Documentary Film Making with Brian Rapsey
Are you a amateur filmmaker? Do you have a passion storytelling?
Expressions of Interest are now open for filmmakers and photographers to be part of the Champions of Change Film Festival.
Getting started in the arts with Ellis Hutch of Quick and Dirty Tips for Artists
Professional development for creative practitioners, rolling out over 2021 at a town near you. BOOK NOW
5 distinct residencies at five unique venues across the STA region.
Each residency attracts $4000 in Artists fees (+super), $1000 for materials and up to $3400 towards travel & accommodation. Find out more.
Music NSW Social Media Masterclass & Local Industry Meet’n’Greet (Goulburn).
6pm – 8pm Wednesday 28 April 2021 at the Goulburn Workers Club. More info and bookings
The BLUE Square Art Competition 2021
Entries are invited from all for The BLUE Square Art Competition 2021 and this year final entries are due by 5pm Tuesday 18th May 2021,
Communities in Control Conference
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Sculpture@Shaw
Entries now open for Sculpture@Shaw Australia’s prestigious new sculpture prize worth $25,000 presented by Shaw Wines in partnership with Belco Arts. Artists from across Australia
Flashwrite
A chance to submit your local story and have it published on the Gunning Arts Festival website.
Position Vacant: Complex & Cinema Manager (Fulltime)
Hilltops Arts Incorporated (HARTS) is currently has a position open for the role of Cinema & Complex Manager at Southern Cross Cinema Young. We are
Grants
We offer STA Members funding support in the following areas:-
- Support to get you up and running in SmartyGrants
- Development of project budget
- Support with program elements
- Letters of support
- Review of submission (final stage)
STA will require sufficient notice to best assist your project.
Let’s talk about your project ideas!
Veolia Mulwaree Trust Grants and Donations Program
Applications open 18 January 2021
- Community based projects – under & over 1k
- Creative Arts Scholarship – up to $3k to assist creation of work or study.
- Academic Scholarship – up to $3k to assist tertiary education
Country Arts Support Scheme CASP
Annual small grants program. Currently closed for 2021 projects. Read the 2021 successful recipients.
Read more about CASP at Create NSW.
Quick turn around 5k for small orgs
NSW Government is offering a $5k quick response support package for small volunteer/not-for-profit organisations
Regional Arts NSW
Small grants that respond to arts development and professional development opportunities that arise at short notice.
The Regional Arts Fund is designed to benefit regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities.
Grants and opportunities available to artists and not-for-profit organisations who work in the arts and cultural sector.
Create NSW
Creative Koori aims to support and develop NSW Aboriginal arts and culture. Creative Koori Grants includes: Aboriginal Artist Support (Quick Response), Creative Koori Arts and Cultural Projects, Creative Koori Employment and the Aboriginal Regional Arts Fund.
Grants for Individuals works to engage in opportunities to grow their skills and practice, connect with peers, build sustainable careers and take part in innovative collaborations.
Grants for Projects for Individuals, Groups, and Organisations support innovation, vibrancy, and creativity within the NSW arts and cultural sector.
This funding category supports NSW-based organisations towards the costs of delivering arts and cultural programs.
Music NSW
Performing at an industry showcase this year such as BIGSOUND or Electronic Music Conference? Been asked to be a support band on a big Australian tour? We’re here to help!
With two levels of funding, the grants support teams of young people who are interested in staging their own all-ages, drug, and alcohol-free music events.
Screen NSW
Early Development offers support for both pre-draft and early draft costs.
Advanced Development contributes towards later stage draft and non-draft costs to complete financing where a strong interest has already been established in the marketplace.
Amplifier is a new bespoke script development program for feature films. The program brings together world-class advisors with New South Wales creative teams for individually tailored script development
Screen NSW and the ABC thave partnered to create the 360 Vision Virtual Reality Development Initiative. The initiative aims to develop the potential of this new frontier of content producing and with it, build a whole new world of entertainment and storytelling.
#SheDirects is a new development initiative by Create NSW for female TV drama directors.
The Production Finance program provides funding for projects produced or post-produced in NSW.
Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund
Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund (GEFF) supports new and emerging filmmakers and screen practitioners in NSW by funding the production and post-production of short films.
The Regional Filming Fund offsets costs associated with shooting in regional areas of NSW.
The Create NSW Screenability Filmmakers Fund is open to short film proposals of any genre made by filmmakers with disability that may or may not have disability content.
Festival Travel supports NSW Key Creatives whose projects have been officially invited to screen at significant international festivals outside Australia.
Market Travel supports NSW producers and Key Creatives for travel relevant to financing projects.
Australia Council for the Arts
Australia Council Fellowships of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ creative activity and professional development for a period of up to two years.
Funding a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences. Only organisations are eligible to apply.
Our Arts Projects program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences.
Contemporary Music Touring Program
Supports national touring activity undertaken by Australian musicians performing original contemporary music.
If you are an individual artist, arts worker or group of artists, a Career Development Grant can provide support to further develop your skills or improve your capacity to build an enduring career in the arts.
First Nations Sound Recording Grants
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in partnership with the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts will deliver a grant partnership, the ARIA-PPCA-Australia Council First Nations Sound Recording Partnership.
National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA)
The NSW Artists’ Grant has been initiated by NAVA to assist professional visual and media arts, craft and design practitioners residing in NSW to produce, present and promote their work throughout NSW, interstate and overseas.
The Visual Arts Fellowship is funded by the Copyright Agency and administered by NAVA, and aims to assist exceptional mid-career Australian visual and media arts, craft and design practitioners to undertake a self directed program of professional development.
The Australian Artists’ Grant was initiated by NAVA to assist professional visual and media arts, craft and design practitioners to produce, present and promote their work throughout Australia and overseas.
The NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice is awarded to a graduating student from university art and design schools. One prize is offered to a student who achieved the highest marks in their professional practice unit or who academic staff feel would be most deserving of the benefits offered by the prize – a one year NAVA Premium Membership package.
Museums and Galleries NSW
The Audience Development Fund (ADF) offers public galleries in NSW assistance in targeting and developing new audiences. It encourages galleries to create innovative public programs that engage artists and the community.
The Dobell Exhibition Grant, supported by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, offers $40,000 in funding to one regional NSW gallery per annum. The program aims to support high quality exhibitions that speak to a broad audience across NSW.
Fellowships offer senior staff from NSW museums and galleries the opportunity to spend two weeks at an international cultural organisation.
Mentorships provide opportunities for emerging and mid-level NSW museum and gallery staff to spend two weeks with a state, national or smaller, more specialised organisation.
Volunteer Placements provide volunteers from NSW volunteer managed museums and Aboriginal cutlural centres with the opportunity to spend up to two weeks with staff and resources of larger or more specialised cultural organisations.
Project Development Grants allow community museums and keeping places to carry out strategic and innovative projects with mid to long term outcomes. The grants can also provide an opportunity to work productively with an appropriate museums and/or arts consultant as a skill development opportunity.
Small Grants aim to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums. There are no set categories for funding, and applications for a broad range of projects will be considered.
Leg Up Grants are quick response skill development grants for workers in volunteer managed museums throughout NSW. These grants fund various skill development projects including hosting or attending workshops, conferences or seminars in NSW, in addition to networking activities.
Skills Development Grants provide funding to volunteer museums and museum networks for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events.
How well does your museum or gallery building perform in terms of collection care, environmental sustainability and visitor access?
M&G NSW has funding to provide for professional assessment of small to medium museum and gallery buildings in NSW.
Other Funding
Creative Partnerships Australia
We bring the arts, donors and business together for mutual benefit, creating a more vibrant, ambitious and sustainable cultural sector for the benefit of all Australians.
