Opportunities and Resources

Creative & Professional Opportunities

Make Art? Reach new audiences and Art Lovers. Be part of the STA Creative Directory. FREE for STA Members

Connect@Gunning
Station  A new arts and cultural hub for the STA region. Options to get involved and provide programming ideas.

INSURANCE 
ArtsLaw has a comprehensive Insurance information page for the Creative Sector, including a list of insurance providers.

Creative Plus Business An amazing provider of courses and professional development to get your small arts business up and thriving. Check out their current offer. 

TAFE NSW courses available for Small Business Owners. Your Arts practise is small business.

Enterprise Plus Centre (formerly SRBEC) Professional development, workshops, support with social media, marketing and much more. 

Find a Conservator
Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) is the professional organisation for conservators in Australia

Awards, Prizes,  and Opportunities -listed by closing date. 

29 Mar 2024 Women & Leadership Australia has launched new partial scholarships for upcoming workshops.

5 April 2024 Goulburn Art Award The Award represents the talent and diversity of artists working within the region. The Gallery encourages submissions from artists at all stages of their careers.

5 April 2024 The heritage Festival 2024 Event registration The Festival Connects the community to the State’s rich and diverse heritage. The 2024 Theme is Connections, encouraging celebration of the rich and diverse stories of our nation.

5 April 2024 National Works on Paper The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s NWOP attracts leading contemporary artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture.

17 April Waterbrook Landscape Prize works are the personal interpretation of the artist predominantly of the natural world but inclusive of the built environment. Works may be realistic or abstract.

18 April The Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship Aims to celebrate, sustain and grow Indigenous art and design in NSW.

30 April 2024 QPRC Art Award 2024 Council partnership with the Queanbeyan Art Society, open to all artists and craftspeople 16 years and over who reside in the Queanbeyan-Palerang LGA

10 May 2024 Banjo Paterson Writing Awards Established in 1991, the awards honour Banjo, a great writer and favourite son of Orange, with a competition encouraging Australian content. However, entries do not have to be written in Banjo’s style of bush writing.

27 may 2024 Far South Film Festival invite filmmakers from regional and remote areas of Australia to submit short films under 40 minutes or feature films under 90 minutes in length that reflect the people, environment and issues that matter to you to our festival.

3 June 2024 Emerging Playwright Commission Canberra Youth Theatre’s Emerging Playwright Commission offers a professional commission to an emerging Australian playwright, to create a new full-length work that brings the voices and stories of youth to the stage

30 June 2024 National Contemporary Art Prize Artists around Australia are invited to take part, with an increased prize pool of $48,000 up for grabs across 3 categories including: Open Prize, First Nations Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists & the Sustainability Prize; with an additional $1,000 available for the People’s Choice winner.

We recommend the following sites for details of Awards and Prizes

Arts Hub – A fabulous resource space for creatives with an impressive listing of art prizes and awards.

 

Creative Residency Programs

Find an AiR we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of creative residency programs and opportunities from across the state, nation and globe. 

Insurance

Public Liability Insurance is becoming an essential component of a Creative Practise. If you are conducting Arts and Cultural activities odds are you will need to hold a current Public liability policy. Insurance is a regular concern for STA Members and we conduct regular professional development about insurance options. Until the next workshop comes up ArtsLaw has a comprehensive Insurance information page for the Creative Sector, including a list of insurance providers.

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