The Cultural Trust offers grants of up to $15,000 to assist talented emerging and early-career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas.

If a development opportunity within Australia is of high quality and can offer exceptional benefit to an individual's professional practice, applicants may seek funding to undertake a professional development project within Australia. In line with the Cultural Trust's funding principle to encourage the diversity, excellence, and distinction of emerging Australian artists, The Trustees have indicated a preference that at least 70% of grants be awarded to support projects overseas.

We support applicants who can demonstrate initiative, exceptional talent, and the ability to convert their ambitions into reality. In particular, we are looking for well-researched and planned projects.

The Trust primarily provides support for structured professional development and networking opportunities such as:

• Residencies

• Mentorships

• Study tours that have a clear skills development focus

• Private lessons

• Internships

• Conferences and workshops.

The Trust may also consider supporting postgraduate study with a focus on professional development and artistic practice where no equivalent exists in Australia.

Please note that projects for which the sole purpose is an exhibition, performance, or the making of a work (such as a recording or publication} are ineligible. This includes performances at festivals.

The Cultural Trust offers grants of up to $15,000 to assist talented emerging and early-career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas.

If a development opportunity within Australia is of high quality and can offer exceptional benefit to an individual's professional practice, applicants may seek funding to undertake a professional development project within Australia. In line with the Cultural Trust's funding principle to encourage the diversity, excellence, and distinction of emerging Australian artists, The Trustees have indicated a preference that at least 70% of grants be awarded to support projects overseas.

We support applicants who can demonstrate initiative, exceptional talent, and the ability to convert their ambitions into reality. In particular, we are looking for well-researched and planned projects.

The Trust primarily provides support for structured professional development and networking opportunities such as:

• Residencies

• Mentorships

• Study tours that have a clear skills development focus

• Private lessons

• Internships

• Conferences and workshops.

The Trust may also consider supporting postgraduate study with a focus on professional development and artistic practice where no equivalent exists in Australia.

Please note that projects for which the sole purpose is an exhibition, performance, or the making of a work (such as a recording or publication} are ineligible. This includes performances at festivals.

The Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP) is focused on celebrating Queensland’s artists and stories, ensuring Queenslanders’ access to high quality experiences and growing Queensland’s cultural reputation.

Objectives

QASP:

• Supports the development and presentation of new arts and cultural works by individual Queensland artists, organisations, and communities.

• Strengthens skills development, and provide new employment and career development opportunities for artists and arts workers.

• Grows a pipeline of high-quality arts, cultural products, and experiences.

Funding

The Fund supports applications from individuals and organisations for projects and programs at different stages of development and across multiple stages from creative development through to production, presentation, and distribution.

For example, you can apply for just the creative development stage of a new work or apply to fund the project from its early stages through to a tour of the finished work.

The fund will also support costs towards artistic collaboration with a nationally or internationally significant artist or company for an outcome in Queensland.

In addition, applicants have the options to apply for additional funding towards an industry placement as part of the project, and/or the fees for the commissioning of new live or recorded music as part of your project.

Funding available

• Single year projects—up to $70,000 for projects and programs for up to 12 months.

• Two-year projects—up to $150,000 to support the development and delivery of single projects and programs across financial years. These are projects and programs that need a larger and/or longer scale of development of up to two-years and include presentation and/or distribution.

Applicants may only receive 1 QASP grant per calendar year.

Additional funding available

PLUS up to $10,000 towards fees for Queensland-based composers, musicians or librettists to support the commissioning of new live or recorded music as part of your project

Applicants may only recieve one QASP grant per calendar year.

 Funding rounds

Round 5
4 March 2024 - 15 April 2024

Round 6
29 July 2024 - 9 September 2024

Project Grants provide major funding for high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and communities.

The focus of the project could include any area of creative practice, multiple art forms, or cross-disciplinary practice.

View past recipients

UPCOMING PROJECT GRANTS

Round 1 2024 – OPENS FEBRUARY 5 

For projects commencing on or after: 1 July 2024
Amount: Up to $30,000
Open: 9:00am – 5 February 2023
Closes: 11:59pm – 15 March 2023

We recommend all applicants speak with Flying Arts Alliance’s RAF Program manager before applying. Call (07) 3216 1322 or email raf@flyingarts.org.au to organise a time. 

First Nations Arts Business Grants focus on strengthening business skills and capacity of First Nations artists, artsworkers and arts and cultural organisations. 

This fund is is for First Nations applicants only. 

Objectives

Supports Queensland-based First Nations arts and cultural practitioners, organisations and businesses to access business development services that: 

• strengthen cultural governance, business and strategic planning

• increase corporate and commercial capacity to grow new revenue and market opportunities

• enable professional upskilling and development for board and/or staff.

Funding 

• One-off grant of up to $10,000 (excluding GST) are available to fund the purchase of the following eligible services:

  • strategic and business planning

  • governance planning and related training

  • data and digital platforms and related training

  • financial processes including e-commerce and related training

  • human resources advice including succession planning.

You must provide quotes to support the amount of funding requested. 

You can provide quotes for multiple services, however if the quotes exceed a total of $10,000, you will only receive a maximum of $10,000 and will be responsible for the payment of any related expenses in the excess of the $10,000 grant funding. 

Need more information about how building capacity across these areas can support you to grow your business? Please visit the new First Nations Arts Business Hub

Frequency

Applications can be submitted at any time. Successful applicants will be notified no more than 6 weeks from the date of submission.  The fund will close on 30 June 2024 or when funds for this grants program are expended.

Key eligibility 

To be eligible, all applicants must:

• be a Queensland based First Nations artist, artsworker or a First Nations arts organisation/arts business

• have an active ABN – with a business location in Queensland

• have a bank account in the name of the applicant

• not be a recipient of any of the following Arts Queensland funding:

  • First Nations Pathways Fund;

  • Organisations Fund prior to 1 July 2022;

  • annual funding of $500,000 or more per financial year (from Arts Queensland)

• attach a supplier quote for the activity the funding will support.

Other eligibility conditions apply, please read the fund guidelines for all eligibility criteria and compulsory support material.

How to apply

1. Visit our supporting documents page to view the fund guidelines.

2. Complete the online application form - telling us about your business and and how the funding will be used. 

3. Attach the supplier quote/s (if seeking funding for more than one service) which includes the description of the service, costs and planned delivery date

4. Make sure your Australian Business Register profile for your business is up to date (check your ABN status, GST status and Main Business location).

Arts Queensland uses Smartygrants, an online grant application system. For support with technical issues related to the online application, please contact an Arts Queensland Grants Officer on telephone (07) 3034 4016 or toll free 1800 175 531 or email investment@arts.qld.gov.au

About the program

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

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

Please read through the following grant guidelines.

If you need advice about applying, contact an Artists Services Officer.

Key dates

Applications close:

• Tuesday 5 March 2024 at 3pm AEDT, for projects beginning after 1 June 2024

• Tuesday 3 September 2024 at 3pm AEST, for projects beginning after 1 December 2024.

Activate Arts supports arts and culture-based activities that have a clear connection to the Gold Coast and deliver artistic excellence, community benefit, collaboration, sustainability and innovation. Apply for up to $15,000.

Applications close: 12 February 2024
Interview: 21 & 22 March 2024
Notification: April 2024
Projects starting after: 30 April 2024

The Lady Mollie Isabelle Askin Ballet Scholarship was established by a Deed of Lady Mollie Askin to further culture and advance education in Australia by providing a travelling scholarship for Australian citizens with outstanding ability and promise in ballet.

The scholarship is awarded biennially to a candidate who has outstanding ability and promise in ballet. The scholarship is worth $30,000, payable in two instalments of $15,000 over two years.

Apply by Tuesday 6 February. Find out more.

Quick Response Grants aim to support small arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because of their nature or timing. For example, you may wish to attend a workshop or complete a project within a certain time frame and cannot access appropriate funding through any other means.

Please note that Quick Response grants are competitive, and as part of your application you will need to detail why your project cannot be funded through other means.

This type of grant would also suit individual professional development.

The ACDGP 2023-24 Round will support projects that promote Australia’s creative sector and First Nations identity to deepen bilateral partnerships and strengthen our reputation as a modern diverse nation internationally.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:
*   support the promotion of Australia’s creative sector internationally
*   support collaborative and innovative projects that promote Australia as a modern, diverse
nation and a source of creative excellence
*   influence perceptions of Australia at home and abroad through building cultural
understanding and connections
*   build people-to-people and /or institutional links internationally
*   support First Nations creative industries and seek opportunities to assist in embedding
First Nations into our Foreign Policy
*   align with ‘Revive’, Australia’s National Cultural Policy.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to:
*   increase public awareness of Australia’s, artistic and cultural assets in the host countries
*   develop enduring partnerships in the creative sector particularly with First Nations focus
in the bilateral, regional and global context between Australian organisations/individuals
and those in the host countries
*   increase Australia’s capacity to effectively engage with the host countries, especially in
the arts and creative sectors to support ongoing collaboration.

Eligibility:

To be eligible you must have an Australian Business Number, be registered for the purposes of GST, be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia. Further details available in the Guidelines.

Australian organisations and individuals can apply. All applications must be submitted using SmartyGrants [https://dfat.smartygrants.com.au/ACDGP2023].

For more information please read the “Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (ACDGP) 2023-24 Round Guidelines” [Current Grant Opportunity View – GO6666: GrantConnect (grants.gov.au)]or contact the ACDGP Secretariat.

For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the submission form, please email cultural.diplomacy@dfat.gov.au and quote your application number.

For more information visit https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=5fa812c7-2db6-442d-89a5-b6ac2be60a2c

The Grow Cultural Tourism Fund is a key program of the Queensland Government’s Grow 2022-2026 (PDF) (1.89 MB), the second action plan for Creative Together 2020-2030.

The Fund seeks to enable the growth of arts and cultural events and experiences across the state by strengthening the local arts sector’s capacity and activating communities to achieve the state’s vision of establishing Queensland as an iconic cultural tourism destination – a place visited for its arts, culture, and heritage.

The Fund will also support delivery of Towards Tourism 2032, and its vision for Queensland to be Australia’s destination of choice for domestic and global visitors seeking the world’s best experiences by 2032.

The Building Bush Tourism Fund and the Growing Future Tourism Fund also support the Queensland Government’s Toward Tourism 2032 strategy, and are available to eligible tourism operators, not-for-profit organisations and local governments to deliver new and enhanced tourism infrastructure or experiences.

Objectives

The Grow Cultural Tourism Fund:

• supports the development of new arts and cultural events and experiences that can drive cultural tourism outcomes for Queensland

• enables the expansion of traditionally non-arts events to feature significant Queensland arts and cultural programming

• boosts existing arts and cultural events to drive increased visitation and support inclusive participation

• provides new employment opportunities for Queensland’s arts and cultural workers

• builds the capacity of communities to deliver cultural events that drive regional development through cultural tourism

The Fund welcomes applications from Queensland events and festivals with a strong track record of attracting audiences (must show year on year growth), as well as those exploring concepts for new festivals and events. During Round One the Fund will prioritise supporting opportunities for activity outside of South East Queensland*.

*For the purpose of this fund, South East Queensland is defined as: Brisbane, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Moreton Bay, Logan and Redland Local Government Areas.

Funding

The Fund contributes towards the costs of:

• Stream 1: A feasibility study for a new cultural tourism focussed event or festival; or

• Stream 2: Embedding Queensland arts and cultural programming into existing non-arts and cultural events (whose primary purpose is not presenting arts focussed events) that grows the scale and impact of the event or festival; or

• Stream 3: Increasing the reach and impact of existing arts and cultural events or festivals of scale.

View the full Grow Cultural Tourism fund guidelines for more information.  Applicants may only receive one Grow Cultural Tourism Fund grant per calendar year. 

Funding available

Proposed new cultural tourism focussed events and festivals can apply for matched funding (1:1) up to $30,000 to support costs associated in the development of a feasibility study to explore the new event or festival concept.

Non-arts events can apply for matched funding (1:1) up to $50,000 to develop and embed Queensland arts and cultural programming within an event or festival that activates locations, attracts new audiences, builds local capacity and employment, and provides communities and visitors with access to local, high-quality arts and cultural activity.

Established signature cultural events can apply for matched funding (1:1) up to $80,000 to support the engagement of creative expertise (individual or company) to produce, present, and promote new arts programming and/or initiatives that will increase the scale and impact of established signature cultural events or festivals.

Frequency

Round 1

25 November 2023 - 29 February 2024 (2pm)

The Creative Sparks Grants Program is an arts and cultural grants program that assists artists and not-for-profit community arts, historical and cultural organisations to create and present work.

The purpose of the program is to create jobs, aid economic growth, attract tourism and improve social cohesion by supporting the creative and cultural sector in Brisbane. Through strategic investments, the program aims to build capacity and resilience of the sector to contribute to the liveability and vibrancy of Brisbane.

The Lord Mayor's Creative Fellowships support Brisbane artists, arts workers, cultural workers or creative producers wishing to develop and expand their careers in the arts and cultural sector by participating in professional development opportunities that may include:

• skills development

• masterclasses/workshops

• art residencies

• attendance at conferences

• short course training

• defined mentorships

• structured learning experiences.

$5,000 to $20,000 to support travel costs associated with attending key market development and cultural exchange platforms and gatherings.

Key dates

The next round closing dates are:

• Tuesday 19 September 2023 at 3pm AEST, for projects beginning after 1 January 2024.

• Tuesday 6 February 2024 at 3pm AEDT, for projects beginning after 1 June 2024.

The Tanja Liedtke Foundation is offering financial support, of up to €55,000, for the creation of a new work by a choreographer/director who:

1. has the intellect and choreographic/theatrical skills to make work about complicated ‘life’ issues i.e., not abstract work, it should be about subject matter.

1. therefore, the choreographer needs to understands the connection between meaning (body language) and movement.

1.  can say something that speaks to a wider audience than just dance obsessives/aficionados.

If you’d like to be considered for the award, please provide the following information:

i a brief outline of the proposed work, in English, of not more than 300 words.

ii a 3-minute video* as an example of your choreography that supports the intent of your proposal/application.

*This should be a front-on, fixed video, sufficiently wide (to see the whole body/bodies), in one take (i.e., no editing) so we can clearly see the choreography. Footage that is shaky, shot from too far away or too close, or for example that features dark clothing against a dark background that makes it difficult for us to see what you/your dancers are doing, will not be considered.

iii. ensure the video is posted to a site like Vimeo or YouTube and provide a link (and password if required).

Furthermore, please note:

• there is no age restriction for applicants.

• text may be used within the choreographic work, but if it is, it should be spoken in English.

• if we are interested in your proposal, we may request a further video of one of your full-length works that similarly satisfies all the above conditions [as outline in ii. above].  Again, if requested, it should be available to view on Vimeo or YouTube.

• depending on the applications, we may support one artist, or divide the award into smaller amounts to support more than one artist’s work.

• we are not interested in commissioning choreographers who are well supported financially by their governments and/or commissioning venues/Festivals. The aim of this award is to support an artist/artists who for whatever reason, finds themselves struggling to secure funding to make work.  This may be because they are an emerging choreographer, or an establish choreographer whose work may be too difficult/controversial for most mainstream festivals/venues.

• Due to the expected demand for the award, and limited admin, only those artists we are interested in, will be contacted.  If you do not receive a reply to your application, please appreciate that it means we are not interested in pursuing your application and therefore will not be engaging with you in further correspondence.

Please send your application latest 30.September 2023

to: award@tanja-liedtke-foundation.org

Nutrien Ag Solutions Community Grants is a small grants program aiming to contribute to the success, vibrancy and wellbeing of rural and regional communities nationwide.

Nutrien Ag Solutions seeks to support local grassroots organisations with funding for projects that are meaningful for their communities.

About the program

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities. Organisations that undertake arts programs, projects, or that provide services to artists, are welcome to apply.

Organisations can propose a single project, a suite of projects or annual programs of activity.

Grants are available from $20,000 to $100,000. Supported activities must last no longer than two years from the proposed start date.

Please note: The International Engagement Fund will be offered as a separate category, closing on 19 September 2023.

Your project must consider the latest government advice regarding COVID-19.

Please read through the following grant guidelines.

If you need advice about applying, contact an Artists Services Officer .

Project Grants provide major funding for high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and communities.

The focus of the project could include any area of creative practice, multiple art forms, or cross-disciplinary practice.

View past recipients

Round 2 2023 – NOW OPEN
For projects commencing on or after: 1 January 2024
Amount: Up to $30,000
Open: 9:00am – 3 July 2023
Closes: 11:59pm – 18 August 2023
APPLY HERE

First awarded in 2011, the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships provide unrestricted, tax-free grants over two years to individual Australian artists, creatives and cultural leaders. Specific outcomes for the Fellowships are not required. The Fellowships currently represent the largest single-program contribution to Australian individual artists, creators and cultural leaders in the country.

From 2011 to 2022, a total of 100 Fellowships were awarded, each worth $160,000. Following on from this $16 million investment and an evaluation of the program, Sidney Myer Fund Trustees resolved not only to continue the program from 2023 but to increase the value of each Fellowship to $200,000.

The two criteria used to select Fellows are: outstanding talent and exceptional courage. Specifically, this talent and courage relates to the creative practice of the Fellows and not to cases of personal hardship.

Nominations are welcome for artists, creators and cultural leaders across the entire spectrum of the visual, performing, interdisciplinary, new media and literary arts, as well as the humanities. Applicants to the program may not self-nominate and must include two referees who are not the nominator.

The Fellowships are intended for individuals in their ‘early mid-career’ – to be eligible, nominees must be at least seven years into their creative practice. They are also intended for those who will primarily be resident in Australia for the two years of their Fellowship.

Applications: Open

Submit by Sunday, 27 August 2023

Australia Council has a range of funding opportunities available year round, including grants for individuals and multi-year funding for arts organisations. Four Year Investment for Organisations, MATCH Lab and Plus1 are currently open. Find out more.

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Flying Arts Alliance

Applications currently open
Aiming to support small arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because of their nature or timing. Funding of up to $5000 is available for projects, workshops and individual development. Apply now.

For projects commencing from 14 August 2023 (2 to 12 weeks after the date you submit your application)

Amount: Up to $3,000 for Individuals and $5,000 for organisations
Opens: 9:00 am 1 July 2023
Closes: 11:59 pm 31 July 2023

Applications open Mon 17 July 
The Community Grants Program supports not-for-profit community groups to deliver one-off projects, events and activities that strengthen the creative ecology of the Sunshine Coast. Project funding of up to $15,000, and up to $30,000 for infrastructure projects.

SCC Arts & Heritage Levy x RADF
EOI closes Mon 7 Aug 
Now in its second year, the program provides up to two years of funding to organisations and groups for established arts and cultural initiatives that support the strategic development of the local arts ecology and deliver significant cultural benefit to the Sunshine Coast. 

ArtsCoast - Sunshine Coast Council
Applications open Thurs 9 July 
A new rapid response incentives scheme to provide small amounts of financial support to artists or collectives to deliver next stage presentations of work in independent spaces on the Sunshine Coast. Applications are open to contemporary artists and collectives from all disciplines.

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Festivals Australia supports community participation in, and access to, the arts and aims to support partnerships and collaboration across the sector.

Who can apply

Regional artists, arts workers, and organisations can apply for arts and cultural projects that encourage community participation and audience engagement from people living in regional and remote communities in a festival or community celebration.

When to apply

There are two funding rounds each year which generally open in February and September each year.

Regional Arts Fund

RAF Quick Response Grants

Quick Response Grants aim to support small arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because of their nature or timing. For example, you may wish to attend a workshop or complete a project within a certain time frame and cannot access appropriate funding through any other means. Please note that Quick Response grants are competitive, and as part of your application, you will need to detail why your project cannot be funded through other means. This type of grant would also suit individual professional development.

February Round 2023 - NOW OPEN

For projects commencing from 14 March 2023 
Amount: Up to $3,000 for Individuals and $5,000 for organisations
Closes: 11:59pm 28 February 2023

For further information visit our website or contact us

RAF Project Grants

Project Grants provide major funding for high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and communities. The focus of the project could include any area of creative practice, multiple art forms, or cross-disciplinary practice.

Round 1 2023 - NOW OPEN

For projects commencing on or after 1 July 2023 
Amount: Up to $30,000
Closes: 11:59pm 19 March 2023

For further information visit our website or contact us

The Strategic Partnerships Fund is focused on leveraging Queensland Government investment into the state’s arts sector through co-investment, partnerships and collaboration, strengthening creative business growth, and creating inclusive, high-quality, creative experiences that will drive positive change for Queenslanders.

Objectives

This fund will:

• Grow new investment into Queensland’s arts sector through co-investment and partnerships with all levels of government, business, community, and philanthropic sectors.

• Incentivise arts sector collaboration to drive sustainable arts business models and strengthen communities.

• Invest in Queensland arts companies to underwrite risk, encourage innovation, and increase access to new markets and audiences with a focus on driving business model growth.

• Drive positive social and economic outcomes for Queenslanders and expand revenue streams for Queensland’s arts sector through partnership and co-investment in arts-led programs.

• Grow new employment and career development opportunities for Queensland artists, arts workers and organisations.

.  The Fund has 2 streams:

• Arts Business Growth supporting activities that:

  • Generate new co-investment opportunities into Queensland’s arts sector.

  • Grow sustainability outcomes for Queensland arts organisations by developing new business models and shareable resources, audiences, and markets.

  • Increase the skills, business, and employment capacity of Queensland arts organisations.

• Arts Wellbeing and Impact supporting activities that:

  • Significantly leverage and extend the reach and impact of arts and cultural programs and initiatives in partnership with other sectors, in response to social and community priorities.

  • Increase community access to arts and cultural participation opportunities that strengthen inclusion, wellbeing, belonging and connectedness.

  • Increase employment opportunities for professional artists and artsworkers and grows revenue streams for arts organisations.

    
    

Funding

• Up to $200,000 per annum for each stream, for projects and initiatives of up to three years’ duration.

• Funding of more than $100,000 per annum will only be approved for exceptional, large-scale initiatives with significant impact and co-investment. 

  
  

Additional funding available

PLUS up to $60,000 towards a full-time industry placement for 12-months (or a pro rata equivalent for part-time) with a focus on arts management and/or arts production.

Submission timelines available here

The Touring Queensland Fund focusses on supporting regional community access to quality arts and cultural events and products. It supports arts presenters and producers in the delivery of performing arts, visual arts, contemporary music gigs, and cultural heritage touring.

This fund has 2 streams:

Single year and single tour funding

Single year and single tour funding for single tours and touring programs including schools touring (within a 12-month period) and single tours to present arts products and experiences across Queensland touring circuits or regions.

Multi-year touring funding

Multi-year touring funding for touring programs that are not dedicated schools touring within a 2-year period (with the option to extend funding agreements for a third year of programs) that enhance community cultural calendars and grow audiences for Queensland artists and arts organisations across or within regions.

Funding will support tours within and between regions, touring from Brisbane to regional Queensland locations, and tours from regionally based companies to Brisbane.

Note: Dedicated multi-year schools touring programs will be supported through an expressions of interest process to be opened by Arts Queensland in late 2022 for 2023-2026 regional schools touring programs, therefore the Touring Queensland Fund will only support single-year schools touring projects.

Objectives

• Support arts presenters and producers in the delivery of touring arts and cultural experiences and gigs in a range of places including halls, libraries, galleries, performing arts venues, schools and non-traditional spaces within and across Queensland communities.

• Grow audience access to and demand for exceptional and diverse arts experiences.

• Enable audience development within regions, for an artist, organisation and/or artform through touring activity.

• Increase diverse programming, including First Nations arts, contemporary music gigs and disability arts, and drive regional company touring into new regional locations and Brisbane.

• Provide new employment and career development opportunities for Queensland artists and organisations.

Funding

Single year and single tour funding

Up to $100,000 for tour-ready performing arts, visual arts, schools’ tours, workshops, and events for tour itineraries that include at least three (3) locations within a 12-month period.

Multi-year touring program funding

Up to $150,000 per annum for touring an identified circuit of at least five (5) locations multiple times over a 24-month period.

Applicants can apply for up to 50% of the total project costs (excluding placement cost, see below).

Additional funding available

Plus up to $60,000 towards a full-time industry placement for 12-months (or a pro rata equivalent for part-time) with a focus on arts management and/or arts production. The placement must be:

• built into the planned activity, and you must provide evidence of your intention for continued employment of the person or role

• supported by a holistic skills development program and a supervisor with appropriate experience

• paid at least minimum award wage and covered under employer’s Workcover and superannuation.

Two-year funded applicants approved for this extra funding will have the option to apply for up to $30,000 (or a pro rata equivalent) in year 2 to continue employment of the placement if they can demonstrate the successful delivery of year 1 and provide evidence of how they will transition to the continued employment of the person or role.

How to apply

Visit the Arts Queensland website to apply.

Key Dates

The First Nations Commissioning Fund is focused on investing in opportunities that share First Nations stories and cultural knowledge and elevate awareness of Queensland’s exceptional First Nations arts and cultural products and experiences. This fund is for First Nations applicants only.

Objectives

The First Nations Commissioning Fund:

• Supports the development and presentation of new work and cultural programs by individual First Nations artists, arts workers collectives and organisations.

• Strengthens skills development and provide new employment opportunities for First Nations artists and arts workers.

• Grows a pipeline of high-quality First Nations arts, cultural products, and experiences.

Funding

Single-year projects—up to $70,000 for projects and programs for up to 12 months.

Two-year projects—up to $150,000 (open to applications in January 2023) for projects and programs that need a larger and/or longer scale of development of up to two years and include presentation and/or distribution.

Additional funding available

PLUS up to $60,000 towards a First Nations full-time industry placement for 12-months (or a pro rata equivalent for part-time) with a focus on arts management and/or arts production.

PLUS up to $10,000 towards commissioning new music by Queensland-based First Nations composers, musicians or librettists as part of your project.

Key Dates