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.
The March 2023 closing date includes additional funding from the International Engagement Fund to support competitive applications that meet the priorities of the International Engagement Strategy 2021-2025.
Activities can include:
- 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.
Closing date: Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 3pm AEDT, for projects beginning after 1 June 2023, with a further round closing Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 3pm AEST, for projects beginning after 1 December 2023.
For full details, please visit the Australia Council for the Arts website.