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Investment and
development

Angela Goh, Desert Body Creep, photo by Zan Wimberley.

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Open ACF

Australian Cultural Fund

A fundraising platform for Australian artists. Upload your project, start your fundraising campaign and invite art lovers and supporters to donate with 100% of donations going directly towards your creative project.

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Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising (Melbourne)

Closing Date:

May 7, 2024 9:00 am (AEST)

Understand the foundations of arts fundraising to build greater sustainability for arts organisations and artists.

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International Rights Fund For Literature

Closing Date:

May 14, 2024 3:00 pm (AEST)

Support is available for literary agents, rights managers and publishers to attend international markets such as book fairs to sell rights in Australian works.

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Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising (Mparntwe/Alice Springs)

Closing Date:

May 31, 2024 9:00 am (AEST)

Understand the foundations of arts fundraising to build greater sustainability for arts organisations and artists.

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Fellowships

Closing Date:

June 4, 2024 3:00 pm (AEST)

$80,000

Creative Australia Fellowships of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ or arts workers’ creative activity and professional development for a period of up to two years.

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VACS Major Commissioning Projects

Closing Date:

June 4, 2024 3:00 pm (AEST)

$100,000

This program funds new visual arts and craft commissions to be created for presentation nationally and internationally.

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Closed

International Travel Fund

$5,000 to $20,000

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

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Closed

International Engagement Fund

$5,000 to $30,000

$5,000 to $30,000 for creative collaboration and development, cultural exchange and reciprocal activities.

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Closed

International Touring and Presentation Fund

$5,000 to $80,000

$5,000 to $80,000 to support international touring, showcasing and presentation opportunities.

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Closed

International Travel Fund for Authors and Illustrators

Support for authors and illustrators to travel internationally to attend events and activities associated with the international publication and promotion of their work.

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Closed

Translation Fund for Literature

International publishers may apply for a contribution towards the translation of Australian works by living authors of creative writing such as fiction, poetry, writing for children and young people, graphic novels, and narrative non-fiction (defined as autobiography, biography, essays, histories, literary criticism, or analytical prose).

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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024

$5000 to $80,000

Entries are open now for the richest literary prize in the nation, in six categories: fiction, non-fiction, young adult literature, children’s literature, poetry and Australian history.

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Closing soon

Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising (Melbourne)

Understand the foundations of arts fundraising to build greater sustainability for arts organisations and artists.
Closing soon

International Rights Fund For Literature

Support is available for literary agents, rights managers and publishers to attend international markets such as book fairs to sell rights in Australian works.
Open

Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising (Mparntwe/Alice Springs)

Understand the foundations of arts fundraising to build greater sustainability for arts organisations and artists.
Open

Fellowships

$80,000

Creative Australia Fellowships of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ or arts workers’ creative activity and professional development for a period of up to two years.
Open

VACS Major Commissioning Projects

$100,000

This program funds new visual arts and craft commissions to be created for presentation nationally and internationally.
Closed

International Travel Fund

$5,000 to $20,000

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

International Engagement Fund

$5,000 to $30,000

$5,000 to $30,000 for creative collaboration and development, cultural exchange and reciprocal activities.
Closed

International Touring and Presentation Fund

$5,000 to $80,000

$5,000 to $80,000 to support international touring, showcasing and presentation opportunities.