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Australian arts students unable to get US visas for study exchange

Four Bachelor of Arts (Dance) students at WAAPA have had to cancel their U.S. study exchange plans due to the…

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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-24 August 2025

New nature writing prize, $10,000 for emerging singer-songwriters, mural commission, WA grant funding and more opportunities.

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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 11-17 August 2025

New award opportunities, commission for Queensland playwrights and grants up to $80,000.

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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 4 to 10 August 2025

Now open: 2026 Stella Prize, Emerging Artist Award, Songwriting Competition, Peter Porter Poetry Prize and more grants and opportunities.

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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 28 July to 3 August 2025

ArtsPay releases No Fuss funding, 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards now open, callout for new romance anthology, New York residency…

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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 22 to 28 July 2025

Adelaide Fringe poster competition returns, Creative WA Fellowships for young talent plus Lester Prize shortlist and more opportunities.

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Opportunities and awards

Enlighten Festival callout, SA Arts Leadership Program open, plus finalists across the 2025 National Biography Award, Bowness Photography Prize and…

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Opportunities and awards

Regional Arts Fund project grants now open, plus AFCM Pathways Program ensemble and Young Archies winners, and more!

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

Creative Australia reinstates Khaled Sabsabi, authors join AI backlash, regional funding discrimination, and more.

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Opportunities and awards

Lifetime Achievement nominations for Queensland performing arts professionals, new poetry in translation prize, music fund recipients and more.

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