Do you know what TMA stands for? Too many acronyms!
Okay, that one is hardly likely to be dropped during a job interview or over a coffee when someone is sounding out your industry credibility but the list below is full of shorthand you ought to know. A blank stare when someone drops the name of an interstate company or lesser known festival is not a good look and faking it until you can Google is playing with fire.
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The Acronyms
- CPA
- CACD
- QAGOMA
- PTC
- WOMAD
- MONA
- AICC
- MPAB
- ARIA
- NCP
- AGSC
- CHG
- AELP
- ACO
- WAAPA
- ACP
- CAL
- AFTRS
- APRA|AMCOS
- NIDA
- SAM
- YPAA
- OA
- NAVA
- APT
- NICA
- MEAA
- ADT
- SALA
- OFTA
- FFC
- PLR
- NFSA
- SDC
- NPG
- MCA
- GAL
- MAFG
- CAN
- CMAG
- NLA
- Vroom
- ACTF
- ELR
- NAIDOC
- CMC
- PPCA
- RAA
- APACA
- CYA
The Answers
- Creative Partnerships Australia
- Community Arts and Cultural Development
- Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art
- Perth Theatre Company
- World of Music, Arts and Dance
- Museum of Old and New Art
- Australian International Cultural Council
- Major Performing Arts Board
- Australian Recording Industry Association
- National Cultural Policy
- Australian Guild of Screen Composers
- Community Heritage Grants
- Arts Executive Leadership Program
- Australian Chamber Orchestra
- Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
- Australian Centre for Photography
- Copyright Agency Limited
- Australian Film, Television and Radio School
- Australasian Performing Right Association|Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
- National Institute of Dramatic Arts
- Shepparton Art Museum (technically it’s also the South Australian Museum but Shepparton has the marketing head start on the acronym)
- Young People and the Arts Australia
- Opera Australia
- National Association of Visual Arts
- Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
- National Institute of Circus Arts
- Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
- Australian Dance Theatre
- South Australian Living Artists
- Office for the Arts
- Film Finance Corporation
- Public Lending Right
- National Film & Sound Archive
- Sydney Dance Company
- National Portrait Gallery
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Guarantee Against Loss
- Multicultural Arts and Festivals Grants
- Collections Australia Network
- Canberra Museum and Gallery
- National Library of Australia
- Virtual Reading Room
- Australian Children’s Television Foundation
- Educational Lending Right
- National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee
- Cultural Ministers Council
- Phonographic Performance Company of Australia
- Regional Arts Australia
- Australian Performing Arts Centres Association
- Carclew Youth Arts