Grants and Funding

Regional galleries 'not sexy enough' for funding
Disproportionate funding discriminates against regional access to the arts in NSW.

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

Belly punch to craft sector lacks respect: ADC in potential freefall
The CEO of the 61-year-old craft peak body speaks out about being stripped of federal and state operational funding.

Opportunities and awards
This week's opportunities include short film funding in Blacktown and the 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Short Stories Awards, plus a call-out…

Australian Design Centre loses state and federal funding, faces uncertain future
‘Without core operational funding it is difficult to see how ADC can continue in its current form,’ the organisation warned.

Opportunities and awards
Entries open for Human Rights Essay Competition and MAC yapang Art Prize, plus winner of Penguin Literary Prize and more.

The new money: how artists are funding their work beyond grants
With traditional funding sources tightening, Australia's creative workers are turning to alternative revenue streams – but not without cost.

Opportunities and awards
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award open for entries, city council funding available, plus winner of the Fogarty Literary Award in WA…

Opportunities and awards
Ceramics prize open for entries, Artspace Studio Program artists and Australian Dance Theatre LOFT residents revealed, plus design and fashion…

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