Grants and Funding
How to persuade government to give you $438 million
Demonstrating worth, not need, was the key to convincing the WA Government to invest in a new museum.
Are arts organisations tied up in red tape?
With key services to deliver to the community, arts organisations are nevertheless increasingly forced to excel at the art of…
Melba encore: where is the value?
At the heart of controversy behind special funding of Melba is whether the money is delivering value to the community.
Public and private meet to fund arts
The Queensland Government has partnered with a family trust to invest in a $1 million fund to improve arts businesses.
New Tasmanian literary prize announced
The new $10,000 prize for an unpublished manuscript will be presented to an emerging Tasmanian novelist.
Adelaide Fringe Cultural Fund awards $30,000
Companies from Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide have been awarded $10,000 each in the Fund’s inaugural grants round.
Supporting digital content creation
A $60,000 investment will support an emerging web industry in digital content creation.
Arts Centre Melbourne lives by a thousand cuts
Our business analyst looks at how Arts Centre Melbourne achieved a $10 million budget turnaround.
Are Australian artists too sceptical for a pension trust?
APT Global, an international trust that secures the future for artists, has just set up base in Australia.
Melba defends direct funding from Brandis
The Melba Foundation says there was nothing devious about a direct funding grant bypassing Australia Council peer review.