Grants and Funding
Understanding what business wants from the arts
Arts organisations need to be savvy about the assets they can offer business in return for investment.
2013 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships announced
The Sidney Myer Fund has announced the winners of its 2013 Fellowship. Seven artists were awarded $160,000 over two years…
Cuts to arts programs at the University of Western Sydney
Despite having a $30 million projected budget surplus, the University of Western Sydney has cut a number of programs, including…
What ideas are fashionable?
Audiences, grant-givers and art-makers can all be fashion victims, whether they know it or not.
Regional creative communities undermined
Northern Rivers towns like Byron Bay and Lismore have long been a magnet for artists escaping the city but they…
AbaF launches Gold Book 2012
Looking for an arts-business relationship? AbaF's Gold Book 2012 gives 50 case studies of the best connections between arts, business…
The parlous state of Australian art music
Taxpayer funding of orchestras should be dependent on Australian content.
Surviving a bad day at work
Everyone has their good and bad days, but it’s important to know how to deal with the bad when you…
Building a creative arts-business partnership
Instead of putting out your hand for sponsorship, create a business-arts partnership that benefits both.
Festival Travel Fund
The Festival Travel Fund from Screen NSW offers targeted support to NSW key creatives whose work has been invited to…