Grants and Funding
Drawing funding with the Children’s Picture Book Illustrators Initiative
The Australia Council’s Children's Picture Book Illustrators' Initiative extended for 2013
Australia Council launches Arts Funding Guide 2013
In 2013, the Australia Council will deliver more than $170 million in funding for arts organisations and individual artists across…
Artists first, disabled second
Arts funding agencies fail to understand the value or needs of intellectually disabled artists.
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.