Expressions of Interest: close 5pm Monday 10 March 2025. The Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, in collaboration with the Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music and Arts Upper Hunter, invites visual artists, sound artists, and musicians to submit proposals for a project exploring the intersection of art and sound. Concept The project is centred around the concept…
Entries close: 12 October 2025 The theme for this year’s Blue Heeler Film Festival is “Nurture”. They are looking for films that explore the power of nurturing—whether it’s caring for the environment, relationships, ourselves or nurturing an idea. For all the details please visit https://filmfreeway.com/BlueHeelerFilmFestival
Applications for Round 2 of the 2024/25 Regional Arts Touring Fund close Monday 17 March 2025. World-class arts and cultural productions and programs keen to hit the road across NSW are invited to apply for the second round of Create NSW’s 2024/25 Regional Arts Touring funding program. Artists, creatives and producers, including individuals and organisations,…
Applications close: 17 March 2025 Connecting Australian and Irish writers, this two-week online fellowship is an opportunity for published fiction writers to enjoy the combined mentorship and support of Varuna and the Irish Writers Centre. For all the details please visit https://www.varuna.com.au/for-writers/irelandonline
Applications close 17 March 2025 This new program supports ongoing collaborative ventures across the arts, cultural and creative industries ecosystem, driving greater innovation, long-term sustainability and increased cultural exports. Applications are invited from not-for-profit small-to-medium arts and cultural organisations collaborating with a creative business to deliver an innovative idea. The broad range of partner creative…
Entries close: Extended to 19 June 2025 Artists from across Australia to submit portraits of an Australian (or Australians) that they respect or admire, or a self-portrait. Total prize pool $130,000 worth of cash and prizes. For all the details please visit https://www.lesterprize.com/
Entries close 22 March 2025 Hosted by the Dungog Arts Society. This year there will be both a portrait prize (the Dungog Archies and also part of the ‘Faces’ portrait component of the theme) and a landscape/places’ prize (the ‘Places’ part of the theme.) For more details please email the Dungog Arts Society admin@dungogarts.com.au
Applications close: 24 March 2025 The NIDA Future Centre has just launched the $50,000 Jim Sharman Future Award. The Award open to those aged 16–30 from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region – so if you have contacts in the Asia Pacific, that’d be particularly welcome. The Award is for a bold idea or project with…
Applications close: 20 February 2025 Grants are now available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and supporting organisations across Australia to celebrate NAIDOC Week (6 – 13 July 2025). NAIDOC Local Grants provide a co-contribution towards the cost of NAIDOC activities and events. For all the details please visit https://www.niaa.gov.au/news-and-media/naidoc-2025-local-grants
Applications close 23 February 2025 The program is contemporary, flexible and relevant to artists practicing, working and living in regional, rural and remote Australia. It is designed as an applicant-led approach, addressing the needs of the individual in that time and place; offering a guaranteed income (for a short period) for an artist/ practitioner to…