Arts and culture

Grants and funding

Grants and funding

  • Art Indemnity Australia

    A scheme by which the Australian Government acts as insurer for significant cultural exhibitions.

  • Community Heritage Grants

    Support for community organisations to preserve their cultural material, including archives and oral history recordings.

  • Contemporary Music Touring Program

    Funding for professional, contemporary Australian musicians to tour and perform original music within Australia.

  • Contemporary Touring Initiative

    Support for the development and touring of major exhibitions of contemporary visual arts and craft across Australia.

  • Festivals Australia

    Funding for regional and community festivals to present a new or special cultural activity.

  • Festivals Australia regional residencies

    Support for regional and remote communities to engage artists to develop creative ways of telling local stories at major festivals and community celebrations.

  • Indigenous Culture Support

    Assistance for activities that promote Indigenous cultures as integral elements of Australian society and identity.

  • Lending Rights

    The Public Lending Right and Educational Lending Right schemes provide payments for Australian creators and publishers whose books are held in public and educational libraries.

  • Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records

    Support for the revival and maintenance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

  • Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme

    Support for maritime heritage collection and conservation.

  • Playing Australia

    Support for performing arts bodies to tour in remote and regional areas of Australia.

  • Regional Arts Fund

    A partnership with the peak regional arts organisations in each state and arts ministries in the territories to assist artists and arts organisations in regional and remote areas.

  • Return of Indigenous Cultural Property Program

    A collaborative effort between governments and museums to resolve issues arising from collections of Indigenous ancestral remains and sacred objects.

  • Visions of Australia

    Funding to assist cultural and community organisations to develop and tour cultural exhibitions across Australia.

  • Visual arts and craft strategy

    Information on the response by governments to the 2002 report of the independent Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft (Myer) Inquiry.

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