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.
Quicklinks
Related links
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC)

- Cultural Portal

- Inquiry into the Indigenous Visual Arts Sector

- Indigenous Portal

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board

- Agencies and institutions
- Artbank website

- Collections Australia Network
- Cultural Gifts Program Online Gallery

- Culture and Recreation Portal


