Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS)

2012-13 Funding Round now closed

The 2012-13 IVAIS funding round closed on 3 February 2012.

About Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS)

Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) provides approximately $11 million each year to Indigenous art centres and allied industry  organisations, with the  objective of building a stronger Indigenous visual arts industry.

To achieve this objective, IVAIS funding:

• supports the operations of Indigenous art centres, and organisations involved in the production, promotion and marketing of Indigenous visual art
• provides opportunities for Indigenous artists to maintain, develop and extend their professional art practice
• provides opportunities for art centre staff, artists and Board members to develop professional skills and experience

• facilitates the delivery of services to the Indigenous visual arts industry by allied industry support organisations.

IVAIS is a national competitive program, and is part of a coordinated approach to develop the Indigenous visual arts sector as outlined in the Indigenous Art Centres Plan.

• Indigenous Art Centres Plan (219 KB PDF)

Download fact sheets

• What IVAIS is achieving (744 KB PDF)
• How support for Indigenous culture contributes to Closing the Gap (1.1 KB PDF)