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News from the Office for the Arts.

  • The Hosts

    Cultural exhibitions to tour Australia

    Friday 20 January 2012

    Australia’s first expedition to Antarctica and newly commissioned Australian contemporary art feature in new exhibitions to tour Australia with the support of almost $1.7 million funding Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced.

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  • Small Brother Small Sister

    Festivals funding now open

    Friday 16 December 2011

    Funding for festivals arts projects across regional Australia is now available through the Festivals Australia program.

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  • Saxophonist

    Pilot program for music enterprises

    Wednesday 14 December 2011

    Arts Minister Simon Crean announced a new pilot program to provide music enterprises with business skills and access to investment opportunities. 

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  • National Awards for Local Government

    New arts award for local government

    Friday 2 December 2011

    Entries invited to the new Active Arts category of the National Awards for Local Government, sponsored by the Office for the Arts.

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  • Prime Minister and Arts Minister

    Poets and historians to be honoured in literary awards

    Thursday 1 December 2011

    The Prime Minister and Arts Minister announced $100,000 in prize money for a new poetry award to be included in the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.

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  • Traditional owners of the Torres Strait Islands

    Return of ancestral remains from UK

    Thursday 24 November 2011

    As part of the largest return of Torres Strait Islander ancestral remains by the UK’s Natural History Museum, eight community representatives will bring back ancestral remains to Australia.

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  • Arts performer

    Arts funding enriches regions

    Tuesday 15 November 2011

    Australia’s regional communities will soon enjoy dynamic new arts projects thanks to the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund.

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  • Regional Development Australia Fund

    Regional Development Australia Fund

    Monday 7 November 2011

    Arts organisations looking to improve their facilities and benefit their stakeholders and communities can now apply for funding under the Australian Government’s Regional Development Australia Fund (RDAF).

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  • Glenorchy Moves

    Festivals Australia funding announced

    Friday 28 October 2011

    Communities across Australia, many in regional and remote areas, will have the chance to participate in new festivals and arts projects thanks to funding announced today through the Festivals Australia program.

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  • Ellarose Savage

    Indigenous funding now available

    Friday 28 October 2011

    Applications are now open for Indigenous culture, languages, visual arts and broadcasting funding in 2012–13.

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