Performing arts Performing arts
14 September 2021
$5 million to keep Melbourne Theatre Company on stage
The Australian Government will deliver $5 million to the Melbourne Theatre Company under the Government’s $50 million COVID-19 Arts Sustainability...
Front view of the Southbank Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.
Screen Screen
13 September 2021
Beloved Woody Woodpecker sequel to film in Australia
The next chapter in the Woody Woodpecker movie franchise will be filmed in Victoria with support from our Location Incentive.
Woody Woodpecker. Image provided by Universal Home Entertainment.
Performing arts Performing arts
7 September 2021
$20 million to revive Arts and Entertainment
Sixty three leading arts and entertainment organisations across Australia will share in more than $20 million funding, in the latest support from...
Image by Jarrad Seng of Ken Unsworth AM's Sculpture by the Sea—There's Many A Slip'. Sculpture of a bike rider on a plank at sunset. Many people looking at the sculpture
Visual arts Visual arts
6 September 2021
Apply now for Visions of Australia funding
The Visions of Australia regional exhibition touring program is open for applications.
Image by Grant Hancock—Tom Moore: Abundant Wonder, Jam Factory. Colourful art installation with a comic-style truck and leafless trees in the foreground and large building blocks in the background with creatures on top.
Regional arts Regional arts
1 September 2021
Apply now for extra Festivals Australia funding
Apply now for Festivals Australia funding for projects starting from February 2022.
Tesla Coil, Dark Mofo 2019. People standing around looking at some light painting.
Performing arts Performing arts
30 August 2021
Critical support flows to sustain three leading Arts organisations
The Australian Government is delivering $5.5 million under the fifth batch of the Government’s $50 million COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund, to...
Performer rising above pink/purple clouds.
27 August 2021
The gift of song lifts community spirits
Music is good for the soul and the gift of a song can lift the spirits of an entire community.
Percussionist plays round instrument with school children looking on. Image by Chris Sheedy of Four Winds’ Create and Inspire education program.
Regional arts Regional arts
25 August 2021
Dawn gathering with a cultural message
A spectacle of fire, music, dance and performance opened this year's Ten Days on the Island in Tasmania.
Hundreds of people on the beach at a cultural festival. Image by John Fisher: mapali, Dawn Gathering, Ten Days on the Island, 2021.
Regional arts Regional arts
25 August 2021
Lanterns light the way for one small town
Community support is the secret to the success of the Hahndorf Winter Lantern Festival, held each year in South Australia.
A group of people carrying lit lanterns at a festival .
24 August 2021
Disney+ Original Series Nautilus set to film in Australia
Live action series Nautilus will be filmed in Queensland from early 2022, with support from our Location Incentive.
An aerial view of a outdoor large pool and film production equipment with studio buildings in the background

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