Visions of Australia funding supports 5 exhibitions to tour, with a focus on regional locations.

Image credit: Clay on Country (2022), Araluen Arts Centre (installation image). Photo by Jo Foster, courtesy of Artback NT.
Image credit: Clay on Country (2022), Araluen Arts Centre (installation image). Photo by Jo Foster, courtesy of Artback NT.

Close to $950,000 will be awarded under the Australian Government's Visions of Australia program to share the exhibitions of artistic and cultural material with audiences across 34 regional and 9 metropolitan venues.

The funding will also go towards the development of 2 exhibitions to tour in the future.

Recipients include:

  • National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS Victoria)—to tour Between Waves, an exhibition highlighting the breadth and innovation of First Nations contemporary art practices including video, poetry, sculpture and performance, to 7 venues across 4 states and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • Artback NT—to show ceramics works by 35 artists and collectives in Clay on Country – Ceramics from the Central Desert at 9 venues across 5 states and the Northern Territory.
  • Experimenta Media Arts—to develop the Experimenta Emergence exhibition weaving together the work of 12 leading contemporary artists along with writers and thinkers, to be launched in Melbourne and toured regionally.

Under the National Cultural Policy, Revive, the Government is committed to supporting Australian artists and creatives to showcase their work, as well as increasing opportunities for all Australians to access and participate in arts and cultural activities.

Find out more

Read the Minister's media release.