Ten new exhibitions will hit the road thanks to $1.4 million provided through the latest Visions of Australia program funding round.

The toys from Play School sitting together in plush red cinema seats with a movie slate that reads ‘ACMI’.
Image credit: Play School: Come and Play! ACMI, 2026. Photo © Eugene Hyland.

Round 22 of the Visions of Australia program will support arts and cultural institutions to share exhibitions across the country, including in regional and remote communities.

The funding will allow Australians in every state and territory to access and participate in exhibitions that explore a diverse range of ideas, objects and themes, in their local communities.

Successful recipients include:

  • ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)—to tour Play School: Come and Play! to 10 venues in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. After 60 years, the iconic TV series Play School is throwing open its doors and inviting us inside to share in the magic of making a Play School episode. Developed in partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the immersive Play School: Come and Play! exhibition celebrates learning through play with music, interactive games, creating and storytelling.
  • Artback NT Incorporated—to develop Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling to tour 7 venues in the ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling will be the first exhibition to capture the legacy, impact, and energy of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir. To be developed in partnership with Tangentyere Artists and Hermannsburg Potters, the exhibition will examine the choir's influences, inspirations, evolution and compelling stories and champion First Nations leadership and cultural integrity.
  • Museum of Australian Photography—to tour The World Came Flooding In to 10 venues in the ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia. The World Came Flooding In will be an immersive installation centred on stories of life during natural disasters. Through virtual and augmented reality, projections, miniatures, photographs, and sound, the exhibition will explore the impacts of climate change and the rich inner world that remains when things and places are washed away.

The Visions of Australia program aims to inspire, educate and entertain audiences by providing access to Australian arts and cultural material. Around $2.8 million in support is available to arts and cultural heritage organisations through 2 funding rounds each year.

Applications for Round 23 are expected to open in September 2026.

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