The government supports visual artists through a range of initiatives and schemes including Artbank, the Resale Royalty Scheme, the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy.

Funding

Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program.
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Carlene West (painting) Amanda Dent (photography).Image: Carlene West at work, Spinifex Arts Project, WA. Credit: © Amanda Dent.
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Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program

The Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program helps fund the operations of around 80 Indigenous-owned art centres, and a number of art fairs, regional hubs and industry service organisations that are at the heart of Australia’s world-famous Indigenous visual art movement.

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Indigenous languages and arts program
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Indigenous languages and arts program

The Indigenous Languages and Arts program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to revive and maintain languages, and to develop and present art.

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Funding support programs

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Resale Royalty Scheme
Artbank

Artbank

Artbank is a one of a kind, Australian Government support program that acquires the work of living, Australian contemporary artists – making the collection available to the general public through a leasing program.

With a collection of around 10,000 artworks, and with one hundred percent of the leasing fees going back into supporting artists, Artbank has been collecting and promoting the value of Australian art for over 30 years.

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Personal Property Securities Register

If you have artwork on consignment to galleries or dealers you can register that work with The Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR).

It gives you a ‘security interest’ in your work if the gallery or dealer becomes insolvent. This gives you highest priority in the case of gallery bankruptcy and your work can be returned to you.  PPSR has fact sheets to help artists.

 

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Spotlight On: Sir John Monash Centre Tapestry
We take a look at the Morning Star tapestry displayed in the Sir John Monash Centre in France.
Work in progress, Morning Star, 2017, Lyndell Brown and Charles Green, woven by Pamela Joyce, Leonie Bessant, Chris Cochius, Jennifer Sharpe and Cheryl Thornton, wool and cotton, 2.5m x 5.04m.Photograph: Jeremy Weihrauch
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New premises for ArtBank
Artbank has opened the doors to a new custom-designed warehouse in Melbourne.
People looking at many pieces of framed artwork at the Artbank storage area in Melbourne.
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Inside ArtBank
Peter Lin from Artbank talks to us about how they support Australian artists and the importance of art at work.
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Australian contemporary visual arts organisations secure four year support
The Australian Government has committed $18 million over four years to 36 of Australia's most outstanding contemporary visual...
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