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- Arts NSW provides funding opportunities to support both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, and arts and cultural organisations in NSW.
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- Detailed information for applicants to the Arts Funding Program.
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- The NSW cultural institutions manage significant cultural heritage collections and provide services and programs throughout the state and beyond.
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- These companies have a commitment to excellence in performance, and to engaging in new and creative ways of entertaining and inspiring people.
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- These festivals provide Sydney with periods of concentrated cultural activity, attracting audiences of over two million people annually.
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- NSW is home to leading visual arts organisations; these organisations influence the development of contemporary visual arts and craft practice in our state.
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- Cultural facilities directory
- This database contains details of publicly owned NSW performance and exhibition spaces outside the Sydney CBD.
- Empty spaces
- Empty spaces is a project designed to rejuvenate town centres in urban and regional NSW.
- Planning Sydney's cultural facilities
- An independant report completed in March 2011 which reviewed Sydney's cultural facilities and includes an audit of Sydney's Existing cultural facilities.
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- Advice for artists and creative workers making a living through running a small business including sole practitioners, small groups, partnerships or cooperatives.
- Useful connections and resources
- You may already be involved in useful networks but it's always an advantage to know what other initiatives are out there and who is doing what.
- Community use of school facilities
- The Community Use of School Facilities fact sheet provides information for artists interested in approaching schools regarding use of their facilities.
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Information for applicants
2014 NSW Arts Funding Program Guide
The 2014 NSW Arts Funding Program Guide contains important information about the funding offered by the NSW Government’s arts funding and policy body, Arts NSW, through the Arts Funding Program (AFP).More
Assessment criteria
Each application is assessed as a whole and rated against a common set of five assessment criteria.More
Auspicing
Definitions; Arrangements for Local Councils; Functions and responsibilities of an auspicor; The auspicing process; Conduct and ethical practices; Issues requiring further consultationMore
Closing dates
Online applications and support material must be submitted by midnight (AEST) on the closing date. More
Eligibility
The following general eligibility applies to all funding programs and projects that form part of the 2013 Arts Funding Program, not to Devolved Funding.More
Funding information sessions
Each year, Arts NSW holds a funding information session road show, at venues across the state.More
How to apply
Arts NSW application rounds close at Midnight (AEST) on the specified closing date.More
Panel members
Applications under the Arts Funding Program are reviewed through an extensive peer assessment process.More
Residencies
Residencies provide the unique opportunity for artists to step away from their usual environment for a period of intense focus on their practice. More