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  • Supporting creative industries; helping towns transform empty spaces into arts precincts; working with the Aboriginal arts community and engaging Western Sydney audiences are just some of the things on our current agenda.
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  • Creative enterprise hubs transform empty spaces into arts precincts through arts-led initiatives in town centres.

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  • Types of funding
  • Arts NSW provides the following funding opportunities to support artists and arts and cultural organisations in NSW.
  • Funding for programs
  • Program funding is open to organisations which are central to the cultural life of NSW. This type of funding is allocated either annually or triennially.
  • Funding for projects
  • Organisations and individuals can apply for grants and funding for a wide-range of projects ranging from the creative development of a performance piece, to facility upgrades.
  • For individuals
  • Grants, scholarships, residencies, awards, funding for unique opportunities and project support for NSW arts practitioners are available.
  • Other support options
  • Find out what other support options are out there.
  • Acquittals
  • An acquittal is the process of evaluating and reporting on how funds provided by Arts NSW for a specific purpose have been spent. Arts NSW is legally required to obtain acquittals from all grant recipients.
  • Past funding recipients
  • These individuals and organisations have been recipients of funding through Arts NSW grants programs.
• The Arts in NSW
  
  • Artistic and cultural showcase
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    Chris Fox – ‘Salon Jetpack’

    Chris Fox was a recipient of Arts NSW Quick Response[...]

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    fLiNG Physical Theatre

    fLiNG Physical Theatres The Voyage explored the dynamism of human[...]

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    Milk Crate Theatre – Intersection

    In a spectacular display of site specific theatre, Milk Crate[...]

  • The Arts in NSW
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  • Introduction to the Arts in NSW
  • The NSW arts sector – quick facts
  • Aboriginal arts and culture in NSW
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  • State cultural institutions
  • The NSW cultural institutions manage significant cultural heritage collections and provide services and programs throughout the state and beyond.
  • Major performing arts organisations
  • These companies have a commitment to excellence in performance, and to engaging in new and creative ways of entertaining and inspiring people.
  • Major festivals
  • These festivals provide Sydney with periods of concentrated cultural activity, attracting audiences of over two million people annually.
  • Visual arts and craft organisations
  • NSW is home to leading visual arts organisations; these organisations influence the development of contemporary visual arts and craft practice in our state.
• Creative spaces
  
  • Arts properties
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    Pier 2/3

      Historic Pier 2/3 is the newest addition to the[...]

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    Sydney Theatre

      Sydney Theatre is a state of the art facility[...]

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    Lilyfield (The Parachute Ground)

      The Parachute Ground at Lilyfield provides affordable office and[...]

  • 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.
• Resources
  
  • Making a living
  • 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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  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2012 NSW Aboriginal Regional Arts Fund
  • Michael Brand appointed Director of Art Gallery of NSW
  • Feedback Survey 2011
  • The Rocks Pop-Up 2012: Call for creative partners and organisations
  • Extension of the Writers’ Walk at Circular Quay

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Types of funding