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- Arts and Cultural Development Program Fund
- Create NSWs Arts and Cultural Development Program (ACDP) provides funding opportunities for NSW-based arts and cultural organisations, NSW professional artists and arts/cultural workers across a wide range of artforms and disciplines.
- Music Now
- Contemporary Live Music Funding Program
- 360 VISION: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Development Initiative
- Create NSW is offering six grants of up to $20,000 each for professional artists to develop virtual reality and augmented reality work.
- Western Sydney Strategic Programs
- The Western Sydney Strategic Funding Program invests in programs that provide opportunities for artists and cultural practitioners, and arts and cultural organisations based in Western Sydney.
- Metro Art – Public Art at Seven New Metro Railway Stations
- Expressions of Interest are NOW CLOSED. Create NSW is calling for artists to register their interest to develop artworks for seven new Sydney Metro railway stations.
- Createability Internship Program
- Internships opportunities to practitioners with disability.
- NSW Small Grants (devolved funding)
- Organisations offering small grants or devolved funding programs within specific artforms and with the community.
- Regional Cultural Fund
- The Regional Cultural Fund supports arts, screen, cultural and heritage infrastructure for communities in regional NSW.
- Other NSW Government Grants
- Funding opportunities offered by other NSW Government organisations.
- The Arts in NSW
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- NSW Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Strategy 2015 – 2018: Connection, Culture, Pathways
- Small to medium organisations
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- Creating New Income Toolkit
- 360 VISION Invite Only Industry Event
- NSW Contemporary Music Strategy
- New Museum for Western Sydney
- NSW Night-Time Economy
- A Cultural Tourism Toolkit
- 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.
- Create in NSW: The NSW Arts and Cultural Policy Framework
- Create in NSW is a ten year framework for contemporary NSW. It sets a vision for a future in which arts and culture are central to the life of our State.
- Cultural Infrastructure
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- Creating New Income Toolkit
- Here you'll find guides and resources to help generate revenue for your creative practice.
- 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.
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- On these pages you can view various Research and Statistics material from Create NSW and beyond.
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Information for applicants
Apply now
To apply for funding you need to complete and submit the relevant application form on the Create NSW online application system.More
Panel members
Applications to the Arts and Cultural Development Program funding categories are reviewed through an extensive peer assessment process.More
Case studies
Thinking of applying for a Create NSW grant? We spoke to past recipients about how they made their applications stand out. Bethany Thornber – 2015 Fellowship recipient Cadi McCarthy – 2017 […]More
Funding decisions
Once all applications have been assessed, you will be contacted about the outcome of your application. If you have been successful, you will also be sent a funding agreement. This […]More
Resources for applicants
In addition to the Arts and Cultural Development Program Guidelines, the following information and resources are available to assist you with your application. Making an Application: Help Guide Funding roadshows […]More
Funding roadshows
We’re currently planning funding information sessions for 2019. Please check this page regularly as we confirm dates and locations, we’ll also provide updates via our social media networks. Create NSW is […]More
Assessment Meeting Reports
2017/18 Assessment Meeting Reports Arts & Cultural Projects (round two) Regional Arts Touring (round two) Young Regional Artist Scholarship (round two) Annual Program Arts & Cultural Projects (round one) Young Regional […]More
Strategic Plan Framework for applicants
Arts NSW endorses the Australia Council's Strategic Plan Framework.More