NSW Government makes arts accessible for all
The 2022-23 NSW Budget makes the state’s arts, screen and culture offerings more accessible for all, with the NSW Government spending over $1.4 billion on arts and creative infrastructure.
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- Our Work
- Read more about our infrastructure and funding programs, and targeted strategies.
- Funding & support
- Contact the Funding Team
- The Arts Funding & Development team are available if you need assistance interpreting the guidelines or advice on the application process.
- Arts and Cultural Funding Program
- Create NSW's Arts and Cultural Funding Program provides funding opportunities for arts and cultural organisations, professional artists and arts and cultural workers across a wide range of artforms and disciplines.
- Holiday Break Partnership Program
- Create NSW Holiday Break Partnership Program and the Office for Regional Youth are calling for EOIs from arts and cultural organisations, and individuals, across the state.
- Public Art opportunities
- Create NSW works across Government to create public art opportunities for artists. Here you'll find the latest public art opportunities across NSW.
- Creative Kids
- Creative Kids provides artists, cultural practitioners, and arts and cultural organisations across NSW with opportunities to reach new audiences and grow business.
- NSW Grants (devolved funding)
- Organisations offering grants or devolved funding programs within specific artforms and with the community.
- Other NSW Government Grants
- Funding opportunities offered by other NSW Government organisations.
- Previous funds
- Help for funding applicants
- Application Help Guides and Fact Sheets
- Video resources
- Artform Advisory Boards
- Create Connects Grant Information Sessions
- Cultural Infrastructure Advisory Board
- Opportunities Calendar
- Regional Arts Development Organisation contacts
- Artform Boards
- The Artform Advisory Boards provide recommendations and advise the Minister on strategic directions for the sector.
- Arts in NSW
- Arts in NSW
- Arts in Regional NSW
- Small to medium organisations
- Arts in Western Sydney
- Service organisations
- Aboriginal Arts and Culture Protocols
- Make Music Day 2022
- NSW Contemporary Music
- 24 Hour 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.
- Create Infrastructure
- Create Infrastructure
- Regional Cultural Fund
- Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
- Theatre Royal
- Powerhouse Parramatta
- Sydney Modern Project
- Sydney Opera House Stage One Renewal and Joan Sutherland Theatre Upgrade
- One Canal Rd, Leichhardt – Workshop Spaces EOI
- Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Events Space Available for Cultural Use
- Willow Grove Relocation Project
- Powerhouse Ultimo Renewal
- Haymarket Creative
- Short-term production space hire
- Creative Capital
- Pier 2/3 venue hire
- Pier 2/3 is available for hire for short term use.
- Arts properties
- Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
- Theatre Royal
- Carriageworks
- Former Darlinghurst Gaol
- Garry Owen House
- Roslyn Packer Theatre
- One Canal Rd, Leichhardt – Workshop Spaces EOI
- Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Events Space Available for Cultural Use
- Willow Grove Relocation Project
- Resources
- Creating New Income Toolkit
- Here you'll find guides and resources to help generate revenue for your creative practice.
- NSW Public Art Toolkit
- The toolkit identifies the vital contribution and involvement of Aboriginal communities in the development of public art on Aboriginal land.
- NSW Creative Ageing Framework
- The NSW Government’s blueprint for responding to the opportunities and challenges of our ageing population.
- 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.
- Research and statistics
- On these pages you can view various Research and Statistics material from Create NSW and beyond.
- News
- News
- Over $7 Million to Rebuild Flood Damaged Arts and Cultural Infrastructure
- Eve Beck in the Driver’s Seat to Develop Theatre Project Thanks to NSW Fellowship
- $21 Million Injection for NSW Arts and Cultural Sector
- Inaugural Annual and Multi-year Funding Supports Five Regional Festivals
- Generations Fellowship Set to Amplify Emerging Musicians
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