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Calling all Visual Artists!

Applications for the 2025 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) program are now open!

The 2025 Fellow will receive $30,000 for mentorship and professional development in whichever direction they choose.

We want everyone with talent and drive to have this opportunity, so we urge all up-and-coming artists to apply!

Find out more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/2025-visual-arts-fellowship-emerging

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All photos by Anna Kučera.

1) FY23/24 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) Finalists (L-R: Remy Faint, Kien Situ, Kalanjay Dhir, Charlotte Haywood, Gillian Kayrooz, and Talia Smith).
2) 2024 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace, Sydney, Exhibition, Artspace Sydney.
3) Gillian Kayrooz, Leave Your Shoes at the Door, 2024. Installation view, 2024 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace, Sydney, 2024.
4) Kien Situ,HUOHEIAN火黑暗, 2024. Installation view,2024 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace, Sydney, 2024.

GET INVOLVED: There’s still time to have your say on the future of arts and music education and training in NSW, by sharing your views to help inform a new Parliamentary Inquiry.

Submissions close 25 July 2024, with more detail available through the links below.

🎨 Arts and music education is the focus of a new Parliamentary inquiry recently established by Parliament of NSW! 🎶

This inquiry will evaluate the current state of arts and music education programs, examine their benefits for student engagement and academic outcomes, and assess how well they align with industry needs. The inquiry also seeks to identify barriers to participation, investigate the role of digital technologies, and explore successful models and best practices from other jurisdictions.

If you have views to share to help shape the future of arts and music education, we’d love to hear from you!

The closing date for submissions is 25 July 2024. Individuals contributors may prefer to complete the committee's online questionnaire rather than make a submission. The online questionnaire is available at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=vp9hlIknxEOBgN2_R2mBwDNaAh7iUxFCqNQaFjATDg9UNVozSks5NTNaS0JMMjNDVzRRNDA3Q1BTNC4u&wdLOR=c933257F3-2327-43FF-8D81-676656829694. The closing date for the online questionnaire is 25 July 2024.

Find out more about this inquiry on our website: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/listofcommittees/Pages/committee-details.aspx?pk=325

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🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨

We're still accepting Expressions of Interest for the Create NSW Artform Boards!

Four great reasons to join a Create NSW Artform Board:
✔️ There will be a simpler grant assessment process
✔️ There will be a limited number of assessments per Board Member
✔️ This is a great professional development opportunity
✔️ This is a great opportunity to build your statewide knowledge of the arts and culture sector

Apply today! https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/create-nsw-artform-boards-expressions-of-interest-2024-25

Calling all NSW based arts and cultural practitioners 📣

We're now taking Expressions of Interest for the 10 Create NSW Artform Boards!

Using their strong sector knowledge, strategic thinking, and diversity of experience and expertise, the Artform Boards will support transparent and good practice assessment of applications to the Arts & Cultural Funding Program (ACFP).

Apply today! https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/eoi-for-artform-boards-2024-25

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Branch Nebula Air time. Photo: Johnny Chaing

🚨Opportunity Alert🚨

Arts and cultural organisations can now apply for the final transitional round of Annual Funding for Organisations.

This round ensures there are no gaps in funding opportunities whilst the program transitions to the new reformed multi-year funding program which will start in 2026.

Applications close 8 August 2024.

Find out more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/annual-funding-for-organisations-24/25

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Game of I-Lands 2022. Rex Cramphorn Studio Residency Valerie Berry Katia Molio. Mây Trân Alicia Dulnuan-Demou. Photo: Heidrun Lohr.

Have you heard?

The way arts and culture is funded in NSW is changing. The Arts and Cultural Funding Program (ACFP) will be a simpler, fairer and faster funding program for artists, organisations and arts workers, no matter which corner of the state they’re from, or which artform they represent.

To find out more join us for an introduction to the program at an information session near you. We’re heading across the state – including Bellingen, Newcastle, Lismore, Wollongong and Bathurst, with more locations to be announced.

Connect with Create NSW Webinars and information sessions for the arts and cultural sector

Calling all NSW based arts and cultural practitioners 📣

We're now taking Expressions of Interest for the 10 Create NSW Artform Boards!

Using their strong sector knowledge, strategic thinking, and diversity of experience and expertise, the Artform Boards will support transparent and good practice assessment of applications to the Arts & Cultural Funding Program (ACFP).

Apply today! https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/eoi-for-artform-boards-2024-25

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Branch Nebula Air time. Photo: Johnny Chaing

Breaking News: Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the prestigious Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes! 🎨🖼️

announced the winners this afternoon, with Kurrajong-based artist Laura Jones winning the 2024 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Tim Winton, Australian author and conservationist.

“‘There is an array of brilliant finalists for the 2024 Archibald Prize. I am shocked and humbled to be chosen as the winner. This is a life-changing moment for me.” - Laura Jones.

Yolŋu elder and distinguished artist Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu from Yirrkala in the Northern Territory has been awarded the Wynne Prize 2024 for her painting ‘Nyalala gurmilili’. The work is the first bark painting to ever win the Wynne Prize, Australia’s oldest art prize, and is one of the largest bark paintings ever produced!

First time finalist and Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) community Elder Naomi Kantjuriny has won the Sir John Sulman Prize 2024 for ‘Minyma mamu tjuta’, and is the third Indigenous Australian to be awarded the Sulman Prize.

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2024 exhibition, featuring all prize winners and finalists, opens on Saturday 8 June.
🗓️ 8 June – 8 September 2024
📍Naala Nura, Art Gallery of New South Wales (South building, Lower level 2)
🎟️ Link in bio for more information and tickets, visit:



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Paintings in order:
1. Archibald Prize 2024 - Laura Jones’ portrait of Tim Winton
2. Wynne Prize 2024 - ‘Nyalala gurmilili’ by Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu.
3. Sulman Prize 2024 - ‘Minyma mamu tjuta’ by Naomi Kantjuriny.

Breaking News: Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the prestigious Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes! 🎨🖼️

Art Gallery of New South Wales announced the winners this afternoon, with Kurrajong-based artist Laura Jones winning the 2024 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Tim Winton, Australian author and conservationist.

"‘There is an array of brilliant finalists for the 2024 Archibald Prize. I am shocked and humbled to be chosen as the winner. This is a life-changing moment for me." - Laura Jones.

Yolŋu elder and distinguished artist Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu from Yirrkala in the Northern Territory has been awarded the Wynne Prize 2024 for her painting 'Nyalala gurmilili'. The work is the first bark painting to ever win the Wynne Prize, Australia’s oldest art prize, and is one of the largest bark paintings ever produced!

First time finalist and Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) community Elder Naomi Kantjuriny has won the Sir John Sulman Prize 2024 for 'Minyma mamu tjuta', and is the third Indigenous Australian to be awarded the Sulman Prize.

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2024 exhibition, featuring all prize winners and finalists, opens on Saturday 8 June.
🗓️ 8 June – 8 September 2024
📍Naala Nura, Art Gallery of New South Wales (South building, Lower level 2)
🎟️ For more information and tickets, visit:
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/archibald-wynne-and-sulman-prizes-2024/



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Paintings in order:
1. Archibald Prize 2024 - Laura Jones' portrait of Tim Winton
2. Wynne Prize 2024 - 'Nyalala gurmilili' by Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu.
3. Sulman Prize 2024 - 'Minyma mamu tjuta' by Naomi Kantjuriny.

Congratulations to FRIDAY*, Gemma Navarrete and Yellowline on being named as the recipients of the 2024 Generations – Western Sydney Music (Early Career) Fellowship!👏

Each Fellow will receive $25,000 funding plus in-kind support during their six-month residency, including studio space in Blacktown and industry mentoring and networking facilitated by Vyva Entertainment.

Delivered in partnership by Create NSW, Powerhouse Museum, Blacktown Arts and Australian music management and events company Vyva Entertainment, Generations is an artist-led professional development residency program that provides talented up-and-coming solo artists and collectives the support, expert guidance and platform to help amplify their careers.

Learn more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/create-nsw/news/2024-generations-western-sydney-fellows

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Regional Arts Touring recipient announcement 📣

From Bellingen to Broken Hill, Dubbo to Deniliquin, Murwillumbah to Merimbula - audiences of all ages, from every corner of the state, will enjoy unforgettable experiences when 17 outstanding performing arts productions and cultural programs head out on tour to 59 regional communities thanks to Create NSW’s Regional Arts Touring 2023/24 fund.

Anticipated to engage over 100,000 people across NSW, a diverse range of high-quality productions, performances and interactive workshops will showcase the state’s premier talent and creativity, through Aboriginal cultural presentations, live music (including country music, jazz, and orchestra), theatre including children’s theatre, poetry, comedy, and dance.

Learn more and see the full list of recipients: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/create-nsw/news/regional-arts-touring-recipients-2324

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PHOTO: Josephine Wants To Dance, presented by Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People. Image: Heidrun Lohr

GRANT RECIPIENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

Thanks to the second round of the Arts and Cultural Funding Program for 2023/24, 131 creative projects and programs will be brought to life, including annual funding for 25 organisations and project funding for 106 new and exciting projects, including 14 First Nations projects.

Among the diverse and impactful programs are a 12-month artist residency for emerging First Nations artists on Bundjalung Country, storytelling through dance in Narooma, a new children’s theatre production created in Bathurst, an arts and cultural festival celebrating Newcastle's creative spirit, and many more.

Learn more and see the full list of recipients: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/create-nsw/news/2324acfpr2-outcomes

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Sprung Integrated Dance Theatre Inc Ensemble 2023. Photo: Thomas Oliver.
Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre’s new work, Bleachers – a new regional, disability-led dance-theatre work. The project is an opportunity for the artists to explore powerful, personal themes through artistic expression and develop new behind-the-scenes producing skills.

OPPORTUNITY ALERT!

Expressions of interest are now being accepted to create artwork at Kogarah Train Station.

The opportunity will elevate the customer's journey and contribute to place identity and activation.

Applications close 6 May. Find out more https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/train-station-community-art-program

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Vernon Treweeke Artwork, Blue Mountains Station. Photo: Josh Collins, TfNSW.

Calling all artists interested in creating public art 📣

Join us for the NSW Public Art Toolkit Webinar on Monday 22nd April from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Come along and learn about:
✔️ What artists need to know about public art
✔️ Budgets and public art
✔️ How the Public Art toolkit can benefit you

This Public Art Toolkit webinar series also includes sessions designed for First Nations Artists and consultants and State Government agencies.

Find out more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-culture/engage-nsw-arts-and-culture/cultural-infrastructure/public-art

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Celestial Crossing 2023. Shireen Taweel. Photo: Document Photography

Two new Sound NSW grants are now open for applications!


We’re launching $3 million in funding to support artists and industry professionals hit the road and make great new music.


The Touring and Travel Grants are grants that will support artists and artist managers to be globally competitive, develop industry networks and connect with new audiences locally and internationally. This grant offers up to $2,500 per person for domestic activity and $7,500 per person for international – with a two-week turn around!


The Recording and Promotion Grants will support artists to record and release new original work including singles, EPs and albums. NSW artists can apply for grants of:

✔️ Up to $25,000 for short-form releases, such as a single or EP

✔️ Up to $50,000 for long-form releases, such as an album

✔️ Up to $25,000 matched funding for artists signed to a major label.



Learn more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/sound-nsw

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Annie Hamiton. Photo: Ruby Boland

Thinking of applying for the Createability Internship program?

Join us for an online information session that will provide you with all the information, practical advice and tips to help you navigate the application process.

It will be Auslan interpreted / Captioned for people who are D/deaf.

It will cover more information on the Createability Internship program, including:
- Who it is for and what it involves
- The organisations involved and the intern roles that are available
- A step-by-step guide on the application process, including key dates
- Handy tips on preparing your application
- A Q&A with Create NSW, Accessible Arts and Createability interns

Register today!

Createability Internship Program - Online Information Session for applicants | Humanitix Createability information session for arts, cultural and screen sector internships for people with disability

OPPORTUNITY ALERT!

In case you missed it, applications are now open for Small Project Grants (Quick Response).

These grants support professional development opportunities for NSW-based professional artists, groups and arts and cultural workers (including museum workers) that are time sensitive and respond to short notice invitations with career-building significance.

Find out more https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/small-projects-grants-quick-response-individuals-and-groups-2023/24

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The Lovers Sydney Opera House. Photo: Daniel Boud

OPPORTUNITY ALERT!

Calling all Western Sydney Contemporary artists 📣

The search is on to find three talented contemporary musicians who will take their musical careers to new heights through the six-month 2024 Generations – Western Sydney Music (Early Career) Fellowship residencies.

Each Fellow will be provided with $25,000 in financial support, in-kind support with studio space in Blacktown, and industry mentoring and networking facilitated by Vyva Entertainment for the duration of each residency.

Find out more https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/generations-western-sydney-music-fellowship-23/24

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PA777IENCE at Summer Music at Foodie Fridays by Liza Moscatelli, Mosca Media Australia.

🚨OPPORTUNITY ALERT🚨

Applications for the Arts and Cultural Funding Program 23/24 Round 2 are now open!

Funding is available for all artforms in 4 categories:
- Creative Koori - for individuals/groups and organisations - up to $60,000
- Project funding for individuals and groups - up to $60,000
- Project funding for organisations - up to $60,000
- Annual funding for organisations - up to $200,000.

Learn more https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/arts-and-cultural-funding-program

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Circus Monoxide “Through the Decades” Image: Children of the Revolution Photography.

What a year 2023 has been ❤️

If you're looking for something to do over the holiday period be sure to visit some of our cultural institutions that will still be open to the public. You can check out 'Ramses' at Australian Museum, 'Kadinsky' or Louise Bourgeois' exhibition 'Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?' at Art Gallery of New South Wales, or even '1001 Remarkable Objects' at Powerhouse Museum just to name a few.

The Create NSW team will also be taking a break over the holiday period, returning the 8 January 2024.

We hope you have a great break and we will see you in 2024!

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Image credits:

1) Photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Felicity Jenkins

2) Bust of Ramses the Great. Photo courtesy of World Heritage Exhibitions

The state's first arts, culture and creative industries policy, Creative Communities, has officially launched! 🥳

A 10-year vision, its key principles are to:
✔️ Prioritise First Nations culture
✔️ Embrace the arts, culture and creative industries
✔️ Advocate for the value of culture
✔️ Support sustainable growth
✔️ Take our creativity to the world and bring the world to our stories.

Learn more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/enterprise-investment-trade/ministerial-media-releases/creative-communities

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Creative Communities booklet. Image: Chanika De Silva in Vox Theatre’s Silenced. Photo: Natalie Low

🚨Opportunity alert 🚨

In case you missed it, applications for a new initiative - Soundproofing for Live Music Venues - are now open for existing and new live music venues in NSW to achieve best practice in sound management.

The grants of up to $100,000 are designed to support venues undertake sound mitigation measures.

Keen to learn more? Sound NSW is running online information sessions next Tuesday 28 November and Wednesday 29 November at 11am that will provide guidance on the application process. Register for one of the online sessions here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/venues-unlocked?fbclid=IwAR14smGJc6wNE9aGvzxI6a9tBs1cE7IbklVWeeaSAKOW3kFnUzcgkDDShDY

Hey Sydneysiders! We need your help!

We've teamed up with Lonergan Research to better understand the spatial needs of the arts, cultural and creative industries sectors across the City of Sydney LGA.

We're looking for people who currently work or have worked in the City of Sydney LGA in the last 5 years to take part in the eight minute, confidential survey.

Your responses are crucial to help Create NSW understand issues around the uses of creative space, industry expectations and future requirements.

Take the survey: https://surveys.lonergan.team/s3/3001surv5

OPPORTUNITY ALERT!

Regional Arts Touring funding is now open!

The program supports tours of high-quality productions, experiences, exhibitions and events that provide access to arts and culture for audiences living in regional NSW.

Funding is available for tours of all artforms, including performing arts, music, visual arts, literature, history, museums and multi-arts.

Find out more https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/regional-arts-touring

🚨Opportunity alert 🚨

Introducing Venues Unlocked – a new initiative to install soundproofing and support venues and hospitality businesses with skills and training to host live performances.

Venues Unlocked is designed to upgrade live music venues and build the capacity of hospitality business (including bars, clubs, breweries, restaurants and cafes) across NSW metropolitan areas and regions.

The program includes two funding and support streams for established and emerging venues:

🎵 Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues: Eligible live music venues can apply for grants of up to $100,000 to enable industry-best practice sound management.

🎵 Live Performance Venue Program: A program with two phases, including a Live Performance Venue Accelerator and a Live Performance Venue Grant Program.

Learn more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/venues-unlocked

Work in the live music industry? We want to hear from you! 📣

The NSW Government is conducting a survey of artists and professionals working in the music industry to better understand the challenges faced and what can be done to restore the live music scene to a position of strength in our cultural fabric.

Complete a 15 minute online survey to help shape policy decisions and the future of the sector: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/state-of-the-scene

OPPORTUNITY ALERT! 🚨

Gadigal artists and creative designers are invited to register their interest to lead a creative team to develop a public art/creative installation for the recently named Gadigal Station, in Sydney CBD.

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The Sydney Metro Gadigal Recognition Public Art Opportunity Gadigal artists and creative designers are invited to register their interest to lead a creative team to develop a public art/creative installation for the recently named Gadigal Station, in Sydney CBD. Image: Mana Ngurang, Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden, Nicole Monks and Urban Future Organisation. 201...

Vale Libby Christie. Her significant contributions to the national performing arts industry have left a lasting legacy. Our condolences go out to her family, friends and colleagues.

https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/libby-christie-former-executive-director-of-the-australian-ballet-has-died/