Opportunities for Young and Emerging Artists
This program focuses on skills development, collaborations and mentorships to support artists in the early stages of their careers.
Managed by the Australia Council, this initiative involves funding over $1.5 million, towards six programs to help build opportunities for young and emerging artists.
Programs funded under this initiative support these artists to set up artist-run initiatives; provide professional development through creative residences and collaborations with performing arts organisations; undertake mentorships with established artists to help develop their artistic practice; and participate in workshops and collaborations to make and present new works at a major music festival.
In early 2010, a new arts-focused social networking portal, The Program, was launched as part of the initiative. This national project harnesses social networking and user-generated content to create an online space for young artists and audiences to interact and engage with Australian arts.
In addition, the Australia Council sponsored the Young and Emerging Artist Award offered by the Australian Business Arts Foundation to recognise a partnership between a business and a cultural organisation that builds skills and opportunities.
JUMP
JUMP is a national mentoring program for artists aged 18-30, who are in the first five years of their professional practice. JUMP artists are supported to undertake a one on one mentorship with a leading professional of their choice, focused on a funded creative project. They also access online profiling and professional development opportunities, and significantly expand their national network during the 10-month mentorship period. View the website for more information.
Residencies and commissions
Creative residencies and commissions are run by the Australia Council’s Arts Organisations division, with one program worth $350,000 per year funding residencies with a range of arts organisations for young and emerging creative producers, directors and performing artists.
Artist Run Initiatives
The Australia Council is offering a limited number of grantss to artist run initiatives (ARIs), through the Visual Arts Board in partnership with the Inter-arts Office. The purpose of the grant is to assist ARIs to present cross-artform or interdisciplinary projects which develop the professional skills and/or networks for young and emerging visual and media artists. View the grant information
Splendid
A partnership between Splendour in the Grass and leading art agencies looking to develop talent and to offer festival audiences new creative experiences.
Splendid is made up of a series of Arts Labs, forums and commissions for young and emerging artists at the frontier of contemporary ideas creation, cross-artform collaborations and audience participation. View the website for more information
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