Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, arts organisations and community organisations to tell new stories

10 grants for up to $80,000

– Applications for this grant close 16 January 2012
– Decisions will be advised in March 2012
– Funded projects can start 1 April 2012

About the grant

21st Century Stories is a 3-year funding initiative that will support ten projects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, arts organisations or community organisations to tell new stories with potential public outcomes. We invite applications for artistic works that express reactions and outcomes to the way society has transformed in the first decade of the 21st century by highlighting an event from each year of the decade. These ten (10) new works will undergo further development and presentation in partnership with respective arts industry organisations and institutions.

Projects may be in any artform or combination of artforms. Examples include theatre productions of new work, writing for publication, song writing for recording or performance, or the creation of new works of art for exhibition.

Successful applicants will promote their project online via a crowd sourcing website page to build additional support.

It is intended that these works should be curated as an exhibition of storytelling so that they are contextualised as a social comment about the first decade of the 21st century.

Contact

Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss their application with the relevant Australia Council team member. For further information, or to discuss your proposal, please contact:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board
Phone 02 9215 9065, Toll free 1800 226 912, Email atsia@australiacouncil.gov.au

Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, arts organisations and community organisations to tell new stories

10 grants for up to $80,000

– Applications for this grant close 16 January 2012
– Decisions will be advised in March 2012
– Funded projects can start 1 April 2012

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must meet the general eligibility requirements and any specific eligibility requirements provided for specific grant.

Additonal to the general eligibility requirements, you must meet the following specific eligibility requirements:

This initiative is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, groups and community organisations. To demonstrate your eligibility, the following information must be sent with your proposal by the closing date or your proposal will not be eligible.

Individuals must provide:

• A copy of a letter/certificate confirming their Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identity provided by an organisation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 or other relevant legislation. This must be on letterhead and signed or stamped with a common seal; or
• A copy of a letter/certificate confirming their Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identity provided by an Indigenous land council. This must be on letterhead and signed or stamped with a common seal.

Groups must provide:

• A copy of a letter from an organisation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 or other relevant legislation that recognises the group as being representative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts or artists. This must be on letterhead and signed or stamped with the organisation’s common seal.
• A copy of a letter/certificate confirming the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identity of key artists and/or arts workers. This must be provided by an organisation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 or other relevant legislation. This must be on letterhead and signed or stamped with the organisation’s common seal.

The Australia Council encourages artists from Indigenous backgrounds and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to submit proposals. Proposals are also encouraged from artists with disabilities and from artists living and working in regional Australia.

Selection criteria

Proposals will be selected that best demonstrate:

• The artistic and cultural value and new ideas of the project
• Your availability to engage and communicate with potential donors (through the media of your choice) during the crowdsourcing period.

Selection process

An assessment panel will assess applications according to the selection criteria above. The panel may also choose to discuss projects with some applicants during the assessment process. The outcomes will be published as a Grant Assessment Report.

For more information on the assessment process, please see the page on Assessment of applications in the Information for applicants section.

Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, arts organisations and community organisations to tell new stories

10 grants for up to $80,000

– Applications for this grant close 16 January 2012
– Decisions will be advised in March 2012
– Funded projects can start 1 April 2012

How to apply

You are encouraged to apply online for this category. To begin an online application, use the 'Apply online' button in the right-hand column. Please select 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts' when prompted to choose a board for your application.

For other ways to apply, please see the information on making an application in the Funding Guide for 2012.

Supporting materials

For 21st Century Stories you must submit evidence of your eligibility and whatever you think is relevant support material as part of the application. Examples include but are not limited to:

• A set of 35 mm mounted slides or photographs of work (maximum of 10)
• Audio or visual or audio visual material in digital format of up to 10 minutes, with accompanying explanatory notes of up to 50 words
• For participating writers, a sample of writing (if only one writer, attach no more than 10 pages; if several writers, limit sample to two pages per writer)
• For performing arts projects, a copy of the script of the project to be funded
• For music CD production, a letter of confirmation from the recording studio or producer and a promotional/distribution plan
• For publishing projects, a letter of intent from the publisher, a complete typed manuscript and a distribution plan
• For artforms other than written artforms, one further page of written material.

Support material may be considered in the sequence submitted unless applicants indicate which parts of the material should be considered first.
If you need assistance in determining the support material you are required to submit or when you must submit it, please contact Australia Council staff.

Your proposal may be stronger if you can provide:

• written confirmation of the names and availability of the artists, key arts workers involved in the project
• letters of support from relevant Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists and/or communities
• a current curriculum vitae of no more than one page each for artists and other personnel involved in the project

Indigenous organisations must provide:

• A current copy of the organisation’s certificate of incorporation
• A complete copy of the organisation’s most recent signed audited accounts and statutory reports for the previous year. For smaller organisations, where audited accounts are not a legal requirement, the most recent financial statement should be certified by an independent accountant in public practice
• An explanation of what will be done to ensure artists’ intellectual property rights will be respected and protected.

Administering organisations must provide:

• an administrating body must also provide the same required support materials as Indigenous organisations.

Applicants are reminded that applications must be received at the Australia Council or postmarked by the closing date for the relevant category. If the closing date falls on a weekend or public holiday, the proposal must be received or postmarked no later than the next working day

We recommend you also read the FAQs for supporting materials submitted with your application.

Application checklist

We encourage you to use this handy checklist to help them prepare and submit their application. You should:

1. read the Funding Guide for 2012, in particular the general eligibility requirements, the information on making an application and the information on how your application will be assessed;
2. read all of the information provided for this grant (across all the tabs above);
3. get in contact with the grant contact person to discuss your application;
4. prepare your application, being mindful that you address all of the eligibility and selection criteria for this grant; and
5. submit your application form online using the 'Apply online' button in the right-hand column.

Support for ATSI artists, arts organisations and commuity organisations to tell new stories

10 grants for up to $80,000 for story telling projects
Applications for this grant close 16 January 2012
Decisions will be advised in Feburary 2012
Funded projects can start DATE 

General FAQs

Specific frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to this grant are listed below. Please regularly check for updates as new questions may be published during the grant round. We recommend you also read the general FAQs for all grants and the FAQs for supporting materials submitted with your application.

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