Closing dates: 16 April 2010
Decisions advised: July
Projects may start: 1 August 2010

Amount: $10,000. Please note you may only apply for this fixed amount.

New Work – emerging grants support the creation of new work by emerging craftspeople, designers, media artists, visual artists and arts writers.

Proposals can be submitted for costs related to making or researching new work or with the development of work for an exhibition, production and/or publication.

Emerging New Work grants are for craftspeople, designers, media artists, visual artists and arts writers with less than five years’ professional experience or who consider themselves emerging for other reasons.

Do not include exhibition venue details in your application unless you have written confirmation from the venue.

Out-of-time applications are not accepted to this category.

Applications are not accepted for participation in art fairs.

Applicants seeking funding for exhibition costs should consider the Janet Holmes à Court artists' grant. This program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) on behalf of the Visual Arts Board. It is available to individual artists for costs associated with the public presentation of work. For information, including specific eligibility and selection criteria, contact NAVA at www.visualarts.net.au

This category is open to individuals and groups of artists.

The Visual Arts Board will not redress errors in applications. If an application is deemed ineligible, it will not be assessed.

Your application will be considered ineligible, if:

• You do not meet the general eligibility requirements
• You have not included all the required information and support material specified for the category to which you are applying.

Applications are not accepted from people currently undertaking undergraduate studies.

How often can you apply?

In 2010 applicants can only apply to one of the following categories – New Work, Skills and Arts Development or Fellowships.

From 2010 the buffer periods will be removed from Visual Arts Board grants. This means that recipients of New Work or Skills and Arts Development grants in 2009 that have been acquitted may apply for another Visual Arts Board grant in 2010.

Selection criteria

Applications will be selected that best demonstrate:

• A high degree of artistic merit in the applicant’s work to date 
• The potential for innovation in the content and development of the new work

You can apply online for all Australia Council grants. If you are unable to apply online contact Australia Council staff on (02) 9215 9000 or 1800 226 912.

For your application to be eligible for assessment, you must include the following required support material with your application by the closing date.

• A half-page abridged curriculum vitae for each key artist using the template provided. This is a list of career highlights that can include, exhibitions, awards and recent education achievements

ALL applicants must ALSO submit ONE of the following:

Images

10 images of previous work (20 for groups) uploaded OR posted on a non-rewritable CD ROM

• In PowerPoint template (or create own with a black background to each slide)
• One image per slide
• Maximum image size 1024 x 768 pixels 
• Do not include text in presentation

PLUS a separate image list with titles, date, dimensions only. Please use the template provided.

OR

Video and moving image

• A two-minute show reel (.mp4 or Quicktime .mov files only) uploaded OR posted on a high-quality non-authored DVD (up to 100mb)
• PLUS explanatory text of up to 250 words as a separate document (.pdf)

NOTE: Artists working with the moving images must not provide still images as their support material.

OR

Web-based artists only

• A CD or DVD with a recorded navigational path of the URL a two-minute single-track show reel.
• PLUS explanatory text of up to 250 words as a separate document (.pdf)

NOTE: No live links to URLs or authored DVDs will be accepted.

OR

Writers only

A sample of writing

• One writer: attach no more than 12 x A4 pages, two of which may be an abstract of the paper
• Several writers: limit of two pages per writer

Support material before assessment meeting

To be eligible, applicants must submit the following material by 11 June 2010 if applicable.

Applicants with proposals involving the presentation of work, must provide:

• Names and written confirmation from the artists and other professionals involved
• Written venue confirmation or invitations.

In line with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts policy and its principles, the Australia Council requires that applications for projects containing representations of artistic/cultural practice or intended outcomes relating to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists or communities must provide letters from relevant communities or artists. Letters must show clear evidence of support and agreement for the activities undertaken. In preparing your application, you may wish to consult Indigenous protocol guides in song, performance, writing, media arts and visual arts.

Important information

Any additional support material supplied will not be considered in the assessment of your application.

Contact the visual arts board staff if you need advice on the most suitable support material to include with your application or when you must submit your support material.