Support materials - visual arts

For your application to be eligible for consideration for funding, you must include the required support material.

All applicants must submit one of the following with the application by the closing date:

• A non-rewritable CD-ROM with 10 images in Microsoft PowerPoint format (20 images for groups and organisations). One image with no text per slide, and a maximum of one megabyte per image (see PowerPoint template below).
• For DVD-based artists only, a high-quality DVD of up to two minutes presented as a single-track show reel
• For web-based artists only, submit a CD or DVD with a recorded navigational path of the URL of up to two minutes as a single-track show reel. No live links to URLs will be accepted
• For DVD-based and web-based artists only, accompanying explanatory notes of up to 250 words
• For writers and curators only, a sample of writing. If there is only one writer, attach no more than 12 A4 pages, two of which may be an abstract of the paper. If there are several writers, limit the sample to two pages per writer
• For mentorship programs under the skills and arts development category only, five images each of work by the applicant and mentor in Microsoft PowerPoint format on a CD-ROM. In the case of mentorship programs for curators, a sample of writing by the curator and mentor (maximum of five pages each). Include a half-page curriculum vitae each for the mentor and for the applicant.

Applicants to the presentation and promotion category must also submit the supporting material listed below.

• Organisations may, in some cases, submit multiple forms of support material but only after consultation with the program officer. Organisations submitting written material in support of their applications must ensure this material is on photocopied A4 pages only. Material in other formats will not be assessed.

Support material before assessment meeting

For your application to be eligible for consideration for funding, you must submit the following material before the board meeting. The date by which this material must be received will appear in the letter or email acknowledgment of your application.

Applicants to the presentation and promotion, new work, and skills and arts development categories with proposals involving the presentation of work are required to provide written confirmation of the names and availability of the artists and other professional personnel involved and written confirmation for venue bookings or overseas invitations.

For mentorship programs, residencies and work placements, please provide written confirmation from mentors, institutions and other appropriate individuals that they are willing to work with the applicant.

In line with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts policy and its underpinning 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.

File formats

Support materials can be submitted in the following digital formats:

• Audio files - .mp3 (128 - 44.1kb/s)
• Images - .jpg (80 per cent quality)
• Video - .mpg
• Documents - .pdf

Important information

Any material supplied in addition to the required support material will not be considered in the assessment of your application. If you need assistance in determining the support material that you are required to submit or when you must submit it, please contact visual arts board staff.