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Indigenous Experimental Art Fund 2012
24 April 2013
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Top music honour for national treasure Kev Carmody
08 April 2013
The $60,000 Australia Council Don Banks Music Award – the nation’s most valuable individual music award – is today presented to singer, storyteller, activist and artist, Kev Carmody, for his outstanding contribution to Australian music. Read more >
Hon Julia Gillard MP and Hon Simon Crean MP - Media release - Gotye Creates History at Grammys
11 February 2013
Australian singer-songwriter Gotye has created Australian music history at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, winning three awards. Read more >
Australian arts and culture central in Asian Century
29 October 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts welcomes today’s release of the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper, by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Lowy Institute.
Get the music facts
29 August 2012
Art Facts: Music, a new digital resource from the Australia Council for the Arts, tells the story of music in numbers.
Program Assessment Results
15 August 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
National New Media Art Award 2012
06 August 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
International Pathways results
27 July 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Dance and Music announcements
14 June 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Indigenous Music Theatre Initiative results
04 June 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Nashville Songwriter Residency announcements
30 May 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Creative Australia Announcements
18 May 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Soundclash results
28 March 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Highest accolade for a unique Australian musician
21 March 2012
The Australia Council Don Banks Music Award, the most valuable individual music award in the country, is tonight awarded to Jon Rose, for his outstanding and continued contribution to Australian music.
February Assessment Results
14 March 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Contribute to the Australia council review now through the online survey
25 February 2012
The Chairs of the independent Australia Council Review have launched an online survey to identify a broad range of views about the relevance and support the agency provided to the arts, culture and creative industries.
International Pathways results
21 February 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
New Music Board members
11 January 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Brisbane to host Australian Performing Arts Market
03 November 2011
The Australia Council for the Arts announces that Brisbane Powerhouse has been awarded the tender for the Australian Performing Arts Market 2014, 2016 and 2018.
Program grant results
09 September 2011
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Nineteen music professionals pick up ArtStart grants
18 August 2011
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
New Music Board member
06 July 2011
The Australia Council for the Arts is delighted to welcome Kath Letch (NSW) as a new member to its Music Board.
It's a splendid debut as Splendour in the Grass announces its arts program for 2011
28 June 2011
Australia Council is excited to support two of the major pieces included in this year’s Splendour in the Grass Arts Program – Curious Creatures and Close Encounters - produced as part of the Splendid initiative.
Dance and Music initiative results
02 June 2011
A music and dance collaboration that occurs on a drive from Darwin to Melbourne is among the projects supported through the Dance and Music initiative.
Archie Roach receives the prestigious Red Ochre Award 2011
26 May 2011
The life and career of acclaimed songman Archie Roach was celebrated at the 4th National Indigenous Arts Awards the Sydney Opera House.
Top award goes to a tall poppy of Australian music
06 May 2011
The nation’s most valuable individual music prize – the Australia Council Don Banks Music Award 2011 – is being awarded to Belinda Webster, OAM, for her outstanding contribution to Australian music.
Soundclash results
04 April 2011
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Opening the window on digital culture
02 February 2011
The Australia Council for the Arts presents a new exhibition featuring a vibrant array of Australian digital culture by artists from across artforms.
Australian artists amongst the first in the world to be invited to a residency in the AlloSphere
22 December 2010
The Australia Council for the Arts is delighted to announce a world first for Australian artists. The Australia Council is inviting Australian musicians, sound artists and media artists working in sound to apply for a 3-month residency in the AlloSphere at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Open application for a climate-related art commission
20 December 2010
Groups of artists and/or scientists are invited to submit an application for the creation of a new artwork conceived in the context of climate change. The budget is $A30,000.
Congratulations to 2010 ARIA Award winners
09 November 2010
The Australia Council for the Arts congratulates 2010 ARIA Awards winners Dan Sultan, Temper Trap, Megan Washington, Birds Of Tokyo, the Idea Of North, Jeff Lang and Bobby Singh, all of whom have received funding from the Australia Council for music projects in recent years.
Artistic vibrancy a new measure of success
14 September 2010
The Australia Council for the Arts has become one of the world’s first funding agencies to tackle the issue of how to measure the artistic vibrancy of the companies it funds.
Regional artists earn less but love the life
26 August 2010
Australians are showing an unprecedented love of the arts, but our artists remain amongst the lowest paid in our society – especially in regional Australia.
Health check for careers of Australian artists
17 August 2010
Artist Careers, two research projects released today by the Australia Council for the Arts, paints a comprehensive picture of the working lives of Australia’s 44,000 professional artists.
Arts cubed: join the digital challenge
27 July 2010
The What makes me website (www.whatmakesme.com.au), launched today by the Australia Council for the Arts, invites all Australians to share their own stories about what the arts add to their everyday lives.
Australia Council delivers international pathways for local bands
09 July 2010
The Australia Council for the Arts is giving 10 Australian bands the opportunity to take their music across the oceans through its International Pathways initiative, assisting contemporary musicians with the cost of touring internationally.
Song Cycles shows Indigenous musicians have a tough gig
28 May 2010
The talent and quality may be there – and so is audience interest – but new research shows that only a fraction of the rewards and airplay is going to Indigenous musicians.
JUMP into a new mentoring program for young artists
18 January 2010
The Australia Council for the Arts today launched JUMP – Australia’s largest national mentoring program for young and emerging artists.
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