Artists and organisations
Access Arts is Queensland’s peak arts and disability body. It supports and delivers a range of services to artists, cultural workers and their communities as well as to groups and individuals who experience disability and disadvantage.
Accessible Arts is the peak arts and disability advocacy body in New South Wales. It provides support and opportunities for people with disabilities to experience and participate in the arts.
The ACT Writers Centre is dedicated to promoting writing-based culture and supporting the rights and interests of writers within Canberra and the surrounding region.
With an international reputation for world class performances and a vital role at the heart of the South Australian community, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is one of the nation's most exciting performing arts organisations.
Aimee Smith is a Perth-based dancer and choreographer with a focus on developing arts practice for social change.
Ali Kadhim is a Sydney-based new media artist who focuses on digital art and multimedia.
Alice Pung’s first novel, Unpolished Gem, has received much critical acclaim in Australia and was the winner of the Australian Newcomer of the Year prize in the 2007 Australian Book Industry Awards.
Ananguku Arts & Culture Aboriginal Corporation (KU Arts) is the lead development and support agency for over 400 visual artists and seven art centres in the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of far north-west South Australia.
Andrew McGahan’s first novel, Praise,won the Australian/Vogel Award and went on to become a cult bestseller and the basis of a feature film.
Andy Griffiths is an internationally successful, award-winning children’s author. He has written fifteen books ranging from nonsense verse and short stories to comic novels.
ANKAAA is the peak advocacy and support agency for Aboriginal artists and art centres located in the regions of: Arnhem Land, Darwin/Katherine, Kimberley and Tiwi Islands.
Anna Funder is the author of the acclaimed book, Stasiland, which is an investigation of East Germany’s feared secret police. Fluent in both German and French, Funder writes of her experiences in Berlin, both before and after the Wall came down.
Arabella Edge’s first novel, The Company, was based on the shipwreck of the Dutch ship the Batavia in 1629.
Arena Theatre Company produces adrenaline-pumping performances for young audiences, aged five to twenty five.
Ariu Panipan Cultural Group is a Torres Strait Island based community group widely renowned for their traditional costumes, craftsmanship, dance choreography, creativity, and dynamic performances.
Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia holds one of Australia’s finest art collections, housed in one of Adelaide’s most beautiful historic buildings.
Art on the Move provides comprehensive touring services for all facets of exhibition preparation.
Artback NT Arts Touring is the official arts touring organisation for touring visual and performing arts within the Northern Territory and for travelling NT arts nationally and internationally.
Artlink is a quarterly contemporary visual arts magazine covering contemporary art in Australia.
Founded in 1974 as a small community arts project for people with disabilities, Arts Access Victoria has established itself as one of Australia’s most experienced and respected arts and disability organisations.
Artspace Visual Arts Centre is a leading international residency-based contemporary art centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo fronting Sydney Harbour.
Ausdance ( the Australian Dance Council) is Australia's professional dance advocacy organisation for dancers, choreographers, directors and educators. Ausdance provides a dance information network through services based in national, state and territory offices.
Australia's Strange Fruit is a Melbourne-based performing arts company that produces and performs a remarkable style of work that fuses theatre, dance and circus, using a unique elevated medium.
The Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) is recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a bold leader, a pioneer in its field; playing a vitally important role in developing music that is truly contemporary, and identifiably Australian in its character.
The Australian Ballet is one of Australia’s flagship arts companies, and one of the busiest ballet companies in the world.
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is Australia's finest period instrument orchestra, made up of leading specialists in the performance of baroque and classical music.
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) is Melbourne’s leading contemporary art gallery presenting challenging, innovative and creative visual art.
Australian Centre for Photography
The Australian Centre for Photography is Australia's longest running contemporary art space.
The ACO’s unique artistic style encompasses not only the masterworks of the classical repertoire, but innovative cross-artform projects and a vigorous commissioning program.
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) dancers train in several physical disciplines and have been producing consistently great repertoire in dance and dance theatre since they formed in Adelaide in 1965.
The Australian Music Centre (AMC) s a national organisation dedicated to increasing the profile and sustainability of Australian composers and other creative artists.
Australian Network for Art and Technology
The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) is Australia's leading cultural organisation working at the intersection of art, science & technology; networked & emergent art practices; experimental music; sound arts; mobile & portable platforms.
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
As the partner to Australia's two premiere performing arts companies, Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet the members of The Australian Opera and Ballet orchestra form one of the busiest and most versatile orchestras in the country.
Australian Theatre for Young People
The Australian Theatre for Young People is a Sydney based theatre company exclusively devoted to young people.
Founded in 1948, Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) has attained a reputation amongst the performing arts community as one of the country's most prestigious artistic institutions - an elite training program for Australia's pinnacle of talented pre-professional musical artists.