Future Form
Participants will use a range of design techniques to interrogate the value proposition of their organisation; and identify practical solutions and next steps. The program includes a range of activities including online learning...
National Arts and Disability Awards: Nominations now open
The Australia Council National Arts and Disability Awards celebrate the work and achievements of both established and young artists, and the significant contribution of artists with disability to the vibrancy of Australian arts.
Creative Connections: Embedding Art in Research
Join Lena Nahlous, Executive Director of Diversity Arts Australia and Rani Pramesti, Co-Facilitator of the Creatives of Colour project as they share fresh approaches and case studies.
Australia Council Awards: Nominations are now open
These prestigious national awards recognise outstanding and sustained contributions by Australian artists in music, literature, community arts and cultural development (CACD), emerging and experimental arts (EEA), visual arts, theatre, and dance. Nominations are now open.
Think Inside the Square
This weekly online conversation was developed for the Arts and creative industry: digital support facebook group. Every week, industry experts, artists and digital adaptors joined the panel to discuss solutions and ideas that inform the industry. Watch the previous episodes.
First Nations' Roundtables
The First Nations' Roundtables were an ongoing series of updates and discussions about the implications COVID-19 is having on the First Nations independent and small to medium sector, live performance and public gatherings.
INTEL: Podcast Series
The Australia Council’s INTEL: PODCAST SERIES is a peer-to-peer market intelligence resource designed to inform and upskill the arts sector on ‘live’, best practice, and innovative approaches to international engagement. The series spotlights guests who are actively forging pathways for the internationalisation of Australian work, and who continue to work within a cross-cultural and cross-border capacity.
Music
Australia Council for the Arts supports composers, musicians and organisations to create new music and present it to audiences. Our goal is to reflect and promote the diversity, excellence and energy of contemporary Australian musical culture.
This page provides important information for artists in the Australian music scene, such as reports on recent successful grant applications, upcoming industry events and current research relating to the music sector.
Our goal is to reflect and promote the diversity, excellence and energy of contemporary Australian musical culture.
2020 Australia Council Award recipient
Deborah Conway AM - Australia Council Don Banks Music Award
Deborah has been a significant and eloquent contributor to the Australian music scene for over 30 years.
Deborah’s career began in the early 1980’s when she co-founded the fiercely independent post punk band Do Re Mi. By 1988, Rolling Stone had named Deborah as Australian Singer of The Year.
Deborah launched her own record label Intercorps in 2004 alongside long time collaborator Willy Zeigler. This label launched a series of innovative models of audience engagement.
Highlights
Born Global: Australian Music Exports
This project investigates the cultural and economic value of Australian music exports. It is the first methodological study of how Australian artists are developed internationally through government and industry programs.
2018-19 Annual Report
There is enormous public value generated through the arts for the whole of civil society – the arts contribute significantly across our nation’s health, education, industry, global affairs and more. Sam Walsh AO
Corporate Plan 2013-2023 - Music
Creativity is innate to humanity and is the wellspring of culture. Our arts embody individual and collective stories, histories, identities and help us understand what it means to be human.
Angelica Mesiti: Venice Biennale
One of Australia’s most celebrated and internationally profiled contemporary artists, Angelica Mesiti works across video, performance and installation. Her practice is characterised by large-scale video and sound works.
International Residencies. Music.
International residencies provide a unique opportunity for artists to immerse themselves in a new arts context, market, community and culture. The experience enables artists to articulate their practice within a global context.
Making Art Work, Music
The Australia Council for the Arts has released new research which examines the economic conditions faced by practising professional artists in Australia and their increasing value to society and the future of work.