If you are an individual artist or arts worker with
disability, these grants can provide support to extend your arts practice,
networks, skills and ambition.
The 2020 Resilience Fund is designed to provide emergency relief to support the livelihoods, practice and operations of Australian artists, groups and organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apply now
The Australia Council is announcing its first Response Package to support artists, arts practitioners, arts groups and arts organisations coping with the impact of COVID-19. 25 March 2020
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, visual arts, theatre, and dance. We are proud to announce the 2020 recipients of these prestigious awards.
'We are excited to announce Marco Fusinato and Alexie Glass-Kantor as Australia’s representatives at Biennale Arte 2021 and look forward to the realisation of this work that will reflect the richness of Australia’s creativity.'
Adrian Collette AM, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts supports the contemporary expression of visual art through the broadest range of visual media, including craft, design, media arts and visual arts. This support includes grants to living artists and funding for contemporary arts organisations as well as national and international exhibitions and events.
By providing support to living artists and arts organisations the Australia Council aims to encourage the engagement of people in Australia and elsewhere in innovative visual art. The Australia Council also allocates funds on behalf of the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy.
Brook Andrew is one of Australia’s most distinguished artists and his contribution to contemporary visual arts in Australia and globally is significant. Brook Andrew is Artistic Director of NIRIN, 22nd Biennale of Sydney 2020; Associate Professor, Monash University; Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne; Associate Researcher, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK.
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...
Creative Connections is an online webinar series for the cultural and arts sectors and will offer practical, accessible and useful content delivered by industry experts on key topics and emerging themes.
Australia Council is pleased to announce Marco Fusinato and Alexie Glass-Kantor have been selected as the artist and curator for Australia’s representation...
The Australia Council made a submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs. It argued that greater investment in arts could increase our soft power capabilities.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah is a visual artist who lives and works in rural WA. His work is informed by his experiences as a Muslim Australian of mixed ethnicity and the polarisation of Muslim identity post 9/11.
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.
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
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.
Arts experiences play an important and growing role in international tourism to Australia. They engage international visitors with the uniqueness, depth and diversity of Australian culture.
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.
The Australia Council delivers the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy (VACS) which is a formal agreement between the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to support the Australian contemporary visual arts sector.