Country Arts WA Grants

YCulture Regional  
Funding to support projects being run by young people for young people.
Closing date: open all year round.
For further information contact Wendy Stewart                
E: wstewart@countryartswa.asn.au

Share the Risk
A guarantee against loss program to support regional communities to put on professional performing arts events in their community.
Closing date: 26 March 2010 for projects occurring after 30 April 2010. 
For further information contact Philippa Maughan 
E: touring@countryartswa.asn.au 

Regional Arts Fund - Projects and Residencies
Up to $20,000 to support communities to work with professional artists to create innovative work in any artform, whilst developing partnerships in the community.
For more information contact the Jessica Anderson.                   
E: janderson@countryartswa.asn.au
Up to $25,000 for applicants above the 26^th parallel.
Closing dates: 13 August 2010 for projects occuring after 1 January 2011.

Regional Arts Fund - Mentorship Funding
The Mentorship program aims to create partnerships between creative people to share knowledge and experience whilst enhancing artistic practice and professional networks. Up to four mentorships will be offered in the August round - up to two to emerging artists and up to two to mid-career artists.
Closing date: 13 August 2010.

• Mid Career Artists (practicing for 5 to 10 years)
  Apply for up to $25,000 or $30,000 for applicants who reside above the 26^th parallel.

For more information contact the Jessica Anderson
E: info@countryartswa.asn.au  

• Young or Emerging Artists (in the first 5 years of practice)
  Apply for up to $10,000 or $15,000 for applicants who reside above the 26^th parallel.

For more information contact Wendy Stewart                  
E: wstewart@countryartswa.asn.au  

Quick Response Grants
Up to $1,500 to support small-scale arts development initiatives and professional development opportunities.
For more information contact Sarah Vagliviello                
E: svagliviello@countryartswa.asn.au
Closing date: Open all year round.

For details about Country Arts WA grants visit the website http://www.countryartswa.asn.au/ or contact the appropriate Country Arts WA staff member on regional freecall 1800 811 883 or 08 9200 6200. 

Image: Mixed Media artwork titled Relinquishment by Paperartzi artist Gail Hocking. Photo: Gail Hocking.

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The Freedman Foundation Scholarship for Emerging Artists

Emerging Visual artists under the age of 30 are invited to apply for The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists, which provides assistance towards travel (for educational purposes) and/or tuition costs for young people building a career in the visual arts.

The Freedman Foundation is a private charity which provides funding in many streams: including one to assist talented, young Australians involved in the arts to be able to gain valuable insight through overseas travel and/or tuition; to finance specific medical or scientific research projects; to support Music Council Scholarships and to encourage others to be philanthropic.

The National Association for the Visual Arts is assisted by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.

The National Association for the Visual Arts is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Applications close 5 June 2010

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2011 JUMP Mentorships for all young Artists

The 2010 JUMP mentorships cross a broad range of artforms from community arts and theatre to Indigenous arts, music, visual arts, dance, literature, and interdisciplinary and hybrid art. Over half of the artists selected for the program proposed projects featuring more than one artform practice.

JUMP's first round attracted over 160 applications from all states and territories. Artists selected for the 2010 program come from metropolitan and regional areas across Australia. The JUMP program, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, provides a national framework for young and emerging artists to partner with an established industry professional to gain knowledge and skills in how to build a sustainable career.

Through JUMP, artists are offered opportunities to advance their artistic practice through project funding and showcasing opportunities, along with access to national industry networks. The national JUMP induction sessions will be held April. These sessions provide practical assistance to artists and mentors to work through the logistics of their partnership and to make the most of professional development opportunities offered throughout the ten month program.

State delivery partners, Carclew Youth Arts in South Australia and Propel Youth Arts WA, work with YAQ to deliver quality mentorship experiences that respond to the local needs of young and emerging artists.

JUMP applications are open to Australian artists, aged 18 - 30 and in the first five years of their career, across all Australia Council funded artforms and from all geographical and cultural backgrounds.

Further JUMP information can be found at www.jumpmentoring.com.au

Second round JUMP applications open on 30 August 2010 for mentorships in 2011. Mentorship places are also available in 2012.

JUMP is managed nationally by Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) - Queensland's peak body for children and young people in the arts. http://liquidmail.liquidinteractive.com.au/ch/27636/2dv9bwd/1189663/8a0b91fhy.html

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CAN WA Funding in 2010

Catalyst community arts fund
Catalyst is a funding pool that supports WA community art projects where people have the opportunity to participate, learn together and express their local culture and identity. This fund also supports individual community cultural development workers and community artists looking to undertake research or training.

Catalyst has three categories: Innovate, Create and Develop, which support community arts projects and professional development. There are two rounds per year: March, for projects beginning after 1 July, and September for projects beginning after 1 January the following year. For funding guidelines and application forms visit www.canwa.com.au/funding/catalyst

Sharing Stories community sponsorship fund
Sharing Stories is a fund for regional projects that centre on inter-cultural dialogue in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields only. Sharing Stories funds arts projects that encourage community participation, creative expression and relationship building in a safe environment, with a particular focus on young people. Applicants can apply at anytime for up to $5000 and will be notified within two weeks if they have been successful. For more information visit www.canwa.com.au/funding/sharing-stories/    

Creative Networks fund
The Creative Networks Fund (CNF) is designed to support local regional government authorities (LGA's) to develop their capacity to use art and culture to improve the lives of their citizens. These grants will be made available each year to regional local government authorities. The grants will provide skills development, mentoring and networking with intensive training over a period of eight to ten months, and an ongoing connection to CAN WA and like-minded Local Government Authorities (LGA) for three years. For more information visit www.canwa.com.au/funding/creative-networks/

For more information contact:
CAN WA          T: 08 9226 2422          E: http://www.canwa.com.au/

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