Other Funding Sources
The following organisations are sources of funding, advice and support for multiple art forms.
Artsupport Australia
Advice and services regarding cultural philanthropy.
Austrade
Advice and services regarding export and overseas trade.
Australia Council for the Arts
Advice, services, funding and residencies.
Australia Business Arts Foundation (ABAF)
Advice, services and funding opportunities.
Community Arts Network WA
Advice, services, resources and funding for communities and artists undertaking community based work.
Country Arts WA
Advice, services and funding for regionally focused art projects.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Funding.
Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts
Advice, services and funding for people with disabilities.
Eventscorp
Funding.
Healthway
Funding.
Lotterywest
Funding and online resources.
Museums Australia WA
Advice and funding.
Australia’s Culture Portal – Grants for the Cultural Sector
Online resources.
Film and Television Funding Sources
The Department does not fund film or television projects. Please contact the organisations below for details of film and television project funding which may be available.
Film and Television Institute
Advice and production support with funding, training and development opportunities.
ScreenWest
Advice and funding.
DCA Devolved Funding
A number of other organisations manage the allocation and distribution of Department of Culture and the Arts funding on behalf of the Department or in partnership with the Department. Check with each managing organisation for closing dates and guidelines.
Catalyst Community Arts Fund
Managing body: Community Arts Network WA
The Catalyst Community Arts Fund supports projects that:
• Facilitate and support Western Australian community-determined arts and culture activities that express local culture and identity; and
• Promote the values of community empowerment, social inclusion, respect for diversity and self-determination.
The Catalyst Community Arts Fund has two funding rounds per year.
Closing dates:
30 March 2010
(for projects beginning 1 July 2010)
30 September 2010
(for projects beginning 1 January 2011)
Creative Networks Fund
Managing body: Community Arts Network WA
The Creative Networks Fund is designed to support local regional government authorities to develop their capacity to use art and culture to improve the lives of their citizens. Creative Networks Fund grants are 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 CANWA and like-minded local government authorities for three years.
The Creative Networks Fund has one funding round per year. Closing date: June 2010
Louder! Contemporary Music Touring Program
Managing body: Country Arts WA
The Country Arts WA Louder! Program provides funding for organisations to encourage the development of original contemporary music in regional Western Australia.
Shows On The Go
Managing body: Country Arts WA
Other funding partners: Lotterywest, Healthway
The Shows On The Go tours professional performing arts productions into regional West Australian communities. Country Arts WA undertakes all of the coordination, runs a comprehensive promotional campaign and funds the touring costs.
Country Arts WA Annual Funding
Managing body: Country Arts WA
Community-based arts organisations can apply for core operational funding to cover the costs associated with their annual program of events. Applicants must be conducting a year long, multi-art form program that includes a broad cross-section of their community.
WA Premier’s Arts Partnership Fund
Managing body: Australia Business Arts Foundation
Other funding partners: Mirvac WA
The WA Premier’s Arts Partnership Fund makes it easy for small-to-medium businesses to partner the arts by matching their financial commitment - effectively doubling the value of the partnership. Individual artists can apply for up to $5,000 per year in matched funds, and non-profit organisations up to $10,000.
