1. JUMP http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/jump
date: 26 February 2010; Decisions advised: March 2010;
Start date: 31 March 2010 – finish date 31 December 2010
Amount: Up to $5,000
The JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists supports the career development of artists aged 18-30, and in the first five years of their professional practice, by providing mentoring opportunities with established professionals in their artform.
Mentored artists receive funding of up to $5,000 for a creative concept, to be realised through a one on one relationship with their chosen mentor, and access to a range of professional development, showcasing and networking activities.
The JUMP program aims to promote excellence in artistic practice across artforms, and facilitate pathways for geographically and culturally diverse artists, in order to identify and champion Australia’s next generation of arts industry leaders.
Three annual mentorship rounds of up to 10 months’ duration will be delivered from 2010 to 2012, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through the Opportunities for Young and Emerging Artists initiative.
JUMP is managed nationally by Youth Arts Queensland, and will be delivered in 2010 in collaboration with inaugural state delivery partners Carclew Youth Arts (SA) and Propel Youth Arts WA. Additional state delivery partners and funding partners will be secured incrementally, attracted by the JUMP program’s local, national and international reputation.
For more information, application forms and FAQs, visit www.jumpmentoring.com.au
2. ArtStart – Closing Date: 8 March, 2010
ArtStart, a new funding program from the Australia Council for the Arts, provides up to $10,000 to recent creative arts graduates to help them grow their career as a professional artist. Grants can be used to fund services, resources, skills development and equipment.
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM 25 JANUARY 2010
Amount: Up to $10,000
The ArtStart program provides financial assistance to recent creative arts graduates* who are committed to establishing a career as a professional artist. Graduates who plan to earn income or gain employment as a professional artist in the visual arts, hybrid and media arts, performing arts, literature or in community arts and cultural development may apply via the online application process.
Grants are provided to fund services, resources, skills development and equipment that help graduate artists to build an income-generating career in the arts practice they have studied.
ArtStart does not fund the creation of new creative works or support the development of one off performances or exhibitions.
Applicants must present a viable plan outlining their proposed ArtStart activities, demonstrate their potential for artistic excellence and display a strong commitment to their chosen field.
* Please note: You are eligible to apply for ArtStart in 2010 if you have completed the last subject needed for your qualification in 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010. If you completed the last subject needed for your qualification in 2006, but graduated in 2007 you are not eligible to apply.
You are eligible to apply if you have completed accredited artist training in the last 3 years or if you will complete accredited artist training prior to the project start date for each round.
ArtStart grants are not intended to cover the living expenses of the recipient artist. The grants should be used specifically for costs associated with establishing a business or professional practice as an artist.
ArtStart grants do not fund the purchase of major items of capital expenditure. The grants may be used to cover smaller items of equipment but this expenditure must not be more than 50% of the grant.
Selection criteria
When answering the questions in the application, you must demonstrate:
- The potential quality of your artistic practice
- Your demonstrated commitment and the commitment of potential partners
- The viability of your proposed goals and activities.
Please upload only one copy of all support material.
Who can apply?
Artists wishing to establish a professional arts practice may apply. If you plan to earn income or gain employment as a professional artist in the visual arts, hybrid and media arts, performing arts, literature or in community arts and cultural development you may apply.
Do I have to be less than 30 years of age?
There is no age limit for applicants to ArtStart. You just need to have graduated from arts training in the three years prior to the ArtStart application closing date.
What do you mean by ‘graduated in creative arts’?
To be eligible to apply you must have undertaken accredited arts training and have successfully completed all requirements for the award of your qualification. Qualification may be attained at Certificate IV level through to post graduate degree.
How do I apply?
We will ask you to complete an online application form. In the application you will answer a series of questions that make up a simple business plan for your ArtStart grant. The questions below are examples of the kind of questions that will be asked:
- What are your 3 most significant artistic achievements of the last 3 years?
- What are your goals as a professional artist in the next 5 years?
- What are the key activities you’ll need to undertake to achieve these goals?
- Which of these activities would you undertake in the next 12 months with your ArtStart grant?
- How would the activities you propose in questions 4 assist you in establishing a professional art practice and why are they important?
- How will you measure the success of activities you would undertake in the next 12 months?
- Please provide an estimate of the income you plan to earn from your arts practice over the 12 months of the ArtStart grant.
We’ll also ask you to provide a simple budget outlining your ArtStart activities and provide evidence of your accredited training.
When should I start and finish my ArtStart activities?
There is a fixed span of 12 months for ArtStart activities. If you apply at an October closing date you must undertake your ArtStart activity between 1 January and 31 December of the following year. If you apply at a March closing date you must undertake your ArtStart activity between the following 1 July and 30 June.
Please note that the Australia Council offers other opportunities for curators and producers through its Young and Emerging Artists programs www.australiacouncil.gov.au/oyea.
I’m part of a group of artists, can we apply?
Only individuals can apply for ArtStart. However, if you and other members of a group want to apply you can do so as individuals as long as the items you are applying for do not double up. You must explain how your ArtStart activities will benefit you as an individual artist. Please note that ArtStart does not pay for artist fees or living expenses.
Can I apply for ArtStart and another Australia Council grant?
Yes.
What sort of things can I spend the grant on?
The program is designed for you to spend money on goods and services associated with establishing your professional arts practice or gaining employment as an artist – it is not designed to cover your day to day living expenses, the materials to create a new creative work or cover the costs of mounting a one off performance or exhibition.
The following list gives examples of general eligible ArtStart activities – there may be other activities not listed here that are still associated with starting a business or arts practice for which you wish to apply:
Business skills and costs
- Business planning advice and training
- Getting an accountant or financial adviser to assist in your understanding of book-keeping and taxation
- Budgeting and financial management
- Business set up costs
- Legal advice – facts and issues for artists such as rights and contracts/agreements
- Support services for small to medium enterprises
- Advice on employing and working with other people
- Advice on partnerships development and management
- Training in negotiation and conflict resolution
- Advice on establishing social ventures
Marketing and Promotion
- Marketing skills training
- Professional photographic or video documentation of artwork
- Creating a portfolio of work
- Professional CVs
- Website set up and maintenance
- Marketing and promotion – expertise and assistance
- Training in public speaking/talking about your work
- Training and set-up of online social marketing and networking tools
- Attendance fees, accommodation for and travel to industry conferences and networking functions (e.g., art fairs), in other states and regional areas.
- Accommodation for and travel to residencies, internships, mentorships, galleries or theatres (for prospective production or representation), in other states and regional areas.
- Developing and establishing touring networks
- Pressing copies of a demo C.D
- Development and production of marketing materials
Training & Skills Development
- Develop knowledge in Indigenous cultural protocols
- Occupational health & safety training
- Private coaching or courses to maintain skills (e.g., short courses in your art field)
- Help finding a mentor and developing a mentorship agreement
- Training to help develop and write applications for government grants and philanthropic support
- Training to help develop and write sponsorship proposals
- Training to help develop and write business plans
- Memberships, attachments or internships with arts organisations and companies
Office, space and equipment/tools
- Purchase and hire of specialist equipment or instruments
- Setting up an artist-run initiative
- Purchase of computers or accounting software
- Office rental
- Office set up costs
- Meeting room hire
- Visual artist’s studio space hire and set up costs
- Setting up a music recording studio to record a CD for promotional purposes
- Setting up or hiring a dance, music or theatre rehearsal space or studio
- Writers developing the means to self publish
Can I pick just one activity?
We suggest that you think broadly and include a range of activities to undertake during your ArtStart project year to strengthen your application.
3.WATDI Update - 2010 Applications Now Open
http://www.watdi.org.au/watdis_answers
Running for its second year through support from the Theatre Board of the Australia Council, the Western Australian Theatre Development Initiative (WATDI) is a funding program developed by PICA, The Blue Room and ARTRAGE for WA independent artists, companies, collectives and collaborations looking to take creative risks and explore new territory.
It’s about the creation of sophisticated and ambitious new theatre practice, born through the kind of development support that artists long for, but very rarely have an opportunity to experience.
Open to the entire WA independent theatre sector, across the spectrum of practice, interests and experience. Development investments of $30,000, $60,000 and $90,000 will be allocated to between two and four successful development proposals in 2010, through a funding process that’s a bit different to the norm.
For more information on eligibility, proposal forms guidelines and insights into successful applicants from last year, visit watdi.org.au
Proposals due: Saturday 20 March 2010, 5pm
4. ARTFLIGHT [Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts]
| Artflight | CLOSING DATELast Friday of every month and at least six weeks prior to the start of activity | ROUNDSecond week of each calendar month | NOTIFICATIONThree weeks after assessment | FOR ACTIVITY STARTING AFTERAt least six weeks after submitting your application |
This category supports Western Australian individual artists, arts workers, groups or organisations in all disciplines to attend events at short notice that have strategic significance to the development or promotion of their arts practice or profession.
Eligible activities may include:
- Attendance at the opening of your exhibition or book launch;
- Performance or exhibition at a festival;
- Presentation of a paper at a conference; or
- Attendance at short c
ourses or workshops with highly specialised professional development where entry is competitive.
Prize receipt, meeting attendance or scoping an upcoming activity may form part of an application, but cannot be the central reason for travel. All travel must originate from and return to Western Australia. Events or activities may be within Western Australia, Australia or abroad. You are encouraged to apply through regular funding rounds if time permits.
Please remember that applications without the required support material and which do not meet the eligibility criteria will be returned without assessment.
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5. DEVELOPMENT GRANT [Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts]
http://dcawa.clients.squiz.net/funding/grants/all_applicants_and_art_forms/development/about
| All Applicants and Art Forms - Development |
26 February 2010 | 1 | June | 1 July 2010 |
| 2 July 2010 | 2 | November | 1 December 2010 |
This category is open to all applicants working in all eligible art forms for projects that involve the exploration of new ideas, the development of new skills, the creation of new work or a fresh interpretation of existing material. Development applications may include distribution costs.
Applications can be for one or more of the following activities:
- Research and development and/or production and public presentation of a new idea or a new work;
- Professional and/or skills development of individual artists and/or arts workers;
- Commissions in fields such as writing, music composition or visual arts;
- Collaborations designed to produce new work and/or a period of research and skills development, involving two or more individuals, groups or organisations or artists working with the community or through residencies;
- The revival and reinterpretation of plays, choreography and/or music; and/or
- The presentation of visual arts or craft retrospectives in which the work is viewed in the context of contemporary practice.
