Funding for Queensland arts activities

The Queensland Arts Showcase Program provides funding to individuals, organisations and collectives to help them deliver arts and cultural experiences.

Overview

The program offers 3 streams of funding:

Arts Accelerate

Funding for new works that:

• stimulate sector recovery with a focus on demonstrated track record of presenting work in a venue
• create new employment opportunities and/or cultivate new and emerging talent
• extend artists’ and/or organisations’ practice, audiences and market

Arts Activate

Funding for diverse arts and cultural initiatives in Queensland that:

• create new employment opportunities
• develop and implement new programs that deliver social benefit outcomes to communities
• contribute to the activation of community and cultural infrastructure, including digital infrastructure

Arts Advantage

Funding for arts-led projects which provide social benefits to Queenslanders across community sectors including health, youth justice, aged care, disability, education and early childhood that:

• create new employment opportunities
• develop and implement new programs that deliver social benefit outcomes to communities
• collaborate with government, business and not-for-profit agencies

Across all 3 streams, up to $3000 of the allocated funding may be used for equipment purchases that directly relate to the creation and delivery of the funded project.

Check if you can apply

An organisation/group must:

• have an active Australian business number (ABN)
• have a bank account in the name of the applicant

An individual must:

• have an active Australian business number (ABN)
• have a bank account in the name of the applicant
• by over 18 years or have the application co-signed by their legal guardian

An auspicing body must:

• have an active Australian business number (ABN)
• have a bank account in the name of the applicant
• be a small to medium arts/cultural organisation previously funded by Arts Queensland since 1 January 2019

All eligible applications must:

• be submitted by a Queensland based individual, organisation or group; or show evidence as to how the activity will directly benefit Queensland arts and culture
• where applicable, show evidence of demand and support for activities that involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• demonstrate the project can be completed within 12 months from approval