ART START
Are you a performing artist? Just getting started? ArtStart from the Australia Council for the Arts could be just what you need to help get your arts career thriving. ArtStart is different from other arts grants. Instead of funding individual artworks or one-off shows, it has been purpose-built to help budding artists with the challenging transition from study to having a professional career in their chosen field.
If you’ve completed an accredited Certificate IV arts course or higher in the past three years - or are about to complete one - ArtStart it could provide you with up to $10,000 to spend on pretty much anything that will help you go from studying art to earning an income from it. That’s $10,000 to spend on a portfolio; or marketing yourself; to rent rehearsal or studio space; to develop your professional network; for extra training to make you more employable; for joining associations; getting business or financial advice; and much more.
The types of artists who may apply for ArtStart is extensive. It includes: actors, dancers, comedians, circus artists, costume designers, lighting designers, set designers, sound designers, directors, puppeteers and more, as well as community arts workers and Indigenous artists.
There are two rounds of applications for ArtStart each year.
The current ArtStart grant round closes 5 October - so be quick!
Applicants must complete the application provided on the ArtStart page of the Australia Council for the Arts website. Applicants are required to submit a proposal for how they will use the funding and to provide written references from three professional sources.
SPREAD THE WORD
Support Australia’s budding artists. Help spread the word about ArtStart grants. Put up a poster on your campus or community notice board, upload a banner to your website, post an ad or story on your blog, write us up in your arts-related publication, tweet about us, link to us, mention us in lectures and tutorials, or give the grants a plug on your TV or radio program. You could even tell your friends and family. Download your ArtStart poster from the website and pass it around - there's a general version plus one for musicians, visual artists, performing artists and writers.
MEET LAST YEAR'S CROP
Like to know a bit about our previous ArtStarters? Download some profiles from the website and read about what they've been doing on their ArtStart year plus get some of their tips for putting together your application.
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