Current Funding Recipients


Arts Activities Funding Up to $5k - 2026

ApplicantGrant PurposeAmount
Laura Johnston To support the professional filming of 'That’s…Brave', a solo comedy hour in the Canberra Playhouse$5,000
Paul BissettTo support a research trip to the Isle of Wight to research and rewrite 'Above the Angelic: Isle of Wight'$4,542
Dylan Hayley RosenthalTo support the production of the new short film ‘Vices and Other Weapons’$5,000
Ruby MartynTo support production costs for ‘20, love’, a new short film$5,000
Jelin PalmTo support travel and accommodation costs to present a new comedy show, ‘Wedding Ring & suffeRING’, at the Adelaide Fringe Festival$5,000
Mia RashidTo support travel and attendance at a dance workshop intensive with Kalakeli Movement Arts in Goa, India$5,000
Selma KaasinenTo support translation of the Finnish novel ‘Araukaria’ into English to expand its accessibility and publishing potential$5,000
Jasmine GuffondTo support ‘The Right to be Lazy’, an exhibition at Civic Arts Bureau, Canberra$4,992
Jim SharrockTo support travel and accommodation costs for clowning skills development through research and study tour to Europe$4,995
Billie RooneyTo undertake a Stewardship for Verse Novelists with Karen Comer to further develop ‘Collision Course’, a new young adult novel in verse$4,000
Sammy HawkerTo support casting a series of bronze works for upcoming solo exhibition, 'The Pressure of Darkness’$5,000
Sonic ReducerTo support Australian tour of Sonic Reducer with Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers$5,000
David CinaTo develop marketing, promotion, and branding skills through the I Heart Songwriting Level Up Mentoring Program$3,564
Masoud VarjavandiTo support production and post-production artist fees for ‘OI (Organic Intelligence)’, a new short film$5,000
Kaitlyn BoyeTo support travel, present and promote the international premiere of new feature film, ‘Break a Leg’ at Panic Fest, USA$5,000
Julie McKayTo support developing the treatment for ‘The Vanishing Lake’, a new feature film$5,000
Julie Monro-AllisonTo support an artist residency at Space Department, Nara, Japan$2,763
Leanne ThompsonTo support festival costs for ‘Ray of Light’, a winter solstice festival in Canberra $5,000
Georgina JenkinsTo support pitching a new TV series ‘With My Little Eye’ at Screen Forever$5,000
John MaTo support Splatterfest 2026, a mini festival using early music practice across abilities and genres$5,000
Bonnie Neate & Suzy PianiTo support production costs for a new contemporary dance production, ‘The Edge’$5,000
Benji MossTo support a music tour with the Australian Mandolin Ensemble in Europe$5,000
Gabrielle Hall-LomaxTo support artist fees to develop photographs for a new photobook, ‘Bless the Well’$4,993
Lisa CahillTo support travel costs to present at the 2026 Glass Art Society Conference at Corning Museum, USA$5,000