Current Funding Recipients


Arts Activities Funding $5-$50k Round 1 - 2026

ApplicantGrant PurposeAmountArtform
Jack BiilmannTo promote a new music album across Australia and the USA$19,960Music
Jo-Anne BrechinFor script development of a new feature film, ‘ZOM-BAE’$49,142Screen
Sotirios DounoukosFor the writing and development of the new play, ‘WILL’$24,782Theatre
DreampunkTo port ‘Super Sphere FX’ to the Nintendo Switch, and localising to 4 languages$16,934Digital Games
Paul Girrawah HouseTo create limited edition bronze gulaman (coolamons) and balang-wirra (headrests) at Strathnairn Arts Foundry with master sculptor/caster Alex Kosmas$50,000Visual Arts
Selma KaasinenTo develop a new historical mystery novel, ‘Two Edges of the World’$25,160Literature
Zora Jane KerrTo develop a vertical slice of ‘I Am This Castle’, a new digital game about transgender coming-of-age$48,917Digital Games
Liz LeaTo present a new one woman show, ‘Diamond’, at The Q Theatre$34,393Dance
Christopher MarcatiliTo develop a vertical slice of new digital game ‘Gutterjacket’$49,240Digital Games
Stella Eve Joan MartinTo market and promote the debut album ‘Always’$45,805Music
Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello OAMTo develop ‘Between the Light’, a major large-scale glass and poetry installation for La Trobe Art Institute$45,978Visual Arts
Musonga MbogoTo produce 'Neo Expression', a video series exploring the practises of artists and creatives in Australia and the United Kingdom$14,121Screen
Eli NarevFor the creative development of a new theatrical work, ‘Schrader on the Fold-Out Bed’$9,772Theatre
Lisa SammutTo create and present a new solo exhibition at Canberra Contemporary, ACT$32,319Visual Arts
Dylan Van Den BergTo support writing and development of a new First Nations play, ‘Dancing Back’$14,638Theatre
Vorfreude PicturesTo support post-production for new feature film ‘Endling’$50,000Screen
Woodlands & Wetlands TrustTo support art activations with threatened species photography$30,000Visual Arts

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
Jemima ParkerTo support phase two of the contemporary fiction Young Adult manuscript, ‘Scorched’$1,759
Liz LeaTo support the development and promotion of ‘Diamond’, a new dance production$5,000
Madeline CardoneTo support workshop attendance at Pilchuck Glass School (USA) to learn kiln-formed glass and plasma techniques$5,000
Karen ViggersTo support a 10-day writing and research retreat at Wilsons Promontory National Park for a new novel$4,414
Declan ShrubbTo record songs for ‘Tramdemic: The Musical’, Act 2$4,900
Caitlin BakerTo support artist fees and production costs for ‘The Good Boy Game’, a new play$5,000
Lina FotiTo support attendance and industry engagement at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2026$5,000
Cathy FranziTo support attendance at the International Academy of Ceramics Congress as a New Artist Member and to exhibit in three significant exhibitions in Jingdezhen China$3,830
Simone RodriguesFor creation and production of a professional music video for Shadows of the Undertow’s debut studio album$4,972
Mikhael O'BrienTo support the marketing and release of ‘Planticulture’ a new digital game$4,300