Current Funding Recipients


Cultural Arts Program 2025

ApplicantDescriptionAmount
Megan DaleyRefine textile and printmaking practices, including batik, lino, and screen printing, through collaboration with Megalo Print Studio and undertaking a series of intensive workshops with Batik masters in Indonesia.$15,000
Leilani DewisCreate a multi-artform piece that incorporates the interconnection of culture, community and personal lived experience.$15,000
Amala GroomDevelop a new body of limited-edition prints in collaboration with cartographer Rachel Goss and Megalo Print Studio.$15,000
Dr Aunty Matilda HouseCollaborate with master printmaker Basil Hall and emerging First Nations printmaker Kira Gilbert to create a new series of prints that reflect stories from Dr Aunty Matilda House’s early childhood at Hollywood Mission through to the present day.$18,440
Melinda IngramEstablish a stronger presence within the local arts community by developing a body of work for their first solo exhibition.$4,000
Marissa McDowellInstallation of First Nation poetry, eco-dyed silk, video and soundscapes led by Us Mob Writers, Culture on the Move, and nurranurra Art.$15,000
Rechelle TurnerPresent Nguramban-dhi (From Country), the debut collection from First Nations fashion label Corella & Crow, at Country to Couture 2025, part of the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair.$15,000

Arts Activities Funding $5-$50k Round 1 - 2025

ApplicantGrant PurposeAmountArtform
Josie AlexandraTo expand skills as a producer by collaborating with emerging director Rhavin Banda on the short film ‘Meth Monk’$47,625Screen
James BatchelorTo support the presentation of a new dance work ‘Resonance’ at the Canberra Theatre Centre$24,137Dance
Sarah ChalmersTo train in voice coaching methodologies in vocal expression, resilience, and sustainability$18,668Theatre
Sugar Kaye GrefaldeoTo stage ‘Fortūna’, a dance/theatre work$22,200Dance
Paul HouseTo create a multi-media installation for National Gallery of Victoria Country Road Biennale 2026$50,000Visual Art
Zora KerrTo prototype the digital game ‘I Am This Castle’$44,547Digital Games
Blame the ShadowsTo develop ‘MOTHER’, a five-screen moving-image work$29,500Visual Art
Marissa McDowellTo develop the ‘imagiNATION’ project, imagining a future through First Nation storytellers, poets and animators$50,000Literature
Jessica Sousa OrnelasTo complete the novel ‘Birds of Paradise’$16,820Literature
Somesh PutchaTo support a promotional tour of your upcoming album ‘Ever Playful’$10,741Music
Shadows of the UndertowTo create and produce the band's debut studio album$49,183Music
Shwa Shwa TheatreTo support a creative development reimagining ‘The Hairy Ape’$26,594Theatre
Miriam SlaterTo support the one-year anniversary showcase of ‘The Noosh’ in Canberra$25,000Theatre

Arts Activities Funding Up to $5k - 2025

ApplicantGrant PurposeAmount
Musonga MbogoTo support the development of a new series of paintings for exhibition at Fenton & Fenton in Melbourne$3,634.00
Emily KerrTo support travel and attendance costs to the Artist in Residency Program at Kouraku Kiln in Arita, Japan$5,000.00
Aperion BaroqueTo support the commissioning and performance of a new Australian composition to be premiered in their 2025 season$4,999.00
Gautam JhanjeeTo support the exhibition of Goddess with a Thousand Faces at Humble House Gallery Canberra$650.00
Dan PowerTo develop and exhibit a new interdisciplinary body of work ‘Subterra’ at Grainger Gallery in 2025$3,159.00
Max Burgessto support attendance at Perth Moves 2025, a dance workshop series curated by STRUT Dance in Western Australia$4,342.00
Savanhdary VongpoothornTo support development of Ethnobotany of the Magical Banyan Tree at a studio residency at Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden in Laos$5,000\.00
Benjamin WiesnerTo support travel to Christmas Island to produce the documentary Guardians of Paradise$4,223.00
Karla Van Den BogaartPostproduction, editing and colour grading of film Misconception$5,000.00
MangoMilk ProductionsFor the production costs to develop a sizzle reel for ‘Voices of Europa’, an animated documentary$4,922.00
Rowan PhemisterTo support the launch of Penta Harp Ensemble in Canberra in 2025$3,343.00
Iain 'Fred' SmithTo support editing and postproduction of a showreel for the new show, ‘Domesticity’$1,680.00
Lucy SugermanTo support delivering a live music showcase at SXSW 2025 in Austin, Texas$5,000.00
Daniel KirklandTo support travel costs to the USA for the development and mastering of five new singles$4,889.00
Liz CoatsTo support travel to attend the Arquetopia Residency in Oaxaca, Mexico, including tuition with traditional indigenous plant dyers in their cultural context$5,000.00
Canberra Burlesque AcademyTo support professional development and inclusive practice of Canberra burlesque artists$4,715.00
Daniel KirklandTo support travel costs to the USA for the development and mastering of five new singles$4,889.00
Jessica Sousa OrnelasTo support phase one of manuscript Birds of Paradise, a novel which explores generational trauma and fascist ideologies and the migrant experience$4,560.00
Liz CoatsTo support travel to attend the Arquetopia Residency in Oaxaca, Mexico, including tuition with traditional indigenous plant dyers in their cultural context$5,000.00
Jemima ParkerTo support a contemporary fiction young adult manuscript, Stitch by stitch, set in a bushfire affected community$4,881.00
Mahala HillTo support travel to Belgium to deliver artworks and attend the Ceramics Art Andenne Triennale.$5,000.00
Natasha RuschkaTo support event signage, photography and exhibition panels for the Capital Plein Air pilot outdoor painting festival$5,000.00
Megan Elise GimTo support attendance at the KidLitVic writing conference in Melbourne$770.00
Sebastian ChanTo support attending the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film, for professional development$3,708.00
Bailey DonovanTo support attendance at the Sewing Glass workshop with Susan Taylor Glasgow in Pittsburgh USA$5,000.00
SAFIATo support travel costs for SAFIA's band tour to China in 2025$5,000.00
Sophia CaiTo support international research and development for a new manuscript, 'Disobedient Daughters'$3,255.00
Declan ShrubbTo support the recording of six new songs for an original Canberra based comedy musical$5,000.00
Prudence IllingworthTo support ‘Open Tracks’, a peer-led pilot program for Canberra-based musicians to share new work$500.00