Opportunities – Covid-19 Edition 3

Grants

Are you a business? Check out this comprehensive (though not specifically arts-related) guide from KPMG.

Arts Queensland | Arts Business Innovation Fund
Supports innovation to strengthen income generating and entrepreneurial capacity in Queensland-based not-for-profit arts and cultural businesses. Part funding, part loan, part matched. Rolling fund.

Arts Tasmania | Arts grants
This program supports individuals and groups to undertake projects that enable them to further their careers, enrich their artistic practice and contribute to Tasmania’s arts sector. Projects, professional development and more.

City of Sydney | Quick Response Grants
Up to $2000 for small projects with a quick turnaround. No closing date.

City of Moonee Valley | COVID-19 Recovery Grants
This grants program is designed to support the adaption, continuation and recovery of local community groups and local businesses. Rolling fund.

Copyright Agency | Cultural Fund
Support for significant organisations and individual Australian writers, journalists, editors, English and literacy teachers and visual artists. We also offer grants to leading organisations to help build literacy skills for children and young adults. Applications for individual artists close Mon 14 September.

Country Arts WA | RAF Quick Response
For regional WA artists and orgs to cover any reasonable expenses, such as artists’ fees, conference registrations, materials, and/or travel and accommodation costs. Applications are due at least 10 business days prior to the project start date.

Facebook Small Business Grants Program
Facebook is offering $100 million in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 eligible small businesses. Applications open in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can sign up to receive more information when it becomes available.

Regional Arts NSW | There are many arts and cultural opportunities available for people living in regional NSW. Quick Response Grants and Regional Arts Funds are available to regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities.

Experimental Micro-Fellowships

During this strange and difficult time, we are committed to keeping experimental work thriving, supporting artists to embark on new creative developments and undertake new research that will strengthen the future of their practice.

The Experimental Micro-Fellowships are a series of small $5000 grants awarded to 8 Australian and Asia Pacific artists to undertake research, new experiments, or creative developments in the current environment of remote work and social distancing.

Entries can be received from now, up until July 15 and successful applicants will be notified on July 29.

Commissions & Callouts

Arts Front | Little Lunch Online
Callouts are running for artists to perform and artists/orgs to host. This great online initiative is an arts talkshow held over Zoom. It’s great. Screens at Midday a few times a week.

City of Melbourne | EOI Yirramboi Festival
Expressions of Interest from First Nation creatives to create, develop or adapt new works during the isolation period. Each project will receive up to $1000 in financial support and will have the option to be uploaded to social media pages and/or be further developed into a showing/showcase piece for Yirramboi Festival, 6 – 16 May 2021.

Creative Brimbank | Room To Move Residency
Dancemakers can get free space and $500 to create a new work at the Bowery Theatre. Applications are rolling to Sat 1 August.

Contemporary Art Tasmania | Curatorial Mentorship Program
Up to $3k for an emerging curator to gain skills and knowledge to contribute to the curation of an exhibition. Applications close Mon 3 August.

Gasworks Arts Park | Outdoor Performance Commission
Offering a $10,000 outdoor performance commission for the development of a new piece of site-specific work to take place in Gasworks Arts Park. This is a three-month development project to take place from September to November 2020. Submissions close Sunday 26th July.

Tuggeranong Arts Centre | Interpose
Calling performers, storytellers, artists, workshop facilitators and all other entertainers! Tuggeranong Arts Centre is helping the Tuggeranong and Woden valleys ‘spring back’ from COVID-19 with a plethora of pop-up performances, activities, workshops, temporary installations and other exciting activities across the region. Expressions of Interest open until mid-July.

Support & Resources

Australian Tax Office: offering small business relief

Business Connect: NSW Government initiative to provide mentoring for creative industries

Centrelink: have waived many of the Newstart waiting periods.

Covid-19 Safety Plan: Develop a COVID-19 Safety Plan for your venue to help you create and maintain a safe environment for you, your workers and your visitors.

Freelance Jungle: support and resources for freelance workers

Check out this great article on Medium with heaps of financial resources to assist artists during this time.

MEAA Support Google Doc: Very comprehensive list of resources and contacts for artists, covering lobbying and advocacy, financial assistance, jobs and more.

Support Act | Covid-19 Emergency Appeal
An appeal to raise $20 million so they can provide some level of crisis relief to artists who are facing financial hardship.

Professional development for online streaming

Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19

Distance Learning Tips

“Please do a bad job of putting your course online”

Resources for Moving Production Courses Online in Case of an Emergency

Resources for Moving Dance-Based Pedagogy Online: Professional development Facebook group

Remote Teaching Resources

Teaching Theatre Online: A Shift in Pedagogy Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

“Ways of Gathering In the Age of COVID-19”