Artist Support

Funding opportunities

Our support for artists and creatives on the MidCoast is an important part of strengthening our community.

Along with our commitments through our Cultural Plan (link) we support local artists to explore funding opportunities that exist through both State and Federal programs.

A list of these opportunities can be found below:

• Create NSW Funding & support - Create NSW
• National Association for the Visual Arts NAVA Grants :: NAVA (visualarts.net.au)
• ARTS hub Grants for Artists | Music | Arts | Performers | ArtsHub Australia
• Museums and Galleries of NSW Grants - MGNSW
• Regional Arts NSW Grants Archives - Regional Arts NSW
• Australia Council for the Arts Investment and development - Australia Council for the Arts
• Arts Mid North Coast Grants Finder | Arts Mid North Coast
• MidCoast Grants hub https://midcoast.grantguru.com.au/

Letters of support

If you wish to request a letter from us to support your funding application we need to have this request at least two weeks before the closing date.

We only provide support letters to MidCoast based professional artists and to organisations based in the MidCoast who are undertaking arts and cultural projects with paid local artists.

In requesting a letter of support please provide the following:

• Details of the project and the grant that is being applied for
• Evidence of your track record as a professional practicing artists
• Budgets that meet the minimum rates of pay for artists (National Association for Visual Arts website https://visualarts.net.au/ for details).

Requests can be sent to [email protected].