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2021 Creative Arts Fund

by Emma Kouretas
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Applications for the 2021 Creative Arts Fund are now closed.

Applicants will be notified in August 2021.

Blacktown Arts is offering a range of opportunities to artists and creatives to apply for funding to develop arts and cultural programs with local communities.

The Fund also creates a platform to build social and cultural connections between the communities of Blacktown City and encourage creative expression through a range of arts and cultural activities.

Click here to see the list of successful Creative Arts Fund recipients in 2020.

The Creative Arts Fund is divided into two categories to extend opportunities to community organisations and individual artists.

Community organisations  – Category A

Blacktown-based incorporated community organisations and groups are invited to apply for grants of up to $3,000 (inclusive of GST) to develop artistic programs or projects. The funding enables organisations to pay an artist to design, plan and work with their group/s on an artistic and creative program.

We encourage organisations with no previous experience with arts programs to apply, as well as those with experience.

Who can apply?

  • Local incorporated non-political, non-religious organisations and groups who are providing services to residents in the Blacktown local government area
  • ABN-registered non-profit, non-government community, cultural or arts organisations
  • Organisations with written consent from the artist(s) proposed to work with you for the project
  • Organisations that did not receive funding through the program in 2020
  • Successful organisations will need a certificate of currency and public liability insurance of up to $10,000,000

Applications for the Creative Arts Fund are now closed.

Individual artist or artist groups – Category B:

Individual artists or artist groups are invited to apply for up to $2,000 (inclusive of GST) to assist in their professional development or to work on an arts project with local community organisations or groups.

Who can apply?

We welcome applications from individual artists or those working in groups

  • Artists at any stage of their career
  • Artists working in any art form
  • Artists must be 18 years and over and live in the Blacktown local government area
  • Artists who did not receive funding through the program in 2020

Applications for the Creative Arts Fund are now closed.

Key dates

Opens: Wednesday 3 March 2021

Closes: Tuesday 6 April 2021, midnight

Funding announcement: August 2021

Project delivery: August 2021 to June 2022