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Arts Tasmania

Arts organisations – annual programs

This program enables arts organisations to deliver annual programs that:

  • develop and share high-quality art experiences and/or offer high-quality services to the sector
  • create opportunities for Tasmania’s professional artists and arts workers
  • build partnerships that strengthen Tasmania's arts sector
  • connect with and inspire audiences, and the wider community.

Arts organisations can submit one application per round, requesting between $50,000 and $200,000.

Key dates

Opens: 2 February 2024
Closes: 3 June 2024

For activities commencing after 1 December 2024.

We will contact you about your organisation’s application within ten weeks of the closing date.

Applications are open.

Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

  • Eligibility

    • Eligibility

    This program supports:

    • Tasmanian arts organisations
    • Tasmanian local governments
    • national arts organisations that are of strategic importance to Tasmania’s arts sector and have had a physical presence in Tasmania (including a local office and Tasmanian staff) for at least five years.

    Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Applications will not be accepted from:

    • non-arts organisations or arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
    • arts organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year]).
    • organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston]).

    Eligible costs and activities

    Arts organisations can request grant funds towards eligible costs and activities.

    These include:

    • reasonable administrative costs associated with the delivery of the artistic program
      • this includes general operating expenses such as costs associated with operating and maintaining facilities and equipment, rent, utilities, supplies, and salaries for staff who are critical to the organisation but not working on a specific activity or project.
    • creative development and research
    • market and audience development (including promotion)
    • presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
    • professional development opportunities.

    Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

    Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of  the Culture, Arts and Sport Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

    For more information, please see Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

    Grant request

    Arts organisations can request between $50,000 and $200,000.

  • Assessment

    • Assessment

    Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in or are engaged with the arts and cultural sectors such as artists, administrators, or other professionals.

    All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    Quality

    Does the organisation:

    • use strong artistic ideas and/or processes?
    • provide services for, or develop the capacity of, the Tasmanian arts sector? (where relevant)
    • engage experienced and diverse artists and arts workers, or develop emerging creatives?

    Planning

    Does the organisation:

    • demonstrate strong, stable, and strategic governance, management, and artistic leadership?
    • manage its finances in a clear and rigorous way?
    • provide appropriate artist wages and fees?
    • build on its previous activities in a way that is timely and relevant?
    • operate to realistic and achievable timelines?
    • have confirmed resources such as venues, funding, or equipment?
    • have support from by strong partners or collaborators?

    Benefit

    Does the organisation:

    • enable opportunities for Tasmanian artists and arts workers?
    • support and progress diversity and inclusion within the Tasmanian arts sector?
    • connect with and develop Tasmanian audiences, or new audiences elsewhere?
    • engage with the wider community? (where relevant)

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

  • Application

    • Application

    Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59pm on the closing date.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about your application before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

  • Eligibility

    • Eligibility

    This program supports:

    • Tasmanian arts organisations
    • Tasmanian local governments
    • national arts organisations that are of strategic importance to Tasmania’s arts sector and have had a physical presence in Tasmania (including a local office and Tasmanian staff) for at least five years.

    Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Applications will not be accepted from:

    • non-arts organisations or arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
    • arts organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year]).
    • organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston]).

    Eligible costs and activities

    Arts organisations can request grant funds towards eligible costs and activities.

    These include:

    • reasonable administrative costs associated with the delivery of the artistic program
      • this includes general operating expenses such as costs associated with operating and maintaining facilities and equipment, rent, utilities, supplies, and salaries for staff who are critical to the organisation but not working on a specific activity or project.
    • creative development and research
    • market and audience development (including promotion)
    • presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
    • professional development opportunities.

    Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

    Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of  the Culture, Arts and Sport Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

    For more information, please see Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

    Grant request

    Arts organisations can request between $50,000 and $200,000.

  • Assessment

    • Assessment

    Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in or are engaged with the arts and cultural sectors such as artists, administrators, or other professionals.

    All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    Quality

    Does the organisation:

    • use strong artistic ideas and/or processes?
    • provide services for, or develop the capacity of, the Tasmanian arts sector? (where relevant)
    • engage experienced and diverse artists and arts workers, or develop emerging creatives?

    Planning

    Does the organisation:

    • demonstrate strong, stable, and strategic governance, management, and artistic leadership?
    • manage its finances in a clear and rigorous way?
    • provide appropriate artist wages and fees?
    • build on its previous activities in a way that is timely and relevant?
    • operate to realistic and achievable timelines?
    • have confirmed resources such as venues, funding, or equipment?
    • have support from by strong partners or collaborators?

    Benefit

    Does the organisation:

    • enable opportunities for Tasmanian artists and arts workers?
    • support and progress diversity and inclusion within the Tasmanian arts sector?
    • connect with and develop Tasmanian audiences, or new audiences elsewhere?
    • engage with the wider community? (where relevant)

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

  • Application

    • Application

    Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59pm on the closing date.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about your application before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

    Eligibility

    Eligibility

    This program supports:

    • Tasmanian arts organisations
    • Tasmanian local governments
    • national arts organisations that are of strategic importance to Tasmania’s arts sector and have had a physical presence in Tasmania (including a local office and Tasmanian staff) for at least five years.

    Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Applications will not be accepted from:

    • non-arts organisations or arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
    • arts organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year]).
    • organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston]).

    Eligible costs and activities

    Arts organisations can request grant funds towards eligible costs and activities.

    These include:

    • reasonable administrative costs associated with the delivery of the artistic program
      • this includes general operating expenses such as costs associated with operating and maintaining facilities and equipment, rent, utilities, supplies, and salaries for staff who are critical to the organisation but not working on a specific activity or project.
    • creative development and research
    • market and audience development (including promotion)
    • presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
    • professional development opportunities.

    Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

    Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of  the Culture, Arts and Sport Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

    For more information, please see Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

    Grant request

    Arts organisations can request between $50,000 and $200,000.

    Assessment

    Assessment

    Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in or are engaged with the arts and cultural sectors such as artists, administrators, or other professionals.

    All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    Quality

    Does the organisation:

    • use strong artistic ideas and/or processes?
    • provide services for, or develop the capacity of, the Tasmanian arts sector? (where relevant)
    • engage experienced and diverse artists and arts workers, or develop emerging creatives?

    Planning

    Does the organisation:

    • demonstrate strong, stable, and strategic governance, management, and artistic leadership?
    • manage its finances in a clear and rigorous way?
    • provide appropriate artist wages and fees?
    • build on its previous activities in a way that is timely and relevant?
    • operate to realistic and achievable timelines?
    • have confirmed resources such as venues, funding, or equipment?
    • have support from by strong partners or collaborators?

    Benefit

    Does the organisation:

    • enable opportunities for Tasmanian artists and arts workers?
    • support and progress diversity and inclusion within the Tasmanian arts sector?
    • connect with and develop Tasmanian audiences, or new audiences elsewhere?
    • engage with the wider community? (where relevant)

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

    Application

    Application

    Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59pm on the closing date.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about your application before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see: