The Indigenous Art Centre Launch Fund is a new two-year funding program available to Queensland based established Indigenous Art Centres (IACs) that are already engaged in supporting First Nations artists and arts workers in professional visual arts practice.
The fund aims to:
support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers during COVID-19 recovery
support sustained operations of IACs that are new to the IAC network supported through Arts Queensland's Backing Indigenous Arts (BIA) initiative
strengthen and enrich the IAC network in Queensland
The funding builds on Queensland Government’s existing support delivered through the BIA Indigenous Art Centre (IAC) Multi-Year (2019-2023) funding.
The Indigenous Art Centre Launch Fund is part of the Queensland Government's Arts and Cultural Recovery Package of $22.5 million over two years to stabilise Queensland’s arts companies, secure employment for artists and arts workers and deliver COVID-safe cultural experiences for Queensland audiences.
The Indigenous Art Centre (IAC) Launch Fund will support three IACs with funding of $340,000 over two years (2020 - 2021 and 2021 - 2022)
Applications opened: 20 July 2020
Applications closed: 20 August 2020
Two-year funding (2020-21 and 2021-22) of up to $60,000 per annum to support:
Available to Queensland based established Indigenous Art Centres that are already engaged in supporting First Nations artists and arts workers in professional visual arts practice, and are not currently funded through Queensland Government’s Backing Indigenous Arts (BIA) initiative.
Additional eligibility criteria apply. See guidelines for a full list of eligibility requirements.
The Indigenous Art Centre (IAC) Launch Fund guidelines (DOCX) (1.03 MB) , FAQs (DOCX) (418.38 KB)
Date: Thursday 23 July 2020, 10.30am - 11am: - visit https://www.facebook.com/artsqueenslandAQ