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On Thursday 24 August 2023 the Australia Council became Creative Australia; a bigger, bolder champion and investor in arts and creativity. Learn more.

Music and Games 2023 Benchmark

The first of its kind, this study documents the new and innovative ways in which Australian composers and musicians are working within and alongside the digital games sector.

Photographer: Casey Horsfield (courtesy Orchestra Victoria)

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Australians turn to arts and culture to improve their wellbeing

The 2022 National Arts Participation Survey provides insights into Australians’ arts engagement following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, reinforcing just how important arts, culture and creativity are for helping us through difficult times.

Image: Gammin Threads, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2023. Photo: Dylan Buckee

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Celebrating the inaugural Creative Australia Award recipients

We are delighted to present the eight recipients of the inaugural Creative Australia Awards.

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Welcome to Creative Australia!

A bigger, bolder champion and investor in arts and creativity.

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Mordant Family x Creative Australia Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome

A two-month residency in Rome open to established visual artists with a significant record of exhibitions in public institutions and galleries.

Photo: Lynne Roberts-Goodwin.

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Venice Biennale 2024

Archie Moore and Ellie Buttrose are the artist and curator commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts to exhibit at the Australia Pavilion for the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Digital Fellowship Program

Explore and develop digital practice across six months of mentoring, workshops and collaboration, with $10,000 funding.

Cité Internationale des Arts Residency

Develop your professional practice over three months in Paris, with $12,500 support. Four residencies are on offer, open to artists working across any art form.

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme

With $12,500 in funding, this three-month residency program offers time and space for open-ended research and experimentation.

(re)situate Biennale Delegates Program

Facilitating exchange of ideas, catalysing new perspectives and supporting the seeding of future projects and collaborations.

Playing Australia Project Investment

Supporting performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

Flourish III: First Nations Textile Design & Fashion Innovation Fund

Providing up to $50,000 investment to support design, production, marketing and development.

Audience Outlook Monitor August 2023

The August 2023 results from Patternmakers and WolfBrown’s Audience Outlook Monitor are now available, shining a light on how audience behaviour has evolved in 2023.

Tune into our Governance Conversations webinar series

We’re collaborating with Diversity Arts Australia to present Governance Conversations; a series of 6 free, monthly webinars exploring contemporary issues in arts governance.  

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions.

We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art now, and with future generations.

 

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions.

We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art now, and with future generations.

 

First Nations Peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have died.

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We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions.

We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art now, and with future generations.

 

First Nations Peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have died.