Help transform unwanted cosmetics into new artist materials, turning discarded colour into something creative, useful and unexpected.

About

Kimi Santos is a visual artist, educator and enthusiastic material meddler. Her practice moves between painting, mixed media and experimental reuse, with a particular fascination for colour and the unexpected things it can come from. She enjoys turning overlooked materials into something curious, tactile and worth looking at twice.

Image credits: Image: Kimi Santos / Paint Again, 2026. Original photography by Kimi Santos

This AusArt Day, help 100 Story Building give more young people experiencing disadvantage the opportunity to write, create and share their stories. Through creative writing programs led by authors, illustrators and storytellers, young people build confidence, literacy, creativity and belonging and discover the power of their own voice.

About

100 Story Building is the home of story making and creative discovery for children and young people. Our mission is to ensure all children and young people, particularly those facing disadvantage, can build literacy, confidence, creativity and a sense of belonging through the power of storytelling.

This AusArt Day donate to the Australian Music Centre (AMC) in our 50th year to support opportunities that empower emerging and mid-career Australian artists. 

About the Australian Music Centre

The Australian Music Centre is the national service organisation dedicated to the promotion and support of art music in Australia.

Image credits: Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address, 2025, Courtesy of Australian Music Centre. Photography by Simon Fazio.

The Boîte's Portfolio program supports emerging and culturally diverse musicians with skills, assets & networks to navigate the music industry. 

About The Boîte

The Boîte is Victoria’s iconic multicultural music organisation, creating opportunities for culturally diverse music to contribute to a richer, more inclusive Australia. 

Image credits: Artwork by Ellen Chan. Various photographers

Support GUAM Pep Talks, connecting established artists with students and emerging creatives through inspiring conversations, mentorship, and career insights.

About

Griffith University Art Museum is committed to innovative research and experimentation to encourage appreciation and understanding of art and its societal role. The Museum organises exhibitions, educational and public programs to offer enjoyment and encourage inquiry, research and experimentation, while building and maintaining the University’s art collection for future generations. Situated in one of Australia’s oldest art schools, the Museum stimulates active learning about art and the creative process through research, teaching, publishing and dialogue among communities of Griffith University students, faculty, artists, scholars, alumni, and the wider public.

Image credits: GUAM Pep Talk, Dylan Mooney. 2026. Photo: Patrick Lester.

SNO seeks funds for researchers to undertake interview series and seminars on the subject of contemporary Australian abstract art.

About Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Projects (SNO)

SNO, founded in 2005, is a gallery and research centre curating Concréte nonobjective formalist abstract art nationally and internationally.

Image credits: Photographer: Chantal Bann

Vitalstatistix invites you to meet the company and contribute to the development and presentation of experimental art.  

About Vitalstatistix

Vitalstatistix is a contemporary & experimental arts organisation in Yartapuulti/Port Adelaide, developing & presenting multidisciplinary, live, new works. Founded 1984. 

Image credits: Photo: Heath Britton

Help regional Queensland kids read, write and create with confidence.

About

The Lighthouse Toowoomba is a regional creative literacy organisation helping children and young people read, write and create with confidence through exhibitions, workshops, publishing programs and community outreach. Since 2022 we have engaged almost 30,000 people, delivered 1,300+ workshops, and rehomed over 40,000 books across regional Queensland.

Image credits: The Lighthouse Toowoomba

A touring programme that takes high-quality live music into regional communities, working with local halls, artists, and professional touring artists.

About

Transcending differences in generation, nationality, and gender, the bonds created through the arts have helped nurture the natural environment of the Woodford site for almost 40 years. Through diverse initiatives, Woodfordia continues to bring smiles to people's faces, strengthen connections, and grow towards a brighter future for all.

Image credits: WOODFORDIALTD_Festival of Small Halls_Anakie_Wendy Silvester

Chamber Music Adelaide's video campaign features artist interviews demonstrating how support creates breakthrough moments and sustainable chamber music careers.

About Chamber Music Adelaide (CMA)

Chamber Music Adelaide supports over 150 musicians through commissioning, member development, and programming in intimate spaces.

 

Image credits: Photo: Jason Mildwaters

Support The Unconformity: A Giving Day to keep The Unconformity festival free, accessible, and connected to community.

About The Unconformity

A contemporary arts organisation based on Lutruwita/Tasmania’s West Coast presenting a biennial festival and cultural program of explorations.

Image credits: Photo: Rémi Chauvin

Peter Day is creating 3 abstract sculptures for exhibition at the Venice Biennale, 2026, depicting Benthic Foraminifera in glass, limestone and bronze.

About Peter Day

Peter Day has been making art professionally for over 45 years. He has made 200 works of public art and his personal works have been shown in over thirty solo shows and grace many public and private collections in Australia and overseas.

 

Image credits: Photo: Colin Husband

Help us put instruments in children's hands and tutors in their schools, so no child misses out on music.

About

Band Together Foundation is a Parramatta-based charity making instrumental music education accessible to every child. We fund band programs, instruments, scholarships and specialist tutors for students who would otherwise miss out, building confident young musicians, and the audiences and performers of Australia's musical future.

Help Melbourne Chamber Orchestra bring joy and connection to senior citizens in Victorian aged care homes through music!

About Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (MCO)

The MCO is Victoria’s preeminent professional chamber orchestra.

Image credits: Photo: Adele Schonhardt OAM

Help us provide free accommodation, equipment, residencies, recording and practical support to independent Australian musical artists.

About

Lazy Thinking is a not-for-profit organisation providing free support and resources to independent and emerging Australian musical artists. We run artist residencies, an artist accommodation network, a DIY equipment program and a record label, alongside practical education and live music programs, all designed to make independent music more sustainable.

Image credits: Felipe Giestas

For Giving Day to the Arts Suite7a will develop a robust, wide-spread, digital 'blitz' campaign that will encourage our community to donate to 2nd year of programming.

About Suite7a

Suite7a is a gallery and store located on Gadigal land. Suite7a encapsulates all art practices and focuses on artists as independent, autonomous entities.
 

Image credits: Image: Suite7a

Your support will help the Adelaide Jazz Festival make the move to an annual international jazz festival showcasing local talent alongside national and international artists.

About the Adelaide Jazz Festival

The Adelaide Jazz Festival shares the joy of jazz to unite, enrich and inspire South Australians through unique and accessible musical experiences.

Image credits: Photo: Dave Baun Photography

Enable our Associate Artists to create, empower and lead.

About ActNow Theatre

ActNow Theatre is an award-winning social justice theatre company based on Kaurna Yerta.

Image credits: ActNow Theatre

Support Ten Days on the Island to develop the creative kindling found in communities across Lutruwita/Tasmania for Festival 2027.

About

Our mission is to connect people to Lutruwita/Tasmania, and to each other, through transformative art experiences that strengthen communities and spark imagination. We champion access to high quality arts experiences though commissioning bold new work. We believe a strong arts ecology builds belonging, supports wellbeing and helps communities thrive.

Image credits: TEN_DAYS_ON_THE_ISLAND_2025_ImageBy_NICK_HANSON

Be a Future Dreamer and stand with First Nations artists as they envision a new future for themselves

About

The Torch is a First Peoples-led not for profit that provides cultural and arts industry support to First Peoples with lived experience of incarceration. The Torch centres the role of art and culture in supporting First People artists to paint new pathways for themselves beyond the criminal legal system.

Image credits: Ethan D

NT Writers’ Centre's Board starts our 6 months of fundraising by raising $1000 in 12 hours.

About NT Writers’ Centre

NT Writers’ Centre is a community of writers and storytellers committed to developing and celebrating the diverse literary culture of the NT.

Image credits: Photo: Paz Tassone 2022

Help keep artists employed, visible, and thriving in Canberra. Every dollar powers the future of the arts in the ACT.

About

Based on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australian Dance Party (ADP) is the ACT’s flagship professional contemporary dance company and its largest employer of professional dance artists. Celebrating a decade of bold, socially responsive creation, ADP energises public space, sparks civic dialogue, and drives the regional dance ecosystem. As the primary organisation in the ACT offering viable professional careers in contemporary dance, ADP retains local talent, nurtures emerging national voices, and creates vital return pathways and professional development for established artists.

Image credits: O+J Wikner photography. Dancer: Jahna Lugnan

Our vision for Temperance Hall is working; sustaining it requires a collective.

About

Temperance Hall is an experimental dance and performance organisation housed in a historically significant heritage building in South Melbourne. We are artist-led and champion artistic independence. Through residencies, exchanges, presentations and developments, we provide an essential alternative space for artists working in experimental dance and embodied performance.

Image credits: Anna White

Springboard Opera is putting on its final staged show of 2026, and we want your support to make it a success.

About Springboard Opera

Springboard Opera is quickly becoming a well-recognised organisation in the Brisbane arts scene. With a growing following of audiences and artists, existing to create differently – they aren’t a stuffy opera company! Springboard Opera works to support local emerging artists through creating paid opportunities for them to develop their craft in Brisbane. They are innovating deliberately and transforming the opera idea by bringing a fresh perspective to an art form that has a rich history. They want to make opera for all performers and audiences; striving to remove barriers to access and participation.

Image credits: Katelyn Gillard

Help carry a bathhouse made from wrecked cars into its next life, sustaining the artists, young people and cultural relationships that make 'waynapuni pools' possible.

About

Benjamin Paul is an artist, educator and industrial designer based in Lutruwita/Tasmania. His participatory works bring people together through shared making, public ritual and place. Since 2024 he has developed 'waynapuni pools' with young Palawa people and cultural leaders, transforming wrecked Falcons and Commodores into places for bathing, ceremony and collective rest.

Hear First Peoples voices. Your donation to Moogahlin will build Baiame's Ngunnhu Festival, the Yellamundie Festival, Koori Gras Divas and international touring for The Visitors.

About Moogahlin Performing Arts

We're First Peoples owned and led, working with talented First Peoples creatives to develop, present and tour powerful stories for the stage. Co-located on Gadigal Country at Carriageworks Sydney, and Ngemba Country Brewarrina, Moogahlin Performing Arts hosts a diverse artistic program that makes performing arts accessible to audiences across regional and metropolitan areas.

Image credits: Photo: Stephen Wilson Barker & Red Handed Productions

Help acclaimed Melbourne indie-folk sisters Charm of Finches create their fifth album in Scotland.

About Charm of Finches

Sisters Charm of Finches weave harmony-laden folk-pop that is both graceful and darkly bewitching. They’ve toured the UK/EU and released four albums.

Image credits: Photo: Laura May Grogan

Support live music, cultural connection and creative collaboration through SwaraSynthesis performances bringing diverse musical traditions together.

About

SwaraSynthesis is a Perth-based contemporary Indian-global music collective led by composer and sarod artist Avra Banerjee. Blending Indian classical traditions with contemporary sounds, movement and storytelling, SwaraSynthesis creates immersive performances that connect cultures, musicians and audiences through original music and cross-cultural collaboration.

Image credits: SWARASYNTHESIS_ONE WORLD MANY SOUNDS_LUCA OSSANI

Small grants go a long way in regional arts, likewise small donations. Donate to a vital, valued small grants program this AusArt Day.

About Arts OutWest

Arts OutWest is the regional arts development organisation for the NSW Central West.

Image credits: Photo: Henry Simmons

Support a new major film work co-created by Bellambi's public housing community as they face major redevelopment, relocation and removal.

About

BE is a community arts organisation with a 20 year history of co-producing long-term collaborative arts projects with communities & emerging arts leaders living under recurring trauma, hardship and in places often considered disadvantaged.

Read what you love and help young people across Western Sydney and regional NSW find their voice through stories.

About

WestWords is Western Sydney's Centre for Writing, supporting writers, young people and communities through publishing, mentoring, schools programs, residencies, events and creative development, while championing the diverse stories, cultures and voices of the region.

Image credits: WestWords_Library_WestWords

The program from Folk Alliance Australia (FAA) supports a range of exciting small folk music and cultural projects assisting artists and organisations around the country.

About Folk Alliance Australia (FAA)

Folk Alliance Australia (FAA) is the Umbrella organisation for Folk Music. A membership organisation support, advocate and deliver services for diverse ranges of folk music

Image credits: Jenny Huntley