Find a project you love. Back a project you love. Make Art Happen this AusArt Day
AusArt Day is a nationwide, sector-wide fundraising initiative designed to mobilise artists and arts organisations to raise funds for their work and creative ambitions on a single, powerful day. AusArt Day itself may be over but there's still time to Make Art Happen with many projects still accepting donations.
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Belloo: Making Theatre Possible
Be part of Belloo’s next decade of bold Australian performance: invest in untold stories, mentorship, intercultural exchange and community connection.
Australian Music Centre (AMC): Australian music for every Australian
Help us grow our collection, support artists, develop new educational resources and make Australian art music accessible for everyone.
Isabella Gerometta: Commission Sia’s Chandelier, reimagined for Muses Trio
Be part of Isabella Gerometa’s new arrangement for Muses Trio’s Her Australian Songbook, celebrating iconic songs by Australian female pop artists, ready for studio recording and national touring 2027.
Rhiannon: ‘Phoenix’ Album Creation and Collaborations
‘Phoenix’ is Rhiannon’s self-written, self-produced Alt-R&B album, featuring BigYuki, Javier Santiago, Sam Barsh and Adam Deitch, celebrating authentic female-led artistry.
Skye Jones - Ink and Image Illawarra: Ink and Image New Artist Books
Beneath the Surface presents 20 limited-edition intaglio artist books exploring nature, mortality and human behaviour through original prints and visual narratives.
FLING Physical Theatre: 25 Champions of FLING
This AusArts Day, 25 Champions will help celebrate 25 years of FLING and shape the next chapter of regional dance.
Shopfront Arts Co-op: Shopfront: 50 Years of Community
For 50 years, generations have called Shopfront home. Give more Young People the chance to experience the magic of Shopfront.
Gemini Creative Arts: Bring Fun Home to The Arts Theatre!
This is an Adelaide first! Fun Home is a central piece of queer theatre that needs to be seen where all stellar Adelaide premieres come - The Arts Theatre. Help us stage this important musical where it deserves to be!
Metro Arts: ART STARTS HERE
Metro Arts emboldens artists to push boundaries, generate new ideas, create powerful work - WITH SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
Continuo Founders’ Fund: Fund the MICMC Piano Trio Commission
Fund the commission of a new piano trio by Nicole Brady for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.
Brandt Kakulas & Zach Dakis: The Ones Who Stay - Film
The Ones Who Stay is an independent feature film exploring grief, ambition, family, and the people who shape us.
Ifa Shiddiq: World of Darwin: Spin-off Webcomic
Support a spin-off webcomic of ‘World of Darwin’, a project series involving character personifications of the Australian towns and cities.
SALA Festival Artist Engagement Fund: Give $30 for SALA#30
Create paid opportunities for SA Artists. Help shape artist-led tours and events at SALA#30 in 2027.
Canberra International Music Festival: Support Canberra International Music Festival
AusArt Day kickstarts CIMF's fundraising campaign for the 2027 festival - support us now to help bring the festival life!
Ararat Gallery TAMA: Grow the TAMA Collection
Funds raised will purchase new artworks by living artists, ensuring the TAMA Collection remains dynamic, inclusive, and reflective of contemporary practice.
Theatre Works: Where Theatre Starts
For forty-six years this building has been the room where Australian theatre starts. Help us keep the door open.
Perth International Jazz Festival: Swing Into Action with Perth International Jazz Festival
Help Perth International Jazz Festival keep ticket prices down, support local artists and plan for the future.
The Lighthouse Toowoomba: Lighthouse, Camera, Action!
Help regional Queensland kids read, write and create with confidence.
Arthur Inc: PLANT A SEED
For seven years, Arthur has made room for artists, ideas and creative experiments that might otherwise have nowhere to go. This AusArt Day, Arthur and Cass need your help to keep the doors open and the creativity flowing.
CuriousWorks: Fund Creative First Aid
Support CuriousWorks to keep offering creative first aid; nurturing moments and sites for emotional resonance and connection, creativity and community.
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: ARCO 2027: HIP for ALL
In 2027, ARCO brings Historically Informed Performance concerts, regional tours, community workshops, world-premiere albums and a national Beethoven youth celebration.
Stephanie Lake Company: ESCALATOR - Emerging Choreographer Program
Our $10,000 target will directly commission two of the five exciting Naarm/Melbourne choreographers for the third iteration of ESCALATOR in 2027.
photo access: Colour Darkroom fundraiser
This AusArt Day, support photo access's fundraising campaign to secure colour darkroom printing in Canberra.
GRID Series: Put the power into GRID
We areraising funds to broaden our activity and reach in order to provide our program to more communities around Austalia.
Southern Cross Soloists: Be smart, and support live music.
In the age of AI, human creativity matters more than ever. For 12 hours, your gift keeps virtuosic music-making human.
Thursday’s Child Theatre: Bring Mary Stuart to the Stage
Help bring the Melbourne premiere of Schiller’s bloody, seductive political thriller Mary Stuart to the stage.
JUTE Theatre Company: Three Dresses - from page to stage
Help JUTE Theatre Company bring Wanda Gibson’s award-winning children’s book Three Dresses from page to stage.
The Old Ambulance Station: Boost Creativity at the Old Ambo
Your support means The Old Ambo can continue to support the Artists that make up our vibrant creative community.
Polyglot Theatre: Voice Lab: Kids Have a Say
Support Voice Lab upgrades and ensure even more children have a say about their present and future.
CASE: CASE AusArt Day Fundraiser – Sustaining Northern Rivers Artists
CASE is bringing artists and community together to activate sustainable, long-term support for Northern Rivers creative practice.
The Thursday Group: Help Physical Theatre Thrive in Melbourne
The Thursday Group (TTG) aims to strengthen Melbourne's physical theatre and theatre-making community by offering extensive and accessible workshops. We need support!
Camera Story: Pujiman ↔ Pujiman: Dreams Across Two Deserts
An Indigenous-led exchange between Western Desert Martu and Kalahari desert Ju/'hoansi people. “Reciprocally sharing stories, following our own path”.
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 to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.