Find a project you love. Back a project you love. Make Art Happen this AusArt Day
AusArt Day, Thursday 22 October, 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. Scroll down to view this year's projects
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Heritage Hands: Living Heritage
Supporting artists and artisans while documenting, celebrating and sharing the skills, stories and knowledge that form Australia’s living heritage.
TarraWarra Museum of Art: Support the landmark 10th TarraWarra Biennial 2027: This Hand of Mine
Believe in Australian art and support the creation of new artworks for TarraWarra Biennial 2027.
ARC Dreaming (Australian Reconciliation Company): ARC Dreaming professional development
New generation training and preparing an orchestra music score.
Skylar Vanderwrak: Blasted into a Faultline
This book has the attention span of an unleashed, juvenile Labrador named “Boof” who's just discovered an unattended sausage in the Snag Rodeo™.
Vacant Assembly: Funding The Occupy Residency 2027-2028
Raising funds for artists to occupy more space: studio space, materials, exhibitions and public engagement.
Shepparton Art Museum: SAM VAN
The SAM Van brings hands-on art experiences to kids in rural and regional communities across Victoria's Goulburn Valley.
Belvoir St Theatre: Belvoir Busy Bee is back - but this time, we’re rebuilding.
Our workshop was lost, but our Busy Bees kept going! This AusArt Day, every donation will be doubled to help us rebuild, recover and keep the show on the road.
NT Writers Centre: Cake and Balloons
We are turning 30! Help us organise the best party of the year to celebrate writing, books and storytelling.
Senses of Cinema: Keep film culture alive
Cinema doesn’t end when the credits roll. We need your support to keep film culture alive.
Charlee Watt: Charlee Watt: Somebody Groovy
Be part of creating "Somebody Groovy", a new cabaret celebrating the music, women and cultural revolution of the 60's and 70's.
Homophonic!: Homophonic! 2027 Midsumma season!
Homophonic! is fundraising for our 2027 Midsumma season at Gasworks in Port Melbourne.
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.
Ensemble Offspring: Hatched Academy: Composer & Performer Intensive
Support the next phase of Ensemble Offspring’s acclaimed Hatched Academy as it expands into a dynamic Composer & Performer Intensive.
Metro Arts: ART STARTS HERE
Metro Arts emboldens artists to push boundaries, generate new ideas, create powerful work - WITH SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
Always Good Nights: Good Nights: It's More Than Music
Help fund three months of Good Nights operations, building a stronger, more sustainable future for live music in regional WA.
The Mill: Let's Get Physical!
Keep our physical space thriving and providing vital opportunities for South Australian artists.
Richie Valentino: Green for All
An animated film which explores social difference, impossible love and the exposure to a living entity that connects them all.
Constance ARI: Make Space for Artists
Help Constance keep making space for artists to begin, experiment, take risks, build community, get paid, share ideas - in Tasmania.
Guildhouse: Catapult Creativity
Catapult Creativity will funds for Guildhouse’s flagship Catapult Mentorship Program, enabling South Australian artists to access transformative, paid, artist-led mentorships.
Child Players ACT: Drama Studio Fit Out
Fundraising to fit out our new drama studio to create a positive environment for our students and their families.
Arafura Music Collective- New Art Music Commissions: NT Perspectives - New Art Music Fund
Support Bach Bounce! as Brandenburg No. 3 reimagined through urban dance, igniting an intergenerational, high-energy wave of Territory-made artistic brilliance.
Central Coast Music & Arts: Central Coast Creative Future
Building a stronger, more connected creative sector on the Central Coast through collaboration, artist development and future planning.
Seaworks Williamstown: Redevelopment of the Loft Gallery
The Loft Gallery Campaign will transform a historic industrial space into a sustainable, contemporary exhibition venue supporting artists, audiences and cultural experiences.
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.
Chamber Music Adelaide: Ten Years On. The Future Sounds Good.
As On the Terrace turns ten, help Chamber Music Adelaide continue to connect South Australians through shared, intimate music experiences.
Uncle Mark Brown - Dreaming Spirit: Three Cultures, One Country
Support Bunurong-led collaboration through visual art, storytelling and performance, connecting Bunurong, Māori and Indian cultural practitioners.
Playlab Theatre: Support You Local Storytellers!
Help us raise $15,000 to deliver INCUBATOR in 2027—supporting emerging playwrights to write bold new Australian work.
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.
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”.
Affirming Access: Create, Connect, Belong
Help us create free, inclusive arts experiences where LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent and disabled people can create, connect and belong.
Flinders Quartet: FQ Pathways, mentoring the next generation
Help Flinders Quartet launch the next generation of string quartet musicians and build FQ Sessions into Melbourne's home for string quartets.
Ballarat International Foto Biennale: I ♥ Foto: See the World Differently
Help young Victorians see the world through photography. Your donation supports free photography experiences for regional students.
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.