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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Amin Eskandarieh: Reviving the Ancient Saggar Technique
I am raising funds to create new ceramic works, develop my Saggar firing practice, and share this ancient technique with audiences in Australia.
MidnightSun Publishing: MidnightSun Publishing
MidnightSun Publishing proudly joins AusArt Day, raising vital funds to support diverse, boundary-pushing Australian literature and amplify local creative voices.
Post Office Projects Gallery and Studios: Donate to POP for AusArt Day
By donating to POP, you’ll support exhibitions, studios, and events that elevate artists’ careers and connect them with new audiences.
Riverside's National Theatre Of Parramatta: Heartland Festival
Western Sydney is full of stories the world deserves to hear. This AusArt Day, help Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta bring the next Western Sydney story from page to stage.
George Kellis: HIDE/OUT: Development of LGBTQIA+ Horror Screenplay
Support a culturally urgent Australian LGBTQIA+ Horror confronting forgotten Queer history, prejudice, vulnerability and the search for love.
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.
ARC Dreaming (Australian Reconciliation Company): ARC Dreaming professional development
New generation training and preparing an orchestra music score.
Support Act: AusMusic T-Shirt Day
Celebrate Australian music and help raise funds for Aussie Music Workers doing it tough.
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.
Maya Dove: "Desirable, Considering" by Maya Dove. Development Workshop.
Help take 'Desirable, Considering' into its next stage of professional development.
Homophonic!: Homophonic! 2027 Midsumma season!
Homophonic! is fundraising for our 2027 Midsumma season at Gasworks in Port Melbourne.
Support Cashless and Carefree: Support Cashless and Carefree
Raising funds for this years major show
Perth Sky Sculpture Park OPENS: Bring Perth Sky Sculpture Park to Life
To create a permanent cultural destination at Perth Observatory in the Perth Hills, where contemporary art, nature and the cosmos converge, inspiring creativity, discovery and connection.
Australian Dance Party: Keep dance alive in the heart of Canberra!
Help keep artists employed, visible, and thriving in Canberra. Every dollar powers the future of the arts in the ACT.
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!
Regional Arts Victoria: Make regional art happen
Make Regional Art Happen is raising $20,000 to help fund a Small Halls Commission, creating an opportunity for a regional Victorian community and a local artist or creative organisation to come together to develop and present a brand-new work, made in and for their community.
West Space: Donations commission groundbreaking art
Operantics: Support Operantics' Hayes Theatre Co Debut
Support Operantics’ 2027 Hayes Theatre Co debut with Così fan tutte, investing in exceptional emerging Australian artists and accessible, high-quality opera.
Eternal River: Listening Before the Opera
Eternal River is a major new work, inviting voices traditionally left at the edges of opera into its creation.
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.
Country Arts Foundation: Double the Tickets for Regional Kids
Fill venues with joy and laughter from regional kids, supporting tickets and transport to art galleries, live performances and workshops.
Fremantle Press: Be Part of the Stories That Move Us
Help Fremantle Press create a new home, a hub for the stories that inspire, connect and move us.
Sarre & Simons: PRIMETIME The Musical: concept album
South Australian writers Sarre & Simons are fundraising to record and launch the concept album for their new musical PRIMETIME
Canberra Choral Society: Voices in the House
Support a new Sally Whitwell choral work celebrating 75 years of Canberra Choral Society and Old Parliament House’s centenary.
Vacant Assembly: Funding The Occupy Residency 2027-2028
Raising funds for artists to occupy more space: studio space, materials, exhibitions and public engagement.
Pilbara Art Collective: Put Pilbara Art on the Map
Help us showcase Pilbara artists, share their stories and connect more people with the extraordinary creativity of our region.
The Australian Muslim Review: Digital Media
Help us refresh The Australian Muslim Review with new branding and digital media assets!
Futureative: Bring our creative conferences to life
Help bring three online conferences for independent creatives to life, showcasing Australian creatives and exploring the future of creative work.
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios: Keep Lane Cove's Creative Hub Thriving
For over 50 years we've brought art and creativity to our community. This AusArt Day, help refresh our ceramics studio.
CircoBats: Circus for everybody, everywhere
Every emerging circus artist needs support to participate, and a place to perform. Help CircoBats create both, through scholarships, community workshops and performances across South Australia.
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.