PINK SALAD will be a vibrant animation, by artist Tamar Dolev and filmmaker Katrina Mathers, blending documentary, family and flavour.

Image credits: Image: Tamar Dolev

The 1812 Theatre will restore the presence of its Ferntree Gully façade with a spectacular illuminated, eight-metre-wide Art Deco-inspired marquee.

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The 1812 Theatre is a vibrant community theatre in Upper Ferntree Gully, entertaining Melbourne audiences for more than 75 years. Presenting six major productions annually alongside youth theatre, workshops and community activities, 1812 provides an inclusive, welcoming space for volunteers, performers and audiences to experience and participate in live theatre.

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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.

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Arthur is a not-for-profit grassroots arts space in Adelaide. More than a venue, it is a third space: somewhere artists can meet, experiment, collaborate, perform, build things, test ideas and see what happens. Arthur was conceived and built by Cass to support the arts community — the people who are not funded, the ideas that are too big, the underground, experimental and innovative. Over the last seven years, Arthur has supported thousands of artists. In the last 12 months alone, more than 2,000 artists have been supported across original live music, dance, visual arts, interactive arts and Adelaide Fringe.

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Writers tell their own stories: how workshops, groups, prizes and scholarships at Writing NSW changed their creative lives.

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Writing NSW is the state’s leading provider of services to writers, including courses, seminars and workshops, writing groups, festivals and events, grants and prizes, and information and advice. A not-for-profit organisation formerly known as the NSW Writers’ Centre, we have been providing quality support to the writers of our state since 1991.

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This is a vital Australian story about Stolen Generation survivor/ Wiradyuri woman, Brenda Matthews, forcibly removed from her Aboriginal birth parents & happy home at 2 years old & then forcibly removed from her much loved white family at 7 years of age. It’s a powerful story of resilience, love, loss, heartache & reconnection.

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I’m a journalist, producer, writer, utilising my skills to share extraordinary stories through photography, film & the power of words. Wiradjuri woman / Stolen Generation survivor, Brenda Matthews has given me permission to work with her to share her story of being forcibly removed from her Aboriginal birth parents & her white parents. This is an important Australian story of resilience, government bungling, hope, love, heartache & one that shows a way forward for all Australians.

Image credits: photo by Liz Deep-Jones

Celebrate Australian music and help raise funds for Aussie Music Workers doing it tough.

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Support Act is the music industry’s charity, providing crisis relief, mental health and wellbeing support to musicians, managers, crew, music workers and organisations across all genres of music. We deliver this through short term financial support; funeral support; mental health prevention, education and training programs; and the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline.

Image credits: Georgia Ginnivan

Help bring the Melbourne premiere of Schiller’s bloody, seductive political thriller Mary Stuart to the stage.

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Thursday’s Child Theatre is a Melbourne-based theatre company founded by producer/performer Michaela Bedel and director Rachel Baring. Our critically acclaimed productions include Slut by Patricia Cornelius and Betrayal by Harold Pinter. We stage juicy texts with feminist voices at their heart. Our mission is to delight, ignite debate and spark hope.

Image credits: Sarah Walker

Create paid opportunities for SA Artists. Help shape artist-led tours and events at SALA#30 in 2027.

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Since 1998 SALA Festival has presented more than 14,000 exhibitions and events showcasing the work of South Australia’s Living Artists. Complementing the open-access program, SALA pays local artists to deliver our program of SALA-run events. Donations go directly towards creating opportunities for visual artists to earn money through their work.

 

Image credits: Artist Jake Jang and friends, SALA Festival 2026. Photo by Sam Roberts.

The Ones Who Stay is an independent feature film exploring grief, ambition, family, and the people who shape us.

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Brandt Kakulas & Zach Dakis are Melbourne-based filmmakers and co-founders of Blue Path Studios. After creating and self-distributing their debut film Corked, they are now developing The Ones Who Stay, an ambitious independent feature exploring grief, ambition, family and the people who shape who we ultimately become through love and loss.

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Help us showcase Pilbara artists, share their stories and connect more people with the extraordinary creativity of our region.

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Pilbara Art Collective is a regional creative platform connecting and showcasing artists and creatives across Western Australia’s Pilbara. Through our online marketplace, Art Map, artist stories, events and creative directory, we make Pilbara creativity more visible, accessible and connected while creating opportunities for artists across our vast region.

A children’s album written in English and Spanish, featuring original songs that celebrate Latin American heritage and Australia’s multicultural spirit.

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Valeria Alonso is a Latin American Australian artist, performer and creative producer. Founder of Dancing with Miss Val and El Ritmo Productions her work brings together music, dance, Spanish language and cultural storytelling to create joyful, inclusive experiences for young audiences and families, celebrating connection, creativity and cultural diversity.

Help us grow our collection, support artists, develop new educational resources and make Australian art music accessible for everyone.

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The Australian Music Centre (AMC) is a not-for-profit organisation supporting and amplifying Australian art music. With a comprehensive catalogue of music, recordings and resources alongside career support and artist opportunities, AMC ensures Australian creators and their music will be heard and celebrated for years to come.

Image credits: Photo by Rick Clifford

Support Centre for Stories to nurture diverse voices, connect communities and keep storytelling thriving in Western Australia.

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Centre for Stories is a not-for-profit literary arts organisation in Boorloo/Perth that uses storytelling to empower underrepresented voices, foster connection, and drive inclusion through workshops, events, mentoring, and professional services.

Image credits: Michelle Chong

WE’RE ALMOST THERE! HELP US BRING 'SECRET OF THE RAFT' TO THE STAGE.

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Founded in 2011, by Artistic Director Louise Howlett, ReAction Theatre creates ambitious, innovative performance across theatre, multimedia and devised practice. Our work centres collaboration, embodied storytelling and diverse voices. Recent work includes 'La Souris blanche' at La Mama theatre, Melbourne and The Street Theatre, Canberra, and 'Secret of the Raft', a French-English bilingual immersive reimagining of Géricault’s iconic 'Raft of the Medusa' painting.

Image credits: Aaron Walker Photography

For 50 years, generations have called Shopfront home. Give more Young People the chance to experience the magic of Shopfront.

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Shopfront is Sydney’s only cross-art form organisation led by and dedicated to the artistry of Young People. We deliver creative workshops, theatre productions, our flagship emerging artist residency ArtsLab, an annual Youth-Led Conference and have five paid Youth Advisory Panels, and access programs, engaging with over 2,500 Young People annually.

Image credits: Joshua Morris

SFF Admit All is an initiative designed to remove barriers and welcome more diverse audiences to engage with the Festival.

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Sydney Film Festival is committed to making screen culture as accessible to all. SFF Admit All is a new initiative designed to remove barriers to participation for diverse audiences to engage with the Festival.

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Empowering emerging Western Sydney Flamenco artists through professional mentorship, live music training and performance opportunities — from studio to stage.

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Compañía Pepa Molina is a Western Sydney-based not-for-profit Flamenco dance company creating pathways for emerging artists through performance, mentorship and professional development. Led by internationally acclaimed Flamenco artist Pepa Molina, the company champions the evolution of Flamenco in Australia while connecting diverse communities through dance, music and cultural exchange.

We are seeking support to revive our Print Room, an important space within our regional arts centre.

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The Cannery Arts Centre is a not-for-profit community arts organisation in Kepa Kurl Esperance south coast WA. Inside our heritage building, originally a fish cannery, the Centre hosts exhibitions, artists in residence, creative workshops, community venue hire, music festivals, a local arts retail space, community garden and more.

Image credits: Photo by Rosie Henderson

Help make art happen by supporting creative opportunities across the Sunshine Coast’s region for the next generation of artists.

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Sunshine Coast’s Regional Gallery in Caloundra presents exhibitions, public programs and learning experiences that connect communities with art and artists. The Gallery supports creative development, celebrates local and national practice, and helps people of all ages experience, understand and participate in contemporary art.

Chamber Made Artist and Artform Development Programs support artists to explore, research, extend and deepen their practice

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Based on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm/Melbourne, Chamber Made creates original performance works that defy categorisation. Our commitment to collaboration, appetite for innovation, and fascination with intersecting artforms drives everything we do. Interrogating the intersections of music, sound and contemporary performance, our works speak directly to a 21st century Australia enriched by the meeting of cultures. Through artworks, mentorships, internships, residencies and advocacy, we create pathways for a diverse cohort of artists and arts workers. Since 1988, we've produced over 50 original works and presented over 100 performance seasons nationally and internationally.

Image credits: Chamber Made_Little Operations with Rae Howell_Photographer Sarah Walker

Your support means The Old Ambo can continue to support the Artists that make up our vibrant creative community.

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The Old Ambulance Station (affectionately known as The Old Ambo), is the Sunshine Coast’s only independent multi-arts centre. The Old Ambo has served as the launchpad for countless Sunshine Coast artists, musicians, and creatives and we take pride in keeping Nambour’s authentic, gritty, quirky, and creative spirit alive and thriving.

 

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*BreathingSpace* is the amount of time that Frontyard could survive without further income, based on current expenses. Let's expand it!

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A Not-Only-Artist Run Initiative. Frontyard is a pro-active, flexible space for practical skills-sharing, community cultural engagement and critical research. Our aim is to challenge, facilitate and nurture collaborations between people with a passion for culture and to build a more resilient and sustainable independent arts community for the future.

Image credits: Heather Contant

The Story Society wants to pay each visiting author ASA rates and we require your assistance to do so.

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The Story Society brings diverse and relevant author events to Bendigo, creating a community of engaged and connected readers.

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Help us create a Mentorship Program that supports ceramicists and potters through paid, artist-led, knowledge sharing, and creative development.

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The Australian Ceramics Association is Australia’s national peak body for ceramics, supporting over 1,550 members and 400 print subscribers nationally and internationally. Since 1956, TACA has strengthened the ceramics community through publications, events, exhibitions, education, and online learning. The Journal of Australian Ceramics reaches audiences through print, digital, and international distribution.

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This campaign supports our un Extended Editor-in-Residence (EiR) initiative, providing emerging arts writers with paid mentorship, commissioning, and publication opportunities, while platforming and reviewing Australian exhibitions.

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un Projects publishes writing that emerges from art making, providing an independent platform for critical discussions about local artistic practice. With a focus on artists, writers and independent practice, un Projects publishes essays, artists’ work and reviews, in print and online, runs editorial residencies, and public programs. Our flagship publication is un Magazine which was founded in 2004 by Melbourne artist Lily Hibberd.

Image credits: Photo: Kieran Butler

Please help me show these works which have been created in the aftermath of family violence and workplace assault.

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My art is an inutitive process using colour on canvas or fabric to convey emotion, that is a personal response to love, loss, grief, trauma, joy, confusion and every other emotion that makes up my experience of being human in this moment in time. I am seeking funding to be able to exhibit the works I am am creating now and have created this year. I graduated with Bachelor of Fine Art 8 years ago, however I have only now started to focus fully on my own practice, having spent much of the last 8 years supporting other artists to exhibit their work, teaching and raising children. I thank you for your support.

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Help us bring culture, creativity and LGBTQIAPN+ pride together for a celebration of connection and belonging.

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Euphoria Foundation is a community-led LGBTQIAPN+ not-for-profit building stronger communities through connection, belonging, education and preventative wellbeing. Through initiatives including the 314 Movement and community arts programs, we create inclusive spaces where people can connect, celebrate identity and feel they belong.

Image credits: Anna Nguyen

Every donation helps an artist take the stage by removing barriers to participation at Newcastle Fringe Festival.

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Newcastle Fringe Festival is an independent, not-for-profit open access arts festival that champions creativity, inclusion and opportunity. We remove barriers for emerging and independent artists, transforming Newcastle into a vibrant cultural destination where anyone with a great idea can share their work, connect with audiences and build a sustainable creative future.

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

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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.

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45 Keepers. 4 communities. 7 years. 1000's of Sunshine Coast stories. Help us create a permanent digital home for the Keeper Project.

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For more than 24 years, Red Chair has worked alongside independent artists and communities to bring new work to life. At the heart of our work is connection: between artists and audiences, between creative practice and place, and between people coming together to share live experiences. The Keeper Project is a long-form, socially engaged public art project that unfolds in everyday spaces, inviting communities to see their surroundings in new ways. The project places local artists into a temporary role as “Keepers” – observers, collectors, makers and storytellers embedded within the life of a place.

Image credits: Cooper Brady & Lindy Storee Smith