Help regional Australian screen storytellers develop their craft and build careers, wherever they create from. Donate and amplify their stories.

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Screenworks is a national, member-based not-for-profit supporting screen creatives and crew across regional Australia. For more than 25 years, it has delivered relevant, innovative professional development programs for people at every career stage in every state and territory, helping build a diverse and thriving regional screen sector across the country.

Image credits: Olivia Katz

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

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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.

Help us bring free writing and illustrating workshops to Queensland children.

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Book Links Qld Inc. is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting children's and young people's literature. For many years, we have connected children, families, educators, authors and illustrators through events, resources, competitions, mentoring and other programs.

Brink turns 30. This AusArt Day, help fund our next 30 and see your donation doubled.

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Thirty years ago, seven young actors took a leap of faith and started Brink. What began with seven people has grown into thirty years of new Australian theatre.

Today, Brink is still taking those risks, on new work, new voices, new stages. That’s why ambitious theatre gets made in South Australia.

Now we’re asking you to back the next thirty years.

Every gift helps build on Brink’s legacy.

Please join us.

DONATE + DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT!

 

Image credits: BRINK_COLLAGE_VARIOUS. Top: When the Rain Stops Falling, photo Jeff Busby / Middle left: Looking for Alibrandi, photo Matt Byrne / Middle centre: A Voice Like Shrapnel, photo Claude Raschella / Middle right: Love Don't Live Here Anymore. photo Claude Rasc

Your support helps us pay the contributing poets, editors and artists in our esteemed journal, Cordite Poetry Review.

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Cordite Publishing Inc. is one of Australia's leading poetry publishers. Since 1997, we have championed contemporary poetry through Cordite Poetry Review, our online quarterly journal, and with Cordite Books, an imprint for poetry and hybrid literary works.

Gasworks is raising $15,000 for our 15 resident artists to celebrate our 40th birthday with a group exhibition Revelry.

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Gasworks is a home for creativity - a vital precinct in Albert Park where people gather for connection and to experience the transformative power of art. Home to 15 resident artist studios, two galleries, two theatres and a café, Gasworks supports artists from entry-level to professional practice across every art form.

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South West Music Regional Conservatorium is arguably the most isolated conservatorium in NSW

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South West Music Regional Conservatorium has been delivering and facilitating music education services in isolated and rural NSW communities for over 3 decades. The organization covers a vast area, including Deniliquin, Hay, Barooga, Finley, Leeton, Barham and surrounding towns.

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Every emerging creative has a story. Behind every opportunity is someone who helps make it possible.

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We empower South Australia’s most promising emerging creatives to realise their visions and build sustainable practices.

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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

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

A curator-run initiative supporting collective learning, experimentation and exchange across Sydney’s independent arts community.

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CARRRY is a curator-run initiative creating spaces for curators, artists and arts workers to learn, experiment and work together. Through exhibitions, zines, workshops, public programs and shared resources, CARRRY explores curating as a collective practice built around exchange, experimentation, care and the people who make cultural work possible.

Funds we seek will help bring project specific cultural assets home to the regions and to civic national institutions.

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For five decades Paul J Ryan's photography has been his primary art form along with film, publishing, sound recordings and installations to provide civic engagement activities across north Australia, metropolitan Sydney, Melbourne and internationally.

Image credits: Photograph: Paul J Ryan

Melbourne Opera's Richard Divall artists share video introductions across AusArt Day, inviting donations to fund their next production.

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Melbourne Opera's Richard Divall Program is an open-age program for emerging opera singers of excellence, preparing them for the rigours of the industry to a performance-ready professional standard. Approaching its tenth year it has supported 52 singers. This unique program is a major investment in the future of opera.

Image credits: Photo: Robin Halls

An all-ages circus show celebrating Australia’s greatest public space, Under The Big Cabana is the newest creation from Glitter Martini.

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Glitter Martini is a South East Queensland modern circus company, passionate about producing circus shows are joyful, inviting, and appealing to the general public. They produce shows in festival environments, theatres, and in unusual/unexpected spaces.

Image credits: Darcie Rae

With One Voice is a national network of inclusive community choirs which brings communities together to experience joy and connection.

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Since 2008 Creativity Australia has been reducing the mental health impacts of loneliness and isolation through the benefits of group singing. Our 26 With One Voice choirs are inclusive, supportive communities which bring people together to experience joy and connection.

FREEDOM is an immersive, multi-disciplinary arts project curated by Lisa Behan for Creatives Inc. The project addresses the heavy realities of domestic violence and coercive control, transforming experiences of trauma into a powerful collective reclamation of feminine liberty. The project is created to highlight women's strength, regional creative practitioners, and the broader community.

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Creatives Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation incorporated in 2015, initially established to bring music to the streets in a unique, engaging way. From the outset, GC Creative Inc. has focused on advocacy and community development, working to build a strong cultural presence across Southern Queensland. Our vision is to accelerate collaborative partnerships with local organisations, businesses, artists, and communities, enriching people’s lives through the arts, culture, and heritage.

Help us refresh The Australian Muslim Review with new branding and digital media assets!

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The Australian Muslim Review is Australia’s first digital literary space dedicated to the review of books written by Australian Muslim authors. We invite writers and readers from around Australia to share their literary thoughts on works published by Australian Muslim authors and writers through short form critique.

Image credits: Mirela Cufurovic, image created using Canva

Your donation supports so much more than a local arts project, a weekly workshop or a micro grant.

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Arts OutWest is the peak body and regional arts development organisation in the NSW Central West. We advocate for, support and develop meaningful arts and cultural opportunities across our communities.

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

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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.

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Our $10,000 target will directly commission two of the five exciting Naarm/Melbourne choreographers for the third iteration of ESCALATOR in 2027.

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Stephanie Lake Company is one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance companies, celebrated for its inventive choreography and electrifying performances. We employ some of the most outstanding dancers and collaborators in the country, and we are met with international acclaim from critics and audiences alike.

Image credits: Stephanie Lake Company's ESCALATOR 2023, 'BIG WIG SMALL GIG' by Harrison Ritchie-Jones, image by Mark Gambino

An animated film which explores social difference, impossible love and the exposure to a living entity that connects them all.

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Progressively created award-winning animated short films under the banner of Valentino Productions since 2014. The films have been showcased, reaching audiences from diverse nationalities, cultures and backgrounds. Through engaging storytelling, I explore themes of equality, compassion, inclusion and the importance of looking out for one another.

Image credits: Green for All.

Answer the call for the Arts at Brown’s Mart this AusArt Day. Your donation will be matched $ for $

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Standing on Larrakia land as the Home of Territory Performing Arts, Brown’s Mart delivers a year-round arts program that champions new work and new voices from the Northern Territory. In and beyond our multiple performance spaces we create and present contemporary performance works which engage with many communities and artforms.

Studio1 gives Brisbane's independent dance and body-based artists room to grow. Go behind the scenes and help fund what's next.

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Studio1 is Queensland's only dedicated home for independent dance and body-based practice. Through The Workroom Program — Studio1's year-round platform for artist development, research and exchange — more than 30 South East Queensland artists annually are given the time, space and support to explore, develop and test new work, strengthening Brisbane's performance ecology and building sustainable, thriving careers for independent artists.

Image credits: Studio1_AusArtsDay_Photographer_GeorgiaHaupt_Dancers_AntonioRinaldi_NatalieAllen

For 40 years, Melbourne Writers Festival has been a meeting place for art to be shared, stories to be told and creativity to thrive. Countless connections and special memories have been made through attending MWF events. With your support, we can continue creating a festival that nurtures community, platforms voices and makes unforgettable moments possible. This AusArt Day, we’re raising funds to increase the ability MWF has to directly support artists and uplift Victoria's literary community.

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One of Australia's most loved literary institutions, Melbourne Writers Festival brings writers and readers together to be inspired, challenged and thrilled by an intelligent, rousing and diverse program of events celebrating books and ideas. Since 1986, we have entertained hundreds of thousands of readers as the flagship annual writers festival of our UNESCO City of Literature. MWF ignites conversations across Melbourne and inspires curiosity and connection.

Image credits: Kamilla Musland 2026.

ALTER is an Austral/Asian collaboration. Design and dance collide in a double-bill exploring the interplay between body, identity and cross-cultural exchange.

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Liz Lea is an award winning internationally recognised dance artist, choreographer and producer. Over three decades she has created and presented groundbreaking, accessible dance theatre. She lives and works on Ngunnawal land, directs the BOLD and DANscienCE Festival and The Stellar Company and works as an Audio Describer in Australia and the UK.

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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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Elevate disabled and d/Deaf artists by causing a Commotion. Every donation supports our development program and secures Undercover Artist Festival’s future.

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Access Arts is Queensland’s leader in disability arts, creating opportunities for disabled and d/Deaf artists to develop, create and present work locally and nationally. Undercover Artist Festival is Australia’s disability-led arts festival, championing artistic excellence, inclusion and leadership through the Festival and development program, Commotion.

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.

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As Western Sydney’s leading professional theatre company, Riverside's National Theatre of Parramatta has built a reputation for bold, authentic and culturally diverse storytelling. We champion artists and audiences, creating pathways for new voices to thrive and ensuring the stories of Western Sydney help shape the future of Australian theatre.

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To provide access to the theatre for every child on the Central Coast and help reverse the decline of arts education in schools.

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The Art House is the centre of arts on the Central Coast, presenting nationally and internationally renowned artists, whilst also providing a state-of-the-art performance space for the local community.

Image credits: Heritage College - The Art House

Contribute to the creation of a new body of work by iZZY iBiS to be exhibited in 2028.

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Social ecological contemporary artist interrogating the age of the anthropocene at the intersections of culture, environment and psychology.

Image credits: photo: Leo Mugo, 2026

As On the Terrace turns ten, help Chamber Music Adelaide continue to connect South Australians through shared, intimate music experiences.

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Chamber Music Adelaide supports musicians to do what they do best, whether historical music or new interpretations of chamber music - we help them create experiences that transcend style or genre and thrive on closeness and connection. We support artists to present world-class performances in intimate settings.

Cinema doesn’t end when the credits roll. We need your support to keep film culture alive.

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Senses of Cinema is an online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of film. Founded in late 1999, we have made uncompromising film criticism free and accessible to global audiences for nearly three decades. After 119 editions, we have garnered the interest, enthusiasm and respect of readers worldwide.

Image credits: Senses of Cinema