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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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.
un Projects: Support un Extended's Editor-in-Residence
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.
Vacant Assembly: Funding The Occupy Residency 2027-2028
Raising funds for artists to occupy more space: studio space, materials, exhibitions and public engagement.
The Australian Ceramics Association: The Australian Ceramics Mentorship Program
Help us create a Mentorship Program that supports ceramicists and potters through paid, artist-led, knowledge sharing, and creative development.
PAC Australia: Inaugural First Nations Presenter Training Program
The First Nations Presenter Training Program, in partnership with arts leader Angela Flynn, to develop First Nations performing arts programmers.
Melbourne Writers Festival: 40 Years of MWF Memories
For 40 years, you’ve made memories with us. Help us continue a legacy of connection, discovery and unforgettable moments.
Collingwood Yards: Continuing Haring’s Legacy: Art for Everyone
Collingwood Yards shares its ethos of “art for everyone” through supporter Pandora Kay’s firsthand experience of Keith Haring’s practice.
Restless Dance Theatre: Restless Dance Theatre: Enough
Restless Dance Theatre is creating Enough a powerful new work by Artistic Director Michelle Ryan, placing disabled and neurodivergent artists at the centre of a conversation about identity, belonging, self-worth and what it means to live authentically.
Daisy Pring: Daisy Pring's sophomore EP 'Messy'
Pop/Rnb artist Daisy Pring is ready to break out of her small town on the South Coast with her second EP 'Messy'. The project will consist of 6 original tracks, all written in Sydney, NSW and will be accompanied by music videos, shot by Sydney based film duo Four:Three.
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.
Shock Therapy Arts: Annual Giving for Interstate Touring
Help us share the Shock Therapy! Your donation brings our award-winning Queensland-grown shows to the rest of the country.
The Lighthouse Toowoomba: Lighthouse, Camera, Action!
Help regional Queensland kids read, write and create with confidence.
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.
Gondwana Choirs: Give the Gift of Song
Help remove financial barriers so more young Australians can find their voice, fulfil their potential and experience the joy of singing.
Australian Festival of Chamber Music: The Road to AFCM 2027
A generous supporter will match every dollar raised this AusArt Day, up to $10,000, for AFCM Pathways.
Space Jump Theatre Company: WORN by Lana Morgan
Support development of a new Australian play by Western Sydney playwright Lana Morgan, amplifying the voices and lived experiences of DV survivors.
Mirabilis Collective: Her Sound, Her Story Together
Help bring two regional communities together through the songs and stories of women.
KINGS Artist-Run: Helping Artists Thrive
KINGS supports the presentation of critical and experimental projects through a dedicated mentorship model at pivotal points in artists’ journeys.
The Torch Project: Be a Future Dreamer
Be a Future Dreamer and stand with First Nations artists as they envision a new future for themselves
Fossil & Fable: Fossil & Fable: Where Science, Storytelling and Creativity Meet
Fossil & Fable is an educational resource enterprise that creates engaging learning experiences through storytelling, illustration, science communication, and creative exploration.
Art in Abundance: Fund Open Studios: Art in Abundance: Fund Open Studios
Margaret River Region Open Studios: Art in Abundance funds the coaching, mentoring and support to help 150 regional artists thrive.
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.
Christopher Gurusamy: Christopher Gurusamy
Help me build the next chapter of Bharatanatyam in Australia
Blind Ambition, vision comes from within: Blind Ambition, vision comes from within
"Blind Teenager," an Australian documentary exploring the inspiring journey and daily life challenges of a visually impaired teenager
Festival of Voices: A Voice for Every Young Tasmanian
Help young Tasmanians find their voice. Your gift brings singing opportunities to young people in every corner of the state.
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.
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
Backbone Youth Arts: Boost Backbone's Building
Help us transform Backbone Youth Arts' venue space to give emerging artists an upgraded, accessible and low-cost home for their creative practice.
StorySALOON: Championing writers, growing audiences
StorySALOON brings Australian short stories onto the stage—and to readers and listeners across Australia.
Darwin Community Arts: Art for a Fairer World
Empower diverse communities to make and share art for a fairer, more habitable world.
CircusWA: Electrifying the Circus Substation
The Circus Substation is an exciting new site ready to be transformed and electrified by bold performances from emerging storytellers.
Deanne Butterworth: The Other Side of Half
Today is AusArt Day! For one day of giving I am asking you to support my new dance work The Other Side of Half to help bring it to life.
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.