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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Shopfront Arts Co-op: Shopfront: 50 Years of Community
For 50 years, generations have called Shopfront home. Give more Young People the chance to experience the magic of Shopfront.
Linden Hyatt: Voices from the Writers in the Park Archive
Help bring extraordinary voices from Australia’s literary past back to life through a new podcast drawn from the Writers in the Park archive.
Bayside Art Therapy: BAT ART WORKSHOPS : The Acceptance Canvas
Reaching more people to hold their hands as they walk with the magic of Art Therapy
Canberra Contemporary: Show Up + Show Off | Artist Skills and Development
Support the next generation of artists in Kamberri/Canberra by helping us deliver a range of professional development opportunities.
Canberra Museum + Gallery: Invest in Canberra's Story
Help preserve, discover and share Canberra's stories, ensuring future generations can connect with the people, places and ideas that shape our city.
Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra: Support the Brisbane Philharmonic's 2027 Season
Help bring our 2027 season to life, support community music in Brisbane and bring new orchestral works to fruition.
Australian Vocal Ensemble - AVÉ: Behind Every New Song
Discover what it really takes to bring a new Australian song cycle to life and help make the next one possible.
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.
Open Space Contemporary Arts: Art for Everyone, Everywhere: Support OSCA
Bring participatory art projects to life! Support OSCA to connect artists and communities in creativity. Make art accessible for everyone.
Art Farm Birchs Bay: From Pump Shed to Bird Hide
Transforming an old pump shed into artistic, accessible bird hide and shelter, welcoming all ages and abilities to enjoy art in nature.
Art as Healing: Mokuhanga Residency in Japan
Promote the benefits of creativity for mental health by teaching skills learned at a residency in Japan in 2027
Muses Trio: GEN MUSE: Her Australian Songbook
5 emerging women composers reimagine new chamber arrangements of iconic songs by Australian artists, mentored, workshopped and recorded by Muses Trio, ready for national touring in 2027.
Newcastle Fringe Festival: Every Artist Deserves a Stage
Every donation helps an artist take the stage by removing barriers to participation at Newcastle Fringe Festival.
Megalo Print Studio: Amplify voices through art
Create a space for artists to share their voice with vital upgrades to one of Australia’s only print galleries.
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.
Tura: Support the next 10 years of Sound FX
Support the next generation of Kimberley artists.
invisible art space: invisible art space running costs fundraiser
Raising funds to help with operational costs for invisible art space exhibitions and events
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
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!
Affinity Quartet: Affinity Quartet Unlimited Academy (AQUA)
Affinity Quartet Unlimited Academy responds to a gap in Australia’s chamber music training, fostering the talent of aspiring string quartets.
FLUXUS: FLUXUS Opera Lab - Development Week
Help FLUXUS give one successful Opera Lab project a supported development week with professional performers, culminating in a public showing.
Creative Hearts Co.: Help Us Step Into the Outdoors
Help us add steps connecting our deck to our beautiful outdoor space, creating easier access for community activities and events.
Sarah Barton and Liz Burke: Stella: I Am Not Your Inspiration
A feature documentary about the life of comedian and disability activist Stella Young.
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art: 30 for 30: Double Happiness Club
Join 4A’s Double Happiness Club: donate $30, bring a friend, and double the support for the next generation.
Pilbara Art Collective: Put Pilbara Art on the Map
Help us showcase Pilbara artists, share their stories and connect more people with the extraordinary creativity of our region.
Euphoria Foundation: Lanterns of Pride
Help us bring culture, creativity and LGBTQIAPN+ pride together for a celebration of connection and belonging.
CARRRY: CARRRY: Curating Together
A curator-run initiative supporting collective learning, experimentation and exchange across Sydney’s independent arts community.
Storyfest: Give a Book. Grow a Story.
Help us put 200 books into young hands, inspiring children to read, imagine, create and begin writing stories of their own.
Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Projects: SNO Publications: Lyndon Dadswell DRAWING$ Fundraiser
SNO will be hosting an online exhibition of drawings by Australian sculptor Lyndon Dadswell (1908-1986).
Centre for Stories: Help Centre for Stories thrive
Support Centre for Stories to nurture diverse voices, connect communities and keep storytelling thriving in Western Australia.
Monthly Poet Live: Help Us Take the Show on Tour
After two big nights at Melbourne Fringe, help us create more poets.
Star Stories Creative Development: Bring Star Stories to Life
Support Star Stories, a unique First Nations-led collaboration blending poetry, music, animation and performance, inspiring connection, creativity and understanding.
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.