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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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
Skylar Vanderwrak: Blasted into a Faultline
This book has the attention span of an unleashed, juvenile Labrador named “Boof” who's just discovered an unattended sausage in the Snag Rodeo™.
words2screen™: A Pair of Shorts!
Help bring two Australian short films to life—Creative Australia matches every dollar you give 1:1 on AusArt Day!
CuriousWorks: Fund Creative First Aid
Support CuriousWorks to keep offering creative first aid; nurturing moments and sites for emotional resonance and connection, creativity and community.
Access Arts - Undercover Artist Festival: Cause a Commotion - Undercover Artist Festival
Elevate disabled and d/Deaf artists by causing a Commotion. Every donation supports our development program and secures Undercover Artist Festival’s future.
ReAction Theatre: Secret of the Raft
WE’RE ALMOST THERE! HELP US BRING 'SECRET OF THE RAFT' TO THE STAGE.
Child Players ACT: Drama Studio Fit Out
Fundraising to fit out our new drama studio to create a positive environment for our students and their families.
Affirming Access: Create, Connect, Belong
Help us create free, inclusive arts experiences where LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent and disabled people can create, connect and belong.
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.
Creatives Inc: FREEDOM: Revolution Joy!
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.
Regional Arts WA: Get Me There: Regional Artists Travel
Help WA regional artists pack their bags! We're funding trips that turn creative ideas into bigger opportunities; near, far, everywhere.
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.
Ausdance ACT Youth Dance Festival 2026 The Metaverse: A day on the road with a Youth Dance Festival Mentor
Our campaign will help build awareness about the benefits of co creative dance for young people, working towards professional presentation in a leading Australian arts centre
The Lighthouse Toowoomba: Lighthouse, Camera, Action!
Help regional Queensland kids read, write and create with confidence.
LIQUID ARCHITECTURE SOUND INC: Support Liquid Architecture
On the (radical) edges of sound
SwaraSynthesis - One World Many Sounds: One World, Many Sounds
Support live music, cultural connection and creative collaboration through SwaraSynthesis performances bringing diverse musical traditions together.
Nexus Arts: One More Artist, One More Story: Interplay 2027
Raising funding to support the inclusion of one more artist to Interplay 2027.
Gasworks Creative Precinct: Revelry: help Gasworks artists celebrate milestone
Gasworks is raising $15,000 for our 15 resident artists to celebrate our 40th birthday with a group exhibition Revelry.
West Space: Donations commission groundbreaking art
KXT/bAKEHOUSE - KXT ON BROADWAY: Thankyou KXT!
We're celebrating the artists who shaped KXT over the past 10 years - and securing opportunities for the next generation.
WA Young Artists Chamber Music Program: WAYACOMP 2026
Established in 2019, WAYACOMP is WA's only competition for young people that is purely dedicated to chamber music. The competition offers exciting cash prizes to students to inspire and reward the efforts of young musicians working together.
Australian National Veterans Arts Museum: Festival of Veterans Arts Giving Day
Help veterans reconnect through the Arts. Your gift powers free workshops, exhibitions and the Festival of Veterans Arts (FOVA).
Ensemble Offspring: Hatched Academy: Composer & Performer Intensive
Support the next phase of Ensemble Offspring’s acclaimed Hatched Academy as it expands into a dynamic Composer & Performer Intensive.
Proto-Productions: The Next Generation of Artisan Filmmakers
Celebrating human-led art. Celebrating Australian stories. Celebrating all forms of visual media.
Ballarat International Foto Biennale: I ♥ Foto: See the World Differently
Help young Victorians see the world through photography. Your donation supports free photography experiences for regional students.
Christopher Gurusamy: Christopher Gurusamy
Help me build the next chapter of Bharatanatyam in Australia
Canberra Youth Theatre: New Stories, Young Voices for 2027
Help bring CYT's 2027 season to life. We're back onstage with over 35+ opportunities for professional, emerging and young artists.
Little Pine Tree Productions: Little Pine Tree Productions 2027 Season
This fundraising campaign supports the development and delivery of multiple independent productions for our 2027 season. LPT's community events create social connection through music and the arts.
Uncle Mark Brown - Dreaming Spirit: Three Cultures, One Country
Support Bunurong-led collaboration through visual art, storytelling and performance, connecting Bunurong, Māori and Indian cultural practitioners.
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.
The Cannery Arts Centre: Upgrade our Print Room!
We are seeking support to revive our Print Room, an important space within our regional arts centre.
CKTFest Hilltops: CKTFest Hilltops
This project will bring together children’s authors directly to the Hilltops NSW to deliver high-energy literary experiences to rural students.
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.