Find a project you love. Back a project you love. Make Art Happen this AusArt Day
AusArt Day, Thursday 22 October, 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. Scroll down to view this year's projects
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The Lighthouse Toowoomba: Lighthouse, Camera, Action!
Help regional Queensland kids read, write and create with confidence.
Southern Cross Soloists: Be smart, and support live music.
In the age of AI, human creativity matters more than ever. For 12 hours, your gift keeps virtuosic music-making human.
Guildhouse: Catapult Creativity
Catapult Creativity will funds for Guildhouse’s flagship Catapult Mentorship Program, enabling South Australian artists to access transformative, paid, artist-led mentorships.
Australian Dance Party: Keep dance alive in the heart of Canberra!
Help keep artists employed, visible, and thriving in Canberra. Every dollar powers the future of the arts in the ACT.
SALA Festival Artist Engagement Fund: Give $30 for SALA#30
Create paid opportunities for SA Artists. Help shape artist-led tours and events at SALA#30 in 2027.
St Martins Youth Arts Centre: School of War: Support the Rebellion
St Martins is raising funds to bring School of War from development into full production.
Arts North West: ARTS NORTH WEST CONNECT - Fund the Connection
Fund the Connection and help Arts North West bring regional creatives together to meet, share ideas, collaborate and create new opportunities.
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA): Support NAVA’s work for artists
Karim Konrad: We Are Seen
A photographic and painted portrait series exploring LGBTQIA+ people, identities and lived experiences across Australia.
Springboard Opera: Bring The Medium to Stage!
Springboard Opera is putting on its final staged show of 2026, and we want your support to make it a success.
Heirlume Productions: Season 2027-2028
Help us raise funds to present Heirlume's next season of theatrical gems
Diversity Arts Australia: Every Voice In The Room
Every voice deserves a seat at the table. Your donation breaks geographic barriers, helping culturally and racially marginalised leaders shape Australia’s creative future.
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.
Thursday’s Child Theatre: Bring Mary Stuart to the Stage
Help bring the Melbourne premiere of Schiller’s bloody, seductive political thriller Mary Stuart to the stage.
Screenworks: Amplify Regional Screen Stories
Help regional Australian screen storytellers develop their craft and build careers, wherever they create from. Donate and amplify their stories.
Regional Arts Victoria: Make regional art happen
Make Regional Art Happen is raising $20,000 to help fund a Small Halls Commission, creating an opportunity for a regional Victorian community and a local artist or creative organisation to come together to develop and present a brand-new work, made in and for their community.
Brink Productions: Brink's 30th Anniversary Fund
Brink turns 30. This AusArt Day, help fund our next 30 and see your donation doubled.
Moogahlin Performing Arts Creative Development Fund: Step up to the Stage, IMIGO!
Jacob Boehme’s IMIGO is booked to premiere in 2027. Help fund its final development to Step Up to the Stage.
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.
The House That Dan Built: AKIN Young Voices Big Impact 2027
YOUNG VOICES. BIG IMPACT. A youth-led campaign for 2027 AKIN regional songwriting workshops.
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.
Circus Ipswich: Bring More Circus to Ipswich
Help us bring more circus to Ipswich in 2027, creating opportunities for young people, audiences and Queensland circus artists.
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.
FiammaK FISCHES Foundation: FISCHES Foundation
Deploy blockchain to attach to visual and digital art material. The digital shield systemising loyal Content Management System artist's catalogue.
Immersive Light and Art (ILA): NextLAB
ILA NextLAB empowers artists to experiment, develop skills and create ambitious new work at the intersection of art and emerging technology.
Tracks: Radically Local Performing Arts
Tracks is deeply rooted in the NT arts landscape. Water us regularly to help our creative ecosystem flourish!
Cyril Callister Museum + Peter Viska: All Right Vegemite
A vibrant celebration of iconic Australian illustration, raising vital funds to keep the Cyril Callister Museum’s stories alive and thriving.
Nawras Jabbar -Visual Artist: Empowering Human Stories Through Art
Raising funds to create and exhibit evocative figurative artworks that capture profound human emotions and resilience.
Trans Book Festival: Trans Book Festival 2027
Trans Book Festival will return in late 2027 for a third year of trans literary excellence.
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.
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.
Sprung Dance Theatre: Support Sprung Dance Theatre's annual event
Dis-Co Ball: Sprung's annual celebration of people with Disability in the Northern Rivers
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.