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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Dots+Loops: Help Make Adventurous Art Happen
Support Dots+Loops’ flagship biennial festival NONSTOP and our emerging artists Fellowship Program this AusArt Day!
Ararat Gallery TAMA: Grow the TAMA Collection
Funds raised will purchase new artworks by living artists, ensuring the TAMA Collection remains dynamic, inclusive, and reflective of contemporary practice.
James Batchelor and Collaborators: Notes of Self
Support the next chapter of Notes of Self as it tours internationally, connecting audiences of all ages through movement, imagination and shared discovery.
Canberra International Music Festival: Support Canberra International Music Festival
AusArt Day kickstarts CIMF's fundraising campaign for the 2027 festival - support us now to help bring the festival life!
Regional Youth Orchestra NSW: Supprort Regional Youth Orchestra NSW
Support Regional Youth Orchestra NSW and help talented young musicians from regional communities access exceptional orchestral experiences, mentorship and performance opportunities.
North Australian Festival of Arts: Make More Art Happen in the North!
Help create the next chapter of NAFA, bringing ambitious arts experiences to Townsville and North Queensland.
APHIDS: Support APHIDS make new work
We want to keep APHIDS artist run, artist centred and support our artistic community
Platform Arts: 30 YEARS OF PLATFORM ARTS
For 30 years, Platform Arts has backed artists and ambitious ideas in Geelong. Now we need to invest in the next 30 years.
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.
Art of Courage Ukraine: Art of Courage - Melbourne Season
Art of Courage is an immersive theatre play exploring Ukrainian identity, courage, war, memory, culture and human connection.
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts: Revitalise and Transform Our Arts Centre
Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is growing our support and capacity-building for artists from all backgrounds and creative practices.
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.
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.
Chloe Wigg Art: Adapted
Adapted explores function gained / identity lost when Assistive Technology is prescribed, and how art helps fight medicalisation and regain ownership.
Trans Book Festival: Trans Book Festival 2027
Trans Book Festival will return in late 2027 for a third year of trans literary excellence.
Next Wave: Micro Wave: Kickstart the Next Generation
Help bring Micro Wave to life – a new festival of emerging art by ten extraordinary Australian artists
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.
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.
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.
Clown Doctors Australia – Arts in Health: The Art of Healthcare Clowning
Celebrating healthcare clowning as an artform that brings creativity and joy to children, older people and healthcare professionals in hospital.
Duprada Dance Company: Sunsets & Soliloquies: Territory Touring 2027
Duprada’s 2027 NT tour showcases original classical and contemporary works choreographed by NT artists Lynne Hanton, Erin Selleck, Miriam Nicholls and Leisa Jackson.
Feast Festival: Fund the Feast
Every gift backs LGBTQIA+ artists and keeps South Australia's queer festival ambitious, accessible, and proudly ours.
Branch Nebula: New Vision City – Indigenous Street Styles
Help six First Nations artists create bold new dance theatre driven by street dance, skateboarding, vogueing and roller skating.
Australian Book Review: Support Australian Book Review
This fundraising campaign will help Australian Book Review continue to support freelance writers and the wider Australian literary community.
LAPUNYAH ART GALLERY: Lapunyah Art Gallery Friends of Lapunyah Registration Day
Become a Friend of Lapunyah and help support the Arts programs offered by LAG Inc. to the Western Downs community.
The Lighthouse Toowoomba: Lighthouse, Camera, Action!
Help regional Queensland kids read, write and create with confidence.
Seno Ensemble: Seno Ensemble: Bridging Musical Worlds
Support an Australian-Indonesian musical exchange bringing musicians together to learn, collaborate and create new experimental music.
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.
Thomas Laue: Bells for Peace in Motion
Help bring live peace-themed bell music, new collaborations and participatory performances to schools, communities and public audiences across Australia.
Arthur Inc: PLANT A SEED
For seven years, Arthur has made room for artists, ideas and creative experiments that might otherwise have nowhere to go. This AusArt Day, Arthur and Cass need your help to keep the doors open and the creativity flowing.
PBS 106.7FM: Turn It Up! Amplifying Australian Music
Support PBS to champion Australian music through knowledgeable, human curation, helping people discover emerging, independent and otherwise underrepresented Australian artists.
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.
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.