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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Grace Tan: UnionDocs CoLAB
The UnionDocs Collaborative Studio (CoLAB) NYC will span 8 months, inviting a select group of 12 media artists to come together for a unique opportunity.
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF): CIAF 2027 Superhighway Fund: The Blue Highway
Help CIAF artists cross the Blue Highway to Hong Kong — carrying Queensland First Nations art to new shores.
TarraWarra Museum of Art: Support the landmark 10th TarraWarra Biennial 2027: This Hand of Mine
Believe in Australian art and support the creation of new artworks for TarraWarra Biennial 2027.
Support Act: AusMusic T-Shirt Day
Celebrate Australian music and help raise funds for Aussie Music Workers doing it tough.
Continuo Founders’ Fund: Fund the MICMC Piano Trio Commission
Fund the commission of a new piano trio by Nicole Brady for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.
Great Southern Dance: Dance Commons: Move. Connect. Create. Belong.
MOVE like you. CONNECT in shared time and space. CREATE with agency. BELONG to each other and in the world.
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.
Corrugated Iron Youth Arts: Give to the Next Gen Now
Invest in life-changing creative opportunities for young Territorians. Together, we can shift headlines from crime into creativity, joy and possibility.
The Art House, Wyong: The Magic of Theatre
To provide access to the theatre for every child on the Central Coast and help reverse the decline of arts education in schools.
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.
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.
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.
Belloo: Making Theatre Possible
Be part of Belloo’s next decade of bold Australian performance: invest in untold stories, mentorship, intercultural exchange and community connection.
South West Music Regional Conservatorium: Strengthen rural music education
South West Music Regional Conservatorium is arguably the most isolated conservatorium in NSW
Benjamin Paul: Carry 'waynapuni pools' forward
Help carry a bathhouse made from wrecked cars into its next life, sustaining the artists, young people and cultural relationships that make 'waynapuni pools' possible.
AMEB Ltd: Music Education Without Barriers
Help regional, remote and First Nations music teachers take part in transformative professional learning opportunities and strengthen their communities.
Richie Valentino: Green for All
An animated film which explores social difference, impossible love and the exposure to a living entity that connects them all.
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
Liz Lea Creates and Maitree House: ALTER - a Virtual Reality experience
ALTER is an Austral/Asian collaboration. Design and dance collide in a double-bill exploring the interplay between body, identity and cross-cultural exchange.
Hermannsburg Potters: Support Hermannansburg Potters Build Their Future
We're building a new fit-for-purpose art centre for Western Aranda artists, big enough to hold our dreams.
Temperance Hall: Join the Temperance Hall Society
Our vision for Temperance Hall is working; sustaining it requires a collective.
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.
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.
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.
Utp: Fan Mail to Utp
Our love language is words of affirmation, but we also love to pay artists... Support for Utp is support for diverse artists. Your donation helps make art that reflects the diversity and complexity of this country.
Spaghetti Circus: Creative Kids. Strong Communities
Pass it on this AusArt Day. Join Spaghetti Circus to share creativity, confidence and belonging through challenges and matched giving.
Studio1 Micro Arts Precinct: Champion Brisbane's Independent Dance Artists
Studio1 gives Brisbane's independent dance and body-based artists room to grow. Go behind the scenes and help fund what's next.
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.
DRILL Performance Company Inc: DRILL Performance: More than just dance
Support DRILL Performance’s youth dance programs and help build confidence, connection, & emotional intelligence that help our communities prosper.
The Mill: Let's Get Physical!
Keep our physical space thriving and providing vital opportunities for South Australian artists.
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.
BlakDance: Give to the future of First Nations dance – BlakDance Giving Day
Help BlakDance to give First Nations dancers careers, not gigs.
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.