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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Alice Hurwood: Help Alice Hurwood record an album!
Help award-winning Australian singer-songwriter and cellist Alice Hurwood record and produce her next album.
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
KINGS Artist-Run: Helping Artists Thrive
KINGS supports the presentation of critical and experimental projects through a dedicated mentorship model at pivotal points in artists’ journeys.
Creativity Australia & With One Voice choirs: With One Voice inclusive community choirs
With One Voice is a national network of inclusive community choirs which brings communities together to experience joy and connection.
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.
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.
Tenth Muse Initiative: Drops
Every drop counts. Help Tenth Muse turn ripples into waves by supporting a new commission by an emerging composer for our 2027 season
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.
StorySALOON: Championing writers, growing audiences
StorySALOON brings Australian short stories onto the stage—and to readers and listeners across Australia.
invisible art space: invisible art space running costs fundraiser
Raising funds to help with operational costs for invisible art space exhibitions and events
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.
The Awesome Black Foundation: The Voices Rising Fund
Supporting Blak creators and shaping opportunities for community
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.
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).
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre: Adopt A Puppet
This AusArt Day, adopt a puppet! Become a Puppet Parent and help bring stories to WA families, from just $75.
A_PART LIVE Performance Series: A_PART LIVE Performance Series
In 2026, A_PART successfully presented its first LIVE program in Kombumerri and Bundjalung countries (Gold Coast and Byron Bay). This campaign is to support A_PART LIVE_02 IN 2027.
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.
Chamber Music Adelaide: Ten Years On. The Future Sounds Good.
As On the Terrace turns ten, help Chamber Music Adelaide continue to connect South Australians through shared, intimate music experiences.
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.
Sunshine Coast’s Regional Gallery, Caloundra: Give Creativity a Future
Help make art happen by supporting creative opportunities across the Sunshine Coast’s region for the next generation of artists.
Kate Shaw: Studio & Community Workshop Space
A purpose-built studio converted from an existing shed, grounding a 20+ year practice in large-scale acrylic pour and resin works exploring geology and landscape. Beyond the studio's primary role as a working art space, it will host community workshops in drawing, colour and process.
Everybody NOW!: Everybody NOW! AusArt Day
At Everybody NOW! we bring communities and artists together to create Art that belongs to you. This AusArt Day Support Art made with communities.
Screen Illawarra: Screen Illawarra Mentoring Campaign
For every $1,000 raised, one emerging filmmaker will enjoy one years mentoring from an experienced filmmaker in the illawarra across 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.
The Australian Muslim Review: Digital Media
Help us refresh The Australian Muslim Review with new branding and digital media assets!
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 Wheeler Centre: Support Australia's Future Stories
Support the next wave of writers to tell the Australian stories that are not already being told.
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: ARCO 2027: HIP for ALL
In 2027, ARCO brings Historically Informed Performance concerts, regional tours, community workshops, world-premiere albums and a national Beethoven youth celebration.
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.
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.
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.
Australian Festival of Chamber Music: The Road to AFCM 2027
A generous supporter will match every dollar raised this AusArt Day, up to $10,000, for AFCM Pathways.
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.