ArtsACT are running an arts workshop out at Belconnen Arts Centre in term 2 for kids.
Children aged from 5 to 12 years are invited to come and get artistically creative and a bit messy at Belconnen Arts Centre in Term 2. Join us for a six week Small Art Adventures course for 5 to [...]

The ACT Artists in Schools Program gives young people access to artists as a resource and artists access to a community they might otherwise never reach.
Both of those things sound pretty good, anyone here keen to give it a go?
2013 Artists-in-Schools Program
artsACT is now seeking applications from experienced ACT-based artists from all art forms for [...]

ArtsACT has announced a new prize for Canberran poets.
The new ACT Poetry Prize is open from 1 March to 2 April 2013.
The Prize is valued at $5,000. The winning entry attracts a prize of $3,000 and two short-listed poems will attract a prize of $1,000 each.
For more information about the Prize and for [...]

ArtsACT is calling for applications:
Applications are now open for funding to support artist residency programs located in the ACT or immediate surrounds. Applications are open to incorporated arts organisations, tertiary institutions, and ACT and Australian Government agencies including statutory authorities.
You have to have them in by 29 March 2013.

ArtsACT has put out the call for people to be placed on the Register of Peers.
Sadly it’s no more like a seat in the house of lords than being Christopher Monckton:
The Register of Peers is used by artsACT in the selection of Peer Assessment Panels, which provide an important service in the assessment of [...]

Joy Burch has announced the winners of the Key Arts Organisation program:
Three organisations were awarded five-year funding packages commencing in 2012 through the program: the Canberra Youth Theatre, $220,000 a year, Craft ACT Inc, $184,500 annually; and Canberra Contemporary Art Space Inc, $170,000 a year.
Three further organisations secured two-year funding deals for 2012-2013: [...]

ArtsACT are calling for young artists to apply for $500 grants.
These grants are designed to assist young artists with an activity that will develop their arts practice. Activities could include promotion costs, materials, documentation, and venue and equipment hire costs associated with an arts activity. Funding cannot be used for artists’ fees.
One suspects [...]

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The chaos in the Acting Chief Minister’s office continues with an “announcement” headlined “OVER 50 ARTS PROJECTS RECEIVE FUNDING” which doesn’t actually include the recipients.
Acting Minister for the Arts, Katy Gallagher, today announced the successful applicants to the 2011 ACT Arts Fund’s Project Funding and Communities Working With Artists [...]