Every emerging circus artist needs support to participate, and a place to perform. Help CircoBats create both, through scholarships, community workshops and performances across South Australia.

About

A South Australian not-for-profit community circus school dedicated to ensuring high quality and accessible circus experiences are available to artists and performers of all ages and abilities. Based on Kaurna land in Adelaide. We believe circus should be accessible to everybody, and performed everywhere.

5 emerging women composers reimagine new chamber arrangements of iconic songs by Australian artists, mentored, workshopped and recorded by Muses Trio, ready for national touring in 2027.

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Muses Trio is an acclaimed ensemble dedicated to celebrating music composed by women, performed by women since 2013. Through compelling performances, recordings and collaborations, the trio champions women’s voices across generations. In 2025, Muses Trio was honoured with the APRA AMCOS Luminary Award for its contribution to Australian art music.

Image credits: Natalie Nicolas

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.

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Grace Tan is a Gadigal-based filmmaker working across fiction and documentary with a queer and poetic cinematic lens. Her work has screened internationally and locally at festivals such as Canneseries, BFI Flare, Antenna Documentary, MIFF, Raindance and Fantastic Fest. A UNSW and AFTRS graduate, she is currently developing episodic and long-form narrative.

The Ones Who Stay is an independent feature film exploring grief, ambition, family, and the people who shape us.

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Brandt Kakulas & Zach Dakis are Melbourne-based filmmakers and co-founders of Blue Path Studios. After creating and self-distributing their debut film Corked, they are now developing The Ones Who Stay, an ambitious independent feature exploring grief, ambition, family and the people who shape who we ultimately become through love and loss.

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Be part of the Saltwater Freshwater journey—help artists share culture, deliver workshops, and inspire future Aboriginal leaders.

Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance

About Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance empowers First Nations artists, supporting the Annual Festival to celebrate Aboriginal culture and creativity.

Image credits: Photo: Jay Black, And The Trees Photograpy

Jacob Boehme’s IMIGO is booked to premiere in 2027. Help fund its final development to Step Up to the Stage.

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Moogahlin Performing Arts is a nationally and internationally recognised leading First Peoples company. We’re a not-for-profit, committed to develop, produce, and present new works that are by, with and for our communities. Our flagship, Yellamundie Festival, based in Redfern, has supported the development of 45 works by First Peoples creators.

Support 110 artists who are from Western Sydney, culturally diverse, First Nations, queer or live with disability.

Urban Theatre Projects (Utp)

Utp champions intersectional artists to realise bold projects that spark critical conversations in Western Sydney and beyond.

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The Stellar Company are raising funds to support the development and employment opportunities of the Chamaeleon Collective, Canberra's inclusive dance company.

About The Stellar Company

The Stellar Company is a multi-arts program for people of all abilities and backgrounds with a focus on cultural equity and sustainability.

Image credits: Photo: O&J Wikner Photgraphy

Help bring two landmark works by Klaus Moje home to Canberra Glassworks, where his legacy lives on through the artists making here today.

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Canberra Glassworks is a working studio where artists transform glass through fire, heat, hand tools and extraordinary skill. Built on a culture of experimentation, knowledge-sharing and making, it supports artists to develop their practice while keeping specialist skills alive and passing them between generations.

All in is St Martins’ campaign to transform our rehearsal room into an inclusive, acoustically sound, flexible space.

About St Martins

St Martins is a leading Australian company collaborating with young people to create bold, contemporary theatre.

Image credits: Photo: David Bradley (2025)

Support CTC New Works: commissioning bold, local performance that connects Canberra artists nationally and builds sustainable, creative careers.

About Cultural Facilities Corporation (CTC)

Cultural Facilities Corporation, building Australia's Arts and Culture Capital.

Image credits: Production still from Petrov! creative development at the Canberra Theatre Centre August 2024, featuring Blazey Best as Evdokia Petrov and 'Little Ivan' from Mikelango and the Black Sea Gentlemen.

Welcome to AusArt Day! Join Australian Baroque as they discover the best time to listen to Baroque music.

About Australian Baroque

Australian Baroque is a national ensemble and early music initiative, formed at its core by WA-based artists.

Image credits: ARTSHOOT Media for Australian Baroque  

Centre for Stories’ AusArt Day campaign will use digital storytelling to spark empathy and raise funds.

About Centre for Stories

Centre for Stories is a not-for-profit in Boorloo using storytelling to amplify underrepresented voices, build connection, and foster inclusion.

Image credits: Photo: Centre for Stories

Help bring our 2027 season to life, support community music in Brisbane and bring new orchestral works to fruition.

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Established in 2000, the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra brings together up to 150 musicians a year from across South-East Queensland to perform a variety of classical orchestral music in its own annual concert series. The orchestra also collaborates with other performing arts organisations and participates in community and festival events.

Support PBS to champion Australian music through knowledgeable, human curation, helping people discover emerging, independent and otherwise underrepresented Australian artists.

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PBS 106.7FM is a community-owned specialist music broadcaster. Since 1979, volunteer announcers have shared deep musical knowledge, championing underrepresented music from Australia and around the world and building communities around a shared love of music.

Image credits: Owelu Dreamhouse at Drive Live 2026 credit - Mauro Trentin @mauro_images

Support the next wave of writers to tell the Australian stories that are not already being told.

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The Wheeler Centre is Australia’s only dedicated hub for Books, Writing and Ideas – a place where audiences connect with leading writers and thinkers from across Australia and the world.

Support artists to undertake residencies in the Australian Tapestry Workshop's incredible dye lab.

About the Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) 

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) is a global leader in contemporary tapestry, creating exceptional handwoven works with a diverse range of artists.

 

Image credits: Photo: Astrid Mulder

At Everybody NOW! we bring communities and artists together to create Art that belongs to you. This AusArt Day Support Art made with communities.

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Everybody NOW! creates participatory arts experiences that generate joy. For over a decade, Everybody NOW! has championed local storytelling, intergenerational participation, and an arts-led approach to nurturing belonging and social cohesion — moving playfully between performance, music, writing, dance and visual arts to bring communities and artists together.

Image credits: Everybody NOW! AusArt Day 2026 Belong: Image by Simone Gorman-Clark

We wish to commission new works generated by our unique buildings, natural environment and interdisciplinary residency program.

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Harrigans Lane CoLab gives artists the time, space and freedom to take creative risks, collaborate across disciplines and develop ambitious new work in dialogue with place. Building on the award-winning Piano Mill, HLC is creating a sustainable philanthropic fund to unlock extraordinary opportunities for artists and audiences into the future.

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Help Passage remain free, open 24 hours and able to commission ambitious new work by Australian artists.

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Passage is a not-for-profit installation art gallery in Sydney’s Haymarket. Operating through a 24-hour public-facing window, Passage commissions ambitious new work by emerging and established artists. Our free exhibitions, bilingual interpretation and public programs create accessible encounters with contemporary art while supporting experimentation, exchange and artist development.

Image credits: Jack Ball, 'MYSTERY SOLVED', 2026, Installation image at Passage Gallery. Photographed by Document Photography

The SAM Van brings hands-on art experiences to kids in rural and regional communities across Victoria's Goulburn Valley.

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Shepparton Art Museum is a Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is a dynamic cultural and community hub on Yorta Yorta Country, serving Greater Shepparton and regional Victoria.

Image credits: SAM_SAM Van on the Road outreach program_SHEPPARTONARTMUSEUM

Create paid opportunities for SA Artists. Help shape artist-led tours and events at SALA#30 in 2027.

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Since 1998 SALA Festival has presented more than 14,000 exhibitions and events showcasing the work of South Australia’s Living Artists. Complementing the open-access program, SALA pays local artists to deliver our program of SALA-run events. Donations go directly towards creating opportunities for visual artists to earn money through their work.

 

Image credits: Artist Jake Jang and friends, SALA Festival 2026. Photo by Sam Roberts.

Help us bring culture, creativity and LGBTQIAPN+ pride together for a celebration of connection and belonging.

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Euphoria Foundation is a community-led LGBTQIAPN+ not-for-profit building stronger communities through connection, belonging, education and preventative wellbeing. Through initiatives including the 314 Movement and community arts programs, we create inclusive spaces where people can connect, celebrate identity and feel they belong.

Image credits: Anna Nguyen

Enable our Associate Artists to create, empower and lead.

About ActNow Theatre

ActNow Theatre is an award-winning social justice theatre company based on Kaurna Yerta.

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Voices Through Art: Support Ikuntji Artists this National Day of Giving — amplify Indigenous stories, culture, and creativity for future generations.

About Ikuntji Artists

Ikuntji Artists is a community-based art centre in Haasts Bluff, 230 km west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), NT. 

Image credits: Photo: Ann Lane painting in the studio by David Kulchar

The Other Side champions South Coast creativity—backing artists in unexpected places where art connects, heals, and transforms lives.

About South Coast Arts (SCA)

South Coast Arts (SCA) is a regional arts organisation servicing the creative communities of Shellharbour, Kiama and the Shoalhaven

Image credits: Anamaria Lopez, The Hit Factory (South Coast Arts), 2025. Photo: Drummerboy Pictures.

Every gift backs LGBTQIA+ artists and keeps South Australia's queer festival ambitious, accessible, and proudly ours.

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Feast is South Australia's LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural festival. Each November we platform queer artists, celebrate community, and create space where everyone belongs. From performance to visual art, Feast is proudly of and for the community it serves.

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Add your voice to help SPC expand opportunities for emerging artists shaping the future of Australian choral music with us.

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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is Australia’s largest choral organisation and a Sydney Opera House Resident Company. Across six choirs, SPC brings together more than 700 singers each week, while developing emerging composers and conductors through practical artistic pathways, alongside symphonic collaborations, self-presented concerts, regional activity and participatory programs for national audiences.

Arts Mid North Coast’s programs and projects celebrate the diversity of creativity found on the Mid North Coast.

About Arts Mid North Coast 

Arts Mid North Coast creates inclusive opportunities for regional artists and grows the creative industries across the Mid North Coast of NSW.

Image credits: Photo: Sara-Jayne Prince

Celebrate and empower First Nations youth with The ELLA Foundation’s 12-hour online campaign, connecting supporters through dance and culture.

About the ELLA Foundation

The ELLA Foundation, founded and led by Wiradjuri artist Ella Havelka, exists to empower first nations youth through dance.

Image credits: Featuring the Barradambang Dancers and the Yurali Ensemble Ballet

Chamber Music Adelaide's video campaign features artist interviews demonstrating how support creates breakthrough moments and sustainable chamber music careers.

About Chamber Music Adelaide (CMA)

Chamber Music Adelaide supports over 150 musicians through commissioning, member development, and programming in intimate spaces.

 

Image credits: Photo: Jason Mildwaters

Support DRILL Performance’s youth dance programs and help build confidence, connection, & emotional intelligence that help our communities prosper.

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DRILL is Nipaluna/Hobart’s youth dance company where young people aged 9-15 take active roles as the makers of our performance work. DRILL facilitates collaborations with inspiring professional and emerging artists in the studio, on stage and in our schools, providing holistic artistic and social skills development, creating resilience and building confidence while creating performance work.

Image credits: Katie Palmer