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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WA Youth Theatre Company: Give the Stage!
WAYTCo is fundraising to provide productions and scholarships for our young members in 2028.
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.
Tent City: A New Face: Build a Tent for Tent City
Build a Tent for Tent City and help amplify lived experiences of homelessness through inclusive theatre, storytelling and community connection.
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.
Small Ripples Theatre: Gold Mountain Wives 金山婆 Original Musical
Support Gold Mountain Wives, a new Australian musical bringing overlooked stories of migration, resilience and belonging to the stage.
Melbourne Fringe: Give a Buck. Watch It Double.
Give a Buck to Melbourne Fringe on 22 October and your donation will be matched, doubling your support for independent artists.
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.
Brown's Mart: Brown's Mart Phone-a-thon
Answer the call for the Arts at Brown’s Mart this AusArt Day. Your donation will be matched $ for $
The 1812 Theatre: Restore the 1812: Put Theatre in Lights
The 1812 Theatre will restore the presence of its Ferntree Gully façade with a spectacular illuminated, eight-metre-wide Art Deco-inspired marquee.
Open Space Contemporary Arts: Art for Everyone, Everywhere: Support OSCA
Bring participatory art projects to life! Support OSCA to connect artists and communities in creativity. Make art accessible for everyone.
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA): Support NAVA’s work for artists
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.
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.
Child Players ACT: Drama Studio Fit Out
Fundraising to fit out our new drama studio to create a positive environment for our students and their families.
Camera Story: Pujiman ↔ Pujiman: Dreams Across Two Deserts
An Indigenous-led exchange between Western Desert Martu and Kalahari desert Ju/'hoansi people. “Reciprocally sharing stories, following our own path”.
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.
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.
Writing NSW: Stories Begin Here: Inside Writing NSW
Writers tell their own stories: how workshops, groups, prizes and scholarships at Writing NSW changed their creative lives.
Ifa Shiddiq: World of Darwin: Spin-off Webcomic
Support a spin-off webcomic of ‘World of Darwin’, a project series involving character personifications of the Australian towns and cities.
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.
SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre 'The Letters': Write the future with SLIDE
Help SLIDE bring The Letters to life, connecting generations through dance, storytelling, memory and the voices of young artists.
Creatives Inc: FREEDOM: Revolution Joy!
FREEDOM is an immersive, multi-disciplinary arts project curated by Lisa Behan for Creatives Inc. The project addresses the heavy realities of domestic violence and coercive control, transforming experiences of trauma into a powerful collective reclamation of feminine liberty. The project is created to highlight women's strength, regional creative practitioners, and the broader community.
Star Stories Creative Development: Bring Star Stories to Life
Support Star Stories, a unique First Nations-led collaboration blending poetry, music, animation and performance, inspiring connection, creativity and understanding.
PAC Australia: Inaugural First Nations Presenter Training Program
The First Nations Presenter Training Program, in partnership with arts leader Angela Flynn, to develop First Nations performing arts programmers.
Temperance Hall: Join the Temperance Hall Society
Our vision for Temperance Hall is working; sustaining it requires a collective.
Southern Cross Soloists: Be smart, and support live music.
In the age of AI, human creativity matters more than ever. For 12 hours, your gift keeps virtuosic music-making human.
Storyvox: The Electric Love Fest Project
Australian Giant Cuttlefish - spectacular, fascinating, very groovy - help us bring their unique story of wonder, vulnerability and hope to the world.
JUTE Theatre Company: Three Dresses - from page to stage
Help JUTE Theatre Company bring Wanda Gibson’s award-winning children’s book Three Dresses from page to stage.
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!
Adelaide Fringe: Fringe for everyone!
Your donation, DOUBLED, directly supports artists, venues, and audiences - covering the costs of making Fringe shows more accessible for everyone.
Seno Ensemble: Seno Ensemble: Bridging Musical Worlds
Support an Australian-Indonesian musical exchange bringing musicians together to learn, collaborate and create new experimental music.
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.
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.