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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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Sounding the Horn: A Concerto for MCO
Help MCO bring a bold new horn concerto to life by Andrew Ford OAM, written for soloist Carla Blackwood.
Beyond Empathy: InOut
Support a new major film work co-created by Bellambi's public housing community as they face major redevelopment, relocation and removal.
Affinity Quartet: Affinity Quartet Unlimited Academy (AQUA)
Affinity Quartet Unlimited Academy responds to a gap in Australia’s chamber music training, fostering the talent of aspiring string quartets.
Tura: Support the next 10 years of Sound FX
Support the next generation of Kimberley artists.
The Awesome Black Foundation: The Voices Rising Fund
Supporting Blak creators and shaping opportunities for community
Frontyard Projects: Finding (and Funding) *BreathingSpace*
*BreathingSpace* is the amount of time that Frontyard could survive without further income, based on current expenses. Let's expand it!
The Home Stretch: Deep. Funny. Piano. Gay.: Tracking. Mixing. Master.
Deep. Funny. Piano. Gay. will provide support for tracking, mixing and mastering of Brendan Maclean's 3rd album with quality equipment and industry professionals.
Newcastle Writers Festival: Become Part of the Story
Your gift helps Newcastle Writers Festival support wellbeing, inspire young readers and spark the conversations that shape our city.
Proto-Productions: The Next Generation of Artisan Filmmakers
Celebrating human-led art. Celebrating Australian stories. Celebrating all forms of visual media.
McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery: Help McClelland give a lot
McClelland is a place to gather, explore bushland, encounter extraordinary art and sculpture, enjoy lunch and discover something unexpected.
The Cannery Arts Centre: Upgrade our Print Room!
We are seeking support to revive our Print Room, an important space within our regional arts centre.
Operantics: Support Operantics' Hayes Theatre Co Debut
Support Operantics’ 2027 Hayes Theatre Co debut with Così fan tutte, investing in exceptional emerging Australian artists and accessible, high-quality opera.
Helpmann Academy: The Help Behind Helpmann
Every emerging creative has a story. Behind every opportunity is someone who helps make it possible.
Canberra Burlesque Academy: Keep the Stage Open
Help us keep donation-based burlesque, dance and drag classes open to people facing financial barriers.
Best Australian Speculative Fiction: Chinese Edition: Best Australian Speculative Fiction: Chinese Edition
Help us translate 17 of the best speculative stories created by Australian authors, and promote them throughout the Chinese World.
Futureative: Bring our creative conferences to life
Help bring three online conferences for independent creatives to life, showcasing Australian creatives and exploring the future of creative work.
Regional Arts WA: Get Me There: Regional Artists Travel
Help WA regional artists pack their bags! We're funding trips that turn creative ideas into bigger opportunities; near, far, everywhere.
Australian Dance Party: Keep dance alive in the heart of Canberra!
Help keep artists employed, visible, and thriving in Canberra. Every dollar powers the future of the arts in the ACT.
Uncle Mark Brown - Dreaming Spirit: Three Cultures, One Country
Support Bunurong-led collaboration through visual art, storytelling and performance, connecting Bunurong, Māori and Indian cultural practitioners.
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.
Branch Nebula: New Vision City – Indigenous Street Styles
Help six First Nations artists create bold new dance theatre driven by street dance, skateboarding, vogueing and roller skating.
Amin Eskandarieh: Reviving the Ancient Saggar Technique
I am raising funds to create new ceramic works, develop my Saggar firing practice, and share this ancient technique with audiences in Australia.
Boomalli Aboriginal Artist’s Co-operative: Boomalli 40 Year Anniversary Mural
Help Boomalli create a landmark 100 meter mural celebrating 40 years, continuing our legacy of amplifying NSW Aboriginal art and artists.
GRID Series: Put the power into GRID
We areraising funds to broaden our activity and reach in order to provide our program to more communities around Austalia.
Art as Healing: Mokuhanga Residency in Japan
Promote the benefits of creativity for mental health by teaching skills learned at a residency in Japan in 2027
Rhiannon: ‘Phoenix’ Album Creation and Collaborations
‘Phoenix’ is Rhiannon’s self-written, self-produced Alt-R&B album, featuring BigYuki, Javier Santiago, Sam Barsh and Adam Deitch, celebrating authentic female-led artistry.
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.
Nexus Arts: One More Artist, One More Story: Interplay 2027
Raising funding to support the inclusion of one more artist to Interplay 2027.
Feast Festival: Fund the Feast
Every gift backs LGBTQIA+ artists and keeps South Australia's queer festival ambitious, accessible, and proudly ours.
WestWords: Booktober: Make Room for More Stories
Read what you love and help young people across Western Sydney and regional NSW find their voice through stories.
Perth International Jazz Festival: Swing Into Action with Perth International Jazz Festival
Help Perth International Jazz Festival keep ticket prices down, support local artists and plan for the future.
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.
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.