Amplify your art grant applications open

Amplify your art is a professional development grant program for NSW artists with disability. The Amplify program is designed to assist individual artists in all art forms to further their practice through undertaking professional development.
Grants will be awarded for amounts between $5,000 and $10,000 for the costs associated with developing an artist’s professional practice. Costs can include training, mentoring, travel and skills development.
Eligibility
To apply you need to:
•    Identify as an artist with a disability
•    Be a resident of NSW
•    Demonstrate a minimum 3-year professional arts practice
•    Be able to undertake your professional development between March and December 2013
Assessment Criteria
Applications will be ranked against the following criteria:
1.    Artistic quality of the applicant’s proposed program
2.    Demonstrated benefit of the professional development program to the applicant's career development/professional practice
3.    Appropriateness of the program partners
Good planning and effective use of resources
Applications Open: Wednesday 10 October 2012
Applications Close:  Monday 10 December 2012

Invitation to exhibit at Arts Activated 2012

Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are still available at the Arts Activated 2012 conference, Australia’s only national arts and disability conference. Arts Activated is a unique opportunity for exhibitors to network, showcase and market services and products to a target audience made up of people with disability, carers and professionals from the arts, disability, education, health, and community sectors.

This bi-annual conference is a significant event and a ‘must attend’ for arts and disability professionals around Australia. It is anticipated Arts Activated will attract at least 350 delegates from the public, not for profit, private and academic sectors, providing exhibitors with prominent positioning to this select audience and Arts Activated network of over 10,000 people and affiliated groups. From as little as $2,500, exhibitors gain opportunity to build targeted awareness, generate new relationships and increase positive associations in the areas of arts and disability.

Arts Activated 2012 is hosted by Accessible Arts on October 30 and 31 in Sydney’s newest fully accessible arts centre, the Concourse at Chatswood. Exhibitors are invited to display signage and services/goods at the Conference venue and will be acknowledged in the conference website and printed conference program. 

When: 30-31 October 2012

Where: The Concourse, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood NSW

Access: Fully accessible venue

More information: www.aarts.net.au/arts-activated-2012