Professional development grants for NSW artists with disability

Grants will be awarded for amounts between $5,000 and $10,000 to individual artists for the costs associated with developing artists’ professional practice in any art form.

Amplify your art is a professional development grant program for NSW artists with disability. The Amplify your art program is designed to assist individual artists in all art forms to further their practice through undertaking professional development. Previous recipients have undertaken a range of skills development projects in artforms including sculpture, poetry, dance, ceramics, music, print-making and digital media.

This $150,000 funding program has been made available through a two-year NSW Government partnership between Arts NSW and Ageing, Disability and Home Care, to promote a culture of inclusion in the arts and cultural sector for people with disability.

Grants will be awarded for amounts of 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.

Applicants from regional and remote NSW are particularly encouraged to apply.

Eligibility

To apply you need to:
Identify as an artist with a disability
Be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident
Be a NSW resident (defined as being a resident for at least 12 months prior to making an application)
Demonstrate a minimum 3-year professional arts practice
Be able to undertake your professional development between March and December 2014

Assessment Criteria

Applications will be ranked against the following criteria:
Artistic quality of the applicant’s proposed program
Demonstrated benefit of the professional development program to the applicant's career development/professional practice
Appropriateness of the program partners
Good planning and effective use of resources

Applications Close Wednesday 18 December 2013

Apply Online
Applications are submitted via Smartygrants aarts.smartygrants.com.au/amplify2013

Further Information
For more information and guidelines go to aarts.net.au/amplify