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Open Access and Research Conference 2008 - Brisbane

24-25 September 2008

Researchers, academics, and educators with interests and expertise in open access will benefit from this conference. The conference topic is Media, communications and cultural policy. The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law team led by Professor Brian Fitzgerald received a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence. Stamford Plaza Hotel.

Call for entries

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust - National

30 June 2008 - For project/travel after 5 September 2008

6 October 2008 - For project/travel after 22 December 2008

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust seeks to encourage the diversity and excellence of emerging artists in Australia. The Trust makes grants of up to $7,000 to early career artists practising in a wide range of disciplines within the arts, including the performing and visual arts, crafts, music, film, television, radio, literature, Indigenous art, design, community arts and other areas.

Creative Industries Innovation Centre

Proposals by 14 July 2008

The Creative Industries Innovation Centre has funding of $17 million over four years and will help creative industries SMEs make a larger contribution to the Australian and global economy.  The Centre will have a strong commercial focus and deliver professional business advisory and related business development services to target SMEs across Australia.  The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (the Department of Innovation) invites proposals from organisations to host, and to assist in delivering, some elements of the Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC). The CIIC will form part of Enterprise Connect.

Applications now open for Regional Arts Fund - New South Wales

Entries by 14 August 2008

Applications are now being called for the Regional Arts Fund (NSW), one of the key funding sources for arts and cultural activities in regional, rural and remote communities of NSW. The Regional Arts Fund is an initiative of the Australian Government. It supports arts and cultural activities that have long term cultural, economic and social benefits, promote partnerships and cultural networks, and provide skills development opportunities.

Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant - National

Entries by 15 August, 15 November 2008

The Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant is designed to provide financial assistance to professional artists for the public presentation of their work. Artists working in the disciplines of painting, printmaking, drawing, textiles, photo media, sculpture, mixed-media, installation, glass, ceramics, woodwork, jewellery, furniture, performance art, electronic and digital media are encouraged to apply. Amounts available are $500 for individuals and $1,000 for groups. This Grant is a NAVA initiative, made possible through the sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes à Court and the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts.

Out of Your Shell - ArtStart 2007 NSW Youth Arts & Skills Festival

Entries ongoing

Submissions are invited for ArtStart, a New South Wales Government initiative for young people aged 12 to 24, which is an exhibition space and a forum for creative exchange, information and networking. The program funds opportunities for young people to develop skills by participating in arts and cultural projects, and performing and exhibiting their work. More than 200 ArtStart projects have involved over 6,000 young people in workshops, exhibitions and performances featuring drumming, digital storytelling, mosaics, garden design theatre, wearable art, hip-hop dancing, stencil art, multimedia and much more. 

Announcements

Australia 2020 Summit - Final Report

31 May 2008

The Prime Minister announced the public release of the Final Report of the Australia 2020 Summit on 31 May 2008. This report is intended to provide a record of the Australia 2020 Summit and recommendations on each of the discussion areas for consideration by the Australian Government. It is based on ideas put forward by participants during the Summit discussion sessions, outcomes from preliminary Summit events and ideas generated from public submissions received prior to the Summit.

Marcus Westbury, Creating cultural cities - discussion

May 2008

'Take a city. Add creative people. Build a theatre and an art gallery. And in theory at least the result should be culture; a place which is intellectually stimulating and rich in everything the arts have to offer. But it isn't quite that simple. Every town wants to nurture creativity but the realities of how to achieve that are often complex.' (ABC audio). Griffith essay.

New Culture and Arts Director General appointed - Western Australia

8 May 2008

Culture and the Arts Minister Sheila McHale announced the appointment of Allanah Lucas as the new Director General of the Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA).

Successful Country Art Support Program applicants - New South Wales

April 2008

Regional Arts NSW has announced the successful funding applicants of the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) for 2008. This year 139 new arts projects have been given the go-ahead in regional, rural and remote New South Wales, with a remarkable range of activities, from terrazzo tiles to tiled history poles, comedy to cartooning, and puppetry to pavement art.

Cultural Ministers Council - Communiqué - Ministerial statement on the Creative Innovation Economy

29 February 2008 - ongoing

A statement by the Cultural Ministers Council on the new Building a creative innovation economy report on opportunities for the Australian and New Zealand creative sectors in the online, mobile and broadcast digital environment. Arts and Culture in Australian Life: A Statistical Snapshot was endorsed and released by the Cultural Ministers Council. Building a Creative Innovation Economy was endorsed and released by the Cultural Ministers Council. CMC is inviting public comment on this report.

Resources

• artsConnect
• fuel4arts.com
• OzArts Online
• Regional Arts NSW
• ABS - Attendance at cultural venues and events
• Cultural participation by persons with a disability and older persons
• CreateBiz - funding resources
• Cultural Data Online
• Northern Territory Government applications & Commonwealth Government grant programs

Arts policy and development

• Australia 2020 Summit Initial Report, 2008 (38p 1.2MB PDF)
• Australia 2020 Summit Towards a creative Australia, background paper, 2008 (12p 194kb PDF)
• New Directions for the Arts, 2007 (17p 150kb PDF)
• J Craik, Re-Visioning Arts and Cultural Policy, ANU EPress, Canberra, 2007.