The Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body, announced the Resilience Fund this week to address the immediate and enormous challenges the sector is currently experiencing.
The fund will provide immediate relief to Australian artists, arts workers and arts organisations to support their livelihoods, practice and operations.
The 2020 Resilience Fund includes three streams:
- Survive - small grants for individuals, groups and organisations to offset or recoup financial losses due to cancelled activity
- Adapt - grants for individuals, groups and organisations to adapt their practice and explore new operating models
- Create - grants for individuals, groups and organisations to continue to create artistic work and develop creative responses in a time of disruption
Organisations that currently receive multi-year funding from the Australia Council are not eligible to apply. Artists and organisations that have existing agreements with the Australia Council are encouraged to contact their contract manager to discuss flexible support options at this time.
Applications for the Resilience Fund quick response opportunities open today. For more information visit the Australia Council website.
The Australia Council has also launched a Facebook group - Arts and creative industry: digital support - as a digital support to the industry. Artists and organisations can share and promote content on this new channel, and use it as a professional development resource for those who may not have the technology, skill sets or bandwidth to successfully present and represent their work online through live streaming or other methods.
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