The following activities will NOT be supported from 2024.
Professional development
- Support is no longer available for projects offering professional development (including mentorships, masterclasses, one-on-one mentorships, workshops) for writers and visual artists.
- However, publishers and creative organisations are eligible to apply for career development, sector development and leadership projects for First Nations and diverse editors, publishers and curators.
Academics
- Research for purely academic audiences
- Researcher costs associated with projects
- Training and professional development for academics
- Publication of academic work
Art galleries
- Exhibition costs (including installation)
- Publishing art books and catalogues
- Exhibition openings
- Book marketing costs
Awards
- Awards run by book publishers and literary magazines and journals (also listed under ‘Publishers’)
Digital production
- Development of apps and other devices
- Digitisation of back issues, previously published work, or catalogues of works
- Website development or maintenance costs
Festivals
- Multi-arts festivals
- Writers’ festivals and activities aligned to writers’ festivals (three national writers’ festivals will be invited to apply in 2024)
Film (see Screen Australia)
- Film script development
- Film festivals
- Projects aimed at the film industry
General
- Business or overhead costs
- Capital works
- Catering costs
- General administrative costs
- Production costs for theatre, film and other performances
- Projects which are primarily for the education market (ie textbooks/resources)
- Staff costs
Overall projects
- Aimed at small, niche audiences
- Which do not connect with, or reach significant audiences
- Aimed at performing arts, music or dance audiences
Publishers
- Awards run by book publishers and literary magazines and journals
- Production costs
- Image reproduction costs
- Book launches
- Marketing books
- Payments to freelance editors, proofreaders, and researchers
Theatre
- Professional development
- Playwright development programs
Translations
- Into other languages for overseas publication and audiences
Universities
- Artist-in-residency programs which do not connect with audiences outside the university
Visual arts
- Projects for professional development (including mentorships, masterclasses, one-on-one mentorships, workshops)
- Writers’ fees for art publications, catalogues, art journals, multi-arts journals and magazines
- Projects where visual artists are not paid a fee
- Projects which do not benefit visual artists or the visual arts sector
- Prizes and awards for visual artists
- Community-run visual arts projects, including murals
Writing
- Projects for professional development (including mentorships, masterclasses, one-on-one mentorships, workshops)
- Writers’ fees for art publications, catalogues, art journals, multi-arts journals and magazines
- Projects where writers are not paid a fee
- Self-publishing costs
- Projects which do not benefit writers or the publishing sector
- Community-run writing programs