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FUNDING BODIES

Below is a list of some music industry funding currently available to residents in Western Australia. Closing dates and other information offered here is for reference only and was correct at the time of publication.

Unless otherwise specified, the West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) is not involved in the administration of, or outcomes for, any of the funding avenues listed. WAM cannot provide individual advice about grants or assistance. Please contact the relevant organisation directly with regard to funding availability, eligibility, application processes, requirements, submission deadline updates or other funding enquiries.


AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
www.australiacouncil.gov.au
PO Box 788
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Ph: 1800 226 912
Em: mail@australiacouncil.gov.au

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & THE ARTS (DCA)
www.dca.wa.gov.au
PO Box 8349
Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Ph: 1800 199 090
Em: info@dca.wa.gov.au

ARTFLIGHT
ONGOING - last Friday of each month at least six weeks prior to activity
Funding Cap $5,000. This category supports Western Australian individual artists, arts workers, groups or organisations in all disciplines to attend events at short notice that have strategic significance to the development or promotion of their arts practice or profession.

QUICK RESPONSE - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
ONGOING - last Friday of each month at least six weeks prior to activity
This program is designed to allow successful applicants to take up opportunities for which funding cannot be accessed through normal funding rounds and where the time frame is out of the control of the applicant. Applications for production of last minute film-clips for up to $5,000 will also be considered, in the event the artists / band is receiving high rotation on the airways.

Requests of up to $5,000 are considered for national activity and up to $10,000 for international activity. Applications must be accompanied by a separate, written statement explaining why the activity requires Quick Response support and cannot wait until the regular funding rounds. Applications that do not include such a statement will not be assessed.

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010
This category is for applicants who wish to undertake activity related to the development of markets for individual artists, music businesses or Western Australian contemporary music in general.

TOURING - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010
The Touring category is for performances in two or more towns or cities, whether within Western Australia, interstate or internationally.

MENTORING & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010
This category is for projects which increase skills development in the areas of songwriting, arrangement, performance, production, administration, management and marketing for people involved in the Western Australian contemporary music industry.

PRODUCTION - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010

This category is for projects involving the production of recorded product for public consumption. Production is not the top priority for the Contemporary Music Panel, which prefers to invest more strategically in assisting artists to properly promote existing work. Demos and first recordings for retail release are unlikely to be funded.

COUNTRY ARTS WA (CAWA)
www.countryartswa.asn.au
PO Box 7012
Cloisters Square
Perth WA 6850
Ph: (08) 9200 6200 or Freecall 1800 811 883 (regional WA only)
Em: info@countryartswa.asn.au

YCULTURE REGIONAL YOUTH GRANTS
ONGOING: at least two months prior to activity
Funding to support projects being run by young people for young people in regional Western Australia.

REGIONAL ARTS FUND - QUICK RESPONSE GRANTS
ONGOING: Open all year round, except between Wednesday, 15 December 2010 and Friday, 7 January 2011
This program provides support for small-scale arts development initiatives and professional development opportunities for individual artists and arts organisations in regional Western Australia.

LOUDER

COMMUNITY ARTS NETWORK WA (CANWA)
www.canwa.com.au
King Street Arts Centre
357-365 Murray Street
Perth WA 6000
Ph: 1800 681 021
Em: admin@canwa.com.au

CATALYST
Closing Date: Tuesday 30 March 2010, for projects beginning 1 July 2010
Closing Date: Thursday 30 September 2010, for projects beginning 1 January 2011
Catalyst Funding assists West Australian community art projects that give people the opportunity to participate, learn together and express their local culture and identity. CAN WA is especially interested in art projects that promote the values of community empowerment, social inclusion, respect for diversity and self-determination. This Fund is also available to community artists and community cultural development workers for research and/or skills development activities that will benefit the wider community.


PROPELARTS
www.propelarts.org.au
PO Box 8238
Perth WA 6849
Ph: (08) 9328 5855
Em: hello@propel.org.au

YCULTURE METRO
ONGOING: Open all year round.

YCulture offers up to $3,000 towards your arts/cultural project, supporting projects by young people for young people across all artforms such as music, theatre, performance, new media, visual arts and crafts, street art, writing and dance.

Some of the YCULTURE guidelines are:

• Applicants must be 12 -26 years and live in the Perth Metropolitan Area (please visit www.countryartswa.asn.au for YCulture regional funding options).
• Allow at least 8 weeks between the date you get your application in, and the start date of your project.
• Your project must involve an experienced artist to ensure you maximize your skills development.
• YCulture funds can cover fees of your experienced artist, materials, promotional costs, documentation of your event/project, venue and equipment hire.
• You (the young applicant) need to come up with the project idea. 
• All events and activities will be smoke, drug and alcohol free.
• YCulture will not fund projects that have already occurred.

For more information & to download the Application Form, visit www.propel.org.au/projects/yculture - or contact Suzy at Propel Youth Arts on (08) 9328 5855 or email suzy@propelarts.org.au


DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WATER, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS
www.arts.gov.au
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Ph: 1800 819 461

INDIGENOUS CULTURE SUPPORT
2010-11 Round Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Indigenous culture is a dynamic part of Australian culture and identity. The Indigenous Culture Support (ICS) program supports the maintenance and continued development of Indigenous culture at the community level.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TOURING PROGRAM
Round 19 Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Round 20 Closing Date: Monday 6 September 2010
The Contemporary Music Touring Program provides funding support for touring activities to the contemporary music sector. The Program prioritises regional and remote area touring, which may include the movement of artists to, from or around those regions.

FESTIVALS AUSTRALIA
Round 30 Closing Date: Monday 15 February 2010
Round 31 Closing Date: Thursday 15 July 2010
Festivals Australia is an Australian Government program which funds Australian regional and community festivals to present quality cultural projects. Funding is available to add a new or special sort of cultural activity.

PLAYING AUSTRALIA
Closing Date: June 2010 for tours which commence after 1 January 2011
Support for performing arts bodies to tour in remote and regional areas of Australia.


HEALTHWAY ARTS FUNDING
www.healthway.wa.gov.au
PO Box 1284
West Perth WA 6872
Ph: 1800 198 450
Em: healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au

OVER $5,000 SPONSORSHIPS
Arts Projects sponsored in this category involve "one off" special events such as touring activity, performing and visual arts presentations, regional festivals, community and multi-arts activities, exhibitions and other significant cultural events which contribute towards the development, community involvement and delivery of the Arts in WA. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of four calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.

$5,000 OR LESS SPONSORSHIPS
Sponsorships are available to assist with conducting new or innovative community based projects and festivals that provide opportunities to promote health messages and have a primary arts or cultural focus. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of three calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.

HEALTH IN SCHOOLS THROUGH THE ARTS (HISTA)
Schools can apply for up to $2,500 to undertake arts activities that explore the priority health areas of mental health (bullying, social isolation), nutrition (obesity) and/or physical activity. Projects must be designed using arts activities and specifically examine or address at least one priority health issue in a way that promotes positive changes amongst students. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of three calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.

SMARTER THAN SMOKING REGIONAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS (RAS)
The Scholarship offers financial support to assist young and emerging artists based in regional WA to study, practice and develop their arts skills, beyond what is available locally. Applicants must be between 12 and 25 years of age at the time the application is submitted. The scholarship may cover more than one art form or cultural activity and must take place in WA. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of three calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.


ARTSEDGE
www.artsedge.dca.wa.gov.au
PO Box 8349
Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Ph: (08) 9224 7300
Em: artsedge@dca.wa.gov.au

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (AIR)
Developed in conjunction with the Australia Council for the Arts, the Department of Culture and the Arts and Department of Education, a new four year pilot grants program was launched in June 2009. Funding will be available to WA public schools/teacher training institutions/artists and/or arts and cultural organisations in two funding streams: STREAM 1 – grants of $30,000 each (with the school/institution as applicant) and STREAM 2 – one grant of $100,000 (DCA key funded organisation as applicant). Information on confirmed 2010 funding will be available from our website with applications open from April 2010 (details yet to be announced).


COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION
www.cbf.com.au
PO Box 1354
Collingwood VIC 3066
Ph: (03) 9419 8055
Em: info@cbf.com.au

AMRAP - LIVE MUSIC RECORDING
Closing Date: Thursday 1 April
Funds are available to support the recording of live music content by Australian artists in-studio or at a festival, concert or gig for airplay at community radio stations. This may be facilitated via national re-broadcast on the Community Radio Network (CRN) or the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS), or through provision of a master CD to Amrap. Applications are accepted twice a year in March and October.

AMRAP - MUSIC CORRESPONDENTS
Closing Date: Thursday 1 April
Funds are available to support the production of short program content on aspects of contemporary Australian music for distribution to community radio stations for broadcast and publication on the Amrap website where appropriate. The grants aim to provide the community broadcasting sector with diverse, well-produced and engaging content that enhances local programming. Applications are accepted twice a year in March and September.

AMRAP - PROGRAM PROMOTION

Closing Date: Thursday 1 April

Funds are available to increase the audience of Australian music programs on community radio stations in non-Metropolitan areas.  Amrap grants contribute to the promotion and development of contemporary Australian music and musicians by facilitating airplay through the community broadcasting sector. Applications are accepted twice a year in March and September.

 

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FUNDING BODIES

Below is a list of some music industry funding currently available to residents in Western Australia. Closing dates and other information offered here is for reference only and was correct at the time of publication.

Unless otherwise specified, the West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) is not involved in the administration of, or outcomes for, any of the funding avenues listed. WAM cannot provide individual advice about grants or assistance. Please contact the relevant organisation directly with regard to funding availability, eligibility, application processes, requirements, submission deadline updates or other funding enquiries.


AUSTRALIA COUNCIL
www.australiacouncil.gov.au
PO Box 788
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Ph: 1800 226 912
Em: mail@australiacouncil.gov.au

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & THE ARTS (DCA)
www.dca.wa.gov.au
PO Box 8349
Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Ph: 1800 199 090
Em: info@dca.wa.gov.au

ARTFLIGHT
ONGOING - last Friday of each month at least six weeks prior to activity
Funding Cap $5,000. This category supports Western Australian individual artists, arts workers, groups or organisations in all disciplines to attend events at short notice that have strategic significance to the development or promotion of their arts practice or profession.

QUICK RESPONSE - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
ONGOING - last Friday of each month at least six weeks prior to activity
This program is designed to allow successful applicants to take up opportunities for which funding cannot be accessed through normal funding rounds and where the time frame is out of the control of the applicant. Applications for production of last minute film-clips for up to $5,000 will also be considered, in the event the artists / band is receiving high rotation on the airways.

Requests of up to $5,000 are considered for national activity and up to $10,000 for international activity. Applications must be accompanied by a separate, written statement explaining why the activity requires Quick Response support and cannot wait until the regular funding rounds. Applications that do not include such a statement will not be assessed.

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010
This category is for applicants who wish to undertake activity related to the development of markets for individual artists, music businesses or Western Australian contemporary music in general.

TOURING - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010
The Touring category is for performances in two or more towns or cities, whether within Western Australia, interstate or internationally.

MENTORING & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010
This category is for projects which increase skills development in the areas of songwriting, arrangement, performance, production, administration, management and marketing for people involved in the Western Australian contemporary music industry.

PRODUCTION - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Closing Date: Friday 10 September 2010

This category is for projects involving the production of recorded product for public consumption. Production is not the top priority for the Contemporary Music Panel, which prefers to invest more strategically in assisting artists to properly promote existing work. Demos and first recordings for retail release are unlikely to be funded.

COUNTRY ARTS WA (CAWA)
www.countryartswa.asn.au
PO Box 7012
Cloisters Square
Perth WA 6850
Ph: (08) 9200 6200 or Freecall 1800 811 883 (regional WA only)
Em: info@countryartswa.asn.au

YCULTURE REGIONAL YOUTH GRANTS
ONGOING: at least two months prior to activity
Funding to support projects being run by young people for young people in regional Western Australia.

REGIONAL ARTS FUND - QUICK RESPONSE GRANTS
ONGOING: Open all year round, except between Wednesday, 15 December 2010 and Friday, 7 January 2011
This program provides support for small-scale arts development initiatives and professional development opportunities for individual artists and arts organisations in regional Western Australia.

LOUDER

COMMUNITY ARTS NETWORK WA (CANWA)
www.canwa.com.au
King Street Arts Centre
357-365 Murray Street
Perth WA 6000
Ph: 1800 681 021
Em: admin@canwa.com.au

CATALYST
Closing Date: Tuesday 30 March 2010, for projects beginning 1 July 2010
Closing Date: Thursday 30 September 2010, for projects beginning 1 January 2011
Catalyst Funding assists West Australian community art projects that give people the opportunity to participate, learn together and express their local culture and identity. CAN WA is especially interested in art projects that promote the values of community empowerment, social inclusion, respect for diversity and self-determination. This Fund is also available to community artists and community cultural development workers for research and/or skills development activities that will benefit the wider community.


PROPELARTS
www.propelarts.org.au
PO Box 8238
Perth WA 6849
Ph: (08) 9328 5855
Em: hello@propel.org.au

YCULTURE METRO
ONGOING: Open all year round.

YCulture offers up to $3,000 towards your arts/cultural project, supporting projects by young people for young people across all artforms such as music, theatre, performance, new media, visual arts and crafts, street art, writing and dance.

Some of the YCULTURE guidelines are:

• Applicants must be 12 -26 years and live in the Perth Metropolitan Area (please visit www.countryartswa.asn.au for YCulture regional funding options).
• Allow at least 8 weeks between the date you get your application in, and the start date of your project.
• Your project must involve an experienced artist to ensure you maximize your skills development.
• YCulture funds can cover fees of your experienced artist, materials, promotional costs, documentation of your event/project, venue and equipment hire.
• You (the young applicant) need to come up with the project idea. 
• All events and activities will be smoke, drug and alcohol free.
• YCulture will not fund projects that have already occurred.

For more information & to download the Application Form, visit www.propel.org.au/projects/yculture - or contact Suzy at Propel Youth Arts on (08) 9328 5855 or email suzy@propelarts.org.au


DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WATER, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS
www.arts.gov.au
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Ph: 1800 819 461

INDIGENOUS CULTURE SUPPORT
2010-11 Round Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Indigenous culture is a dynamic part of Australian culture and identity. The Indigenous Culture Support (ICS) program supports the maintenance and continued development of Indigenous culture at the community level.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TOURING PROGRAM
Round 19 Closing Date: Friday 5 February 2010
Round 20 Closing Date: Monday 6 September 2010
The Contemporary Music Touring Program provides funding support for touring activities to the contemporary music sector. The Program prioritises regional and remote area touring, which may include the movement of artists to, from or around those regions.

FESTIVALS AUSTRALIA
Round 30 Closing Date: Monday 15 February 2010
Round 31 Closing Date: Thursday 15 July 2010
Festivals Australia is an Australian Government program which funds Australian regional and community festivals to present quality cultural projects. Funding is available to add a new or special sort of cultural activity.

PLAYING AUSTRALIA
Closing Date: June 2010 for tours which commence after 1 January 2011
Support for performing arts bodies to tour in remote and regional areas of Australia.


HEALTHWAY ARTS FUNDING
www.healthway.wa.gov.au
PO Box 1284
West Perth WA 6872
Ph: 1800 198 450
Em: healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au

OVER $5,000 SPONSORSHIPS
Arts Projects sponsored in this category involve "one off" special events such as touring activity, performing and visual arts presentations, regional festivals, community and multi-arts activities, exhibitions and other significant cultural events which contribute towards the development, community involvement and delivery of the Arts in WA. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of four calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.

$5,000 OR LESS SPONSORSHIPS
Sponsorships are available to assist with conducting new or innovative community based projects and festivals that provide opportunities to promote health messages and have a primary arts or cultural focus. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of three calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.

HEALTH IN SCHOOLS THROUGH THE ARTS (HISTA)
Schools can apply for up to $2,500 to undertake arts activities that explore the priority health areas of mental health (bullying, social isolation), nutrition (obesity) and/or physical activity. Projects must be designed using arts activities and specifically examine or address at least one priority health issue in a way that promotes positive changes amongst students. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of three calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.

SMARTER THAN SMOKING REGIONAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS (RAS)
The Scholarship offers financial support to assist young and emerging artists based in regional WA to study, practice and develop their arts skills, beyond what is available locally. Applicants must be between 12 and 25 years of age at the time the application is submitted. The scholarship may cover more than one art form or cultural activity and must take place in WA. Applications must be received by Healthway a minimum of three calendar months prior to the commencement of the project.


ARTSEDGE
www.artsedge.dca.wa.gov.au
PO Box 8349
Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Ph: (08) 9224 7300
Em: artsedge@dca.wa.gov.au

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (AIR)
Developed in conjunction with the Australia Council for the Arts, the Department of Culture and the Arts and Department of Education, a new four year pilot grants program was launched in June 2009. Funding will be available to WA public schools/teacher training institutions/artists and/or arts and cultural organisations in two funding streams: STREAM 1 – grants of $30,000 each (with the school/institution as applicant) and STREAM 2 – one grant of $100,000 (DCA key funded organisation as applicant). Information on confirmed 2010 funding will be available from our website with applications open from April 2010 (details yet to be announced).


COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION
www.cbf.com.au
PO Box 1354
Collingwood VIC 3066
Ph: (03) 9419 8055
Em: info@cbf.com.au

AMRAP - LIVE MUSIC RECORDING
Closing Date: Thursday 1 April
Funds are available to support the recording of live music content by Australian artists in-studio or at a festival, concert or gig for airplay at community radio stations. This may be facilitated via national re-broadcast on the Community Radio Network (CRN) or the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS), or through provision of a master CD to Amrap. Applications are accepted twice a year in March and October.

AMRAP - MUSIC CORRESPONDENTS
Closing Date: Thursday 1 April
Funds are available to support the production of short program content on aspects of contemporary Australian music for distribution to community radio stations for broadcast and publication on the Amrap website where appropriate. The grants aim to provide the community broadcasting sector with diverse, well-produced and engaging content that enhances local programming. Applications are accepted twice a year in March and September.

AMRAP - PROGRAM PROMOTION

Closing Date: Thursday 1 April

Funds are available to increase the audience of Australian music programs on community radio stations in non-Metropolitan areas.  Amrap grants contribute to the promotion and development of contemporary Australian music and musicians by facilitating airplay through the community broadcasting sector. Applications are accepted twice a year in March and September.