Funding Your Tour

There are a variety of national and state bodies which provide funding to develop and tour exhibitions.

National

Visions of Australia is an Australian Government Program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of cultural material across Australia. The Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts supports and administers this program.
website: 
www.dcita.gov.au/arts/arts/visions_of_australia

Australia Council: The Visual Arts/Craft Fund supports the presentation and promotion of contemporary art and craft and a limited number of international tours for Australian exhibitions. website: www.ozco.gov.au/grantFinder.aspx

Austrade: The Australian Trade Commission assists organisations and galleries to attend trade fairs and major international exhibitions. website: www.austrade.gov.au/

Asialink Arts, a non-academic department of the University of Melbourne, facilitates projects with Asia including touring exhibitions. website: www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/arts

Regional Arts Australia represents the broad and complex interests and concerns of those working with and for the arts in regional, rural and remote Australia. website: www.regionalarts.com.au

Several organisations facilitate the exhibition and touring of film and video works, including dLux Media Arts (http://www.dlux.org.au) Experimenta (http://www.experimenta.org/) and Cinemedia ( www.cinemedia.org )

Philanthropic organisations including the Gordon Darling Foundation, Ian Potter Foundation, The Myer Foundation and the Besen Family Foundation generously support the visual arts sector in a variety of ways. See Philanthropy Australia's publication ÔThe Australian Directory of Philanthropy'.

website: www.philanthropy.org.au/publications

 

State

VICTORIA

  • Arts Victoria
  • NETS Victoria's Exhibition Development Fund
  • Regional Arts Victoria
  • Regional Exhibitions Touring Initiative (RETI), Museums Australia (Victoria)

QUEENSLAND

  • Arts Queensland
  • M&GSQ's Touring Exhibition Partnership Plan
  • Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
  • Gambling Community Benefit Fund
  • Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund

NEW SOUTH WALES

  • NSW Ministry for the Arts
    • MGnsw Incoming Touring Exhibition Grants

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

  • Arts South Australia
  • South Australian Youth Arts Board (SAYAB)

TASMANIA

  • CAST Touring through the Exhibition Development Fund
  • Arts Tasmania
  • Tasmanian Regional Arts through the Regional Arts Fund

For information on your state funding organisations, contact the NETS Australia office in your state.

How we can helpÉ

NETS is an important avenue to accessing touring exhibition project funding both from state agencies and Visions of Australia and the Australia Council. Consider discussing a partnership with your state office.