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Arts Tasmania

Organisations - youth arts

This program supports organisations to deliver activities that actively engage young people (aged 0 to 25 years) to develop their creative skills, and enhance their social health and wellbeing.

It is offered in a partnership with Screen Tasmania.

Key dates

Opens: 1 July 2024
Closes: 2 September 2024

For activities commencing after 1 December 2024.

We will contact you about your organisation’s application within ten weeks of the closing date.

Applications are closed.

The information below may be updated once applications open. Please check back in July 2024.

Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

  • Eligibility

    • Eligibility

    This program supports:

    • Tasmanian arts organisations
    • Tasmanian local governments
    • other Tasmanian organisations delivering an arts activity.

    Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Applications will not be accepted from:

    • arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
    • arts organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (including through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year]).
    • organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston])

    Eligible costs and activities

    Organisations can request grant funds of up to $80,000 towards eligible costs and activities.

    These include:

    • creative development and research
    • presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
    • professional development opportunities
    • market and audience development (including promotion)

    Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

    Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of the Culture, Arts and Sport Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

    For more information, please see Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

  • Assessment

    • Assessment

    Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in, or are engaged with, the arts and cultural sectors such as artists, administrators, or other professionals.

    All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    CRITERION

    THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER

    Quality

    • Is the activity conceptually strong?
    • Why is the activity important?
    • Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?

    Planning

    • Is the activity financially feasible?
    • Is the timeline reasonable and achievable?
    • What partnerships are in place to help the activity?

    Benefit

    • How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community?
    • What is the audience experience?

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

  • Application

    • Application

    Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59pm on the closing date.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    You can start a submission here.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about applying before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

  • Eligibility

    • Eligibility

    This program supports:

    • Tasmanian arts organisations
    • Tasmanian local governments
    • other Tasmanian organisations delivering an arts activity.

    Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Applications will not be accepted from:

    • arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
    • arts organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (including through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year]).
    • organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston])

    Eligible costs and activities

    Organisations can request grant funds of up to $80,000 towards eligible costs and activities.

    These include:

    • creative development and research
    • presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
    • professional development opportunities
    • market and audience development (including promotion)

    Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

    Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of the Culture, Arts and Sport Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

    For more information, please see Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

  • Assessment

    • Assessment

    Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in, or are engaged with, the arts and cultural sectors such as artists, administrators, or other professionals.

    All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    CRITERION

    THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER

    Quality

    • Is the activity conceptually strong?
    • Why is the activity important?
    • Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?

    Planning

    • Is the activity financially feasible?
    • Is the timeline reasonable and achievable?
    • What partnerships are in place to help the activity?

    Benefit

    • How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community?
    • What is the audience experience?

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

  • Application

    • Application

    Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59pm on the closing date.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    You can start a submission here.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about applying before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see:

    Eligibility

    Eligibility

    This program supports:

    • Tasmanian arts organisations
    • Tasmanian local governments
    • other Tasmanian organisations delivering an arts activity.

    Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Applications will not be accepted from:

    • arts organisation with no physical presence in Tasmania
    • arts organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (including through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural Heritage Organisations [multi-year]).
    • organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [City of Launceston])

    Eligible costs and activities

    Organisations can request grant funds of up to $80,000 towards eligible costs and activities.

    These include:

    • creative development and research
    • presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
    • professional development opportunities
    • market and audience development (including promotion)

    Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

    Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of the Culture, Arts and Sport Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

    For more information, please see Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

    Assessment

    Assessment

    Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in, or are engaged with, the arts and cultural sectors such as artists, administrators, or other professionals.

    All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a multi-artform peer panel against the criteria of:

    CRITERION

    THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER

    Quality

    • Is the activity conceptually strong?
    • Why is the activity important?
    • Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?

    Planning

    • Is the activity financially feasible?
    • Is the timeline reasonable and achievable?
    • What partnerships are in place to help the activity?

    Benefit

    • How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community?
    • What is the audience experience?

    For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

    Application

    Application

    Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59pm on the closing date.

    Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

    Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

    You can start a submission here.

    Help with your application

    We encourage you to talk to our grants team about applying before the closing date.

    You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

    Other information

    Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.

    For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

    To view the results of previous rounds, see: