General eligibility
Arts Tasmania gives priority to funding Tasmanian artists or activities that will benefit Tasmania.
Who can apply?
An organisation or an individual artist (who has been resident in Tasmania for six of the past twelve months) is eligible to apply for funding. The outcomes of the project need to be based in Tasmania or provide direct benefits for Tasmanian artists.
Undergraduate and post graduate art students are eligible to apply for grants or loans, however, any activity that is part of that course, or contributes to the course assessment, is not eligible for funding.
If an applicant has received a grant or loan in the past, Arts Tasmania cannot consider a further grant application until all outstanding grants and loans have been acquitted satisfactorily. This does not include a project occurring in the current year of application where the acquittal is not yet due.
What activities are not eligible or have restrictions?
Grants are not available for:
- capital works or the purchase of assets (unless through an Infrastructure Fund or Start-Up Grant). Arts Tasmania has a low-interest loan scheme which can be used for assistance in this area
- the employment of non-professional artists
- fees relating to registration with print-on-demand publishing services by individuals
- initial training in the arts, including formal training at government and private performing arts schools both in Australia and overseas
- study in formally accredited undergraduate courses and postgraduate programs
- activities that are properly the responsibility of other funding bodies or government agencies at federal, state or local level
- activities of national organisations, except where there is direct benefit to Tasmania
- competitions, prizes, fund-raising events and award exhibitions
- retrospective activity or losses resulting from an activity or program except where a Guarantee Against Loss has been granted in advance. Similarly, the funded project cannot begin before receipt of formal written notification of the grant
- amateur groups to undertake interstate or international touring programs
- film, television, video and multimedia projects normally handled by Screen Tasmania under its programs. A small number of multimedia projects related to other art forms (for example music videos) may be funded by Arts Tasmania. If in doubt, please contact a Program Officer
- childcare costs. The Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board prefers to place priority on arts workers receiving reasonable rates of pay for work done
- publishing of: educational books (primary, secondary and tertiary), university theses, newsletters and catalogues, dictionaries and encyclopaedias, bibliographies, books which are primarily collections of interviews, instruction manuals, gardening and cooking books, personal growth, lifestyle and hobby books, guidebooks, specialist books focusing on topics such as philosophy, theology, psychology, medicine, law, the physical and natural sciences.
The Board may look at eligibility on a case-by-case basis to take into account circumstances particular to each application.
Pro-am and amateur productions
The Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board does not, in general, provide financial assistance for pro-am and amateur productions. The Board will, however, consider applications from incorporated not-for-profit bodies for specific professional arts components of a pro-am or amateur production - but not for the whole project.
If your application is for a pro-am or amateur production and you are unsure as to whether the event will be eligible for funding under the programs listed in this handbook, you should contact an Arts Tasmania Program Officer to discuss your project's eligibility.