Start-up grants: for young artists

For individuals artists and organisations.

Key dates for this funding round – organisations

Opens: 15 February 2012
Closes: 30 April 2012
Notification: August 2012

Key dates for this funding round - individuals

Opens: 1 May 2012
Closes: 1 August 2012
Notification: November 2012

About this funding round

Start-up grant applications will be accepted under Arts Tasmania’s assistance to organisations and assistance to individuals grant programs. Grants of up to $3000 are available for young artists or organisations that predominately comprise and/or represent young people (16-26 years of age) and who have not previously received an Arts Tasmania grant. Start-up grants can be used for any eligible project, or may be used towards the purchase of essential equipment normally excluded from grant assistance.

The application process for these grants is the same as a standard application to either the assistance to individuals or assistance to organisations round, however, if you wish your application to be assessed as a start-up project, please tick the relevant box on the application form.

Start-up grants are designed to address the particular needs of young artists in their early years of professional practice. In the assessment process, special consideration is given to applications identified as start-up projects, recognising that young practitioners may not be as experienced as established artists.

Resources for this funding round

Arts Tasmania and arts@work Resources 2013 - PDF 1.8 MB

An application for Assistance to Individuals can be found here.

An application toolkit and budget template will be available to download from 15 February 2012 for organisations and 1 May 2012 for individuals.