Arts organisations – annual programs 2025-26

The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications and made the following comments.

Strong applications:

• Used plain, accessible language understandable to diverse audiences.
• Included clear definitions of technical terms and sector-specific language.
• Had simple formatting to structure information in a logical way.

The peers encouraged future applicants to:

Organisational alignment

• Make clear connections between the proposed activities and the organisational vision or mission.
• Demonstrate how funding would support long-term organisational development.

Capacity and expertise

• Clearly outline the scope of key roles and their connection to the proposed work.
• Include evidence of sufficient organisational capacity to deliver the activities.
• Highlight any expertise in youth engagement, access and inclusion, financial management, and fundraising.

Programming quality

• Outline the programming or curatorial rationale driving activities.
• Clearly explain artist selection processes that balance local, interstate, and international opportunities.
• Consider artistic quality and community relevance.

Documentation

• Include succinct and targeted strategic documents that showcase organisational identity.
• Include letters of support and testimonials from audiences and community participants.
• Carefully curate support material through direct links to relevant works.

Financial planning

• Include clear, detailed budgets with diverse income sources.
• Outline appropriate contingencies and realistic cost estimates.

The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s July and August 2025 meetings (including The Annie Greig Dance Scholarship, Arts organisations – annual programs, Cultural heritage organisations – multi-year and Individuals and groups):