Individuals and groups 2025-26

The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications to the round and provided the following advice:

Application tips:

• Write in plain English - avoid jargon.
• Get someone to proofread your application.
• Make sure all links work and don't need memberships or passwords.
• Use clear and descriptive filenames for any attachments.
• Include creative CVs or biographies for everyone involved.
• Include a history of your creative practice and output, rather than a general CV.
• Format text clearly and make sure that you have addressed each assessment criteria.
• Clearly explain how your activity will benefit the sector, audiences and/or the broader community.
• Keep the activity realistic - don't try to do too much.
• Choose your best examples of past work.
• Provide detailed and achievable timelines.
• Include risk management or safety plans for sensitive content.
• Letters demonstrating sector, audience or community support should come from people who aren’t directly involved in the proposed activity.
• Having a grant auspiced can relieve administrative burden for complex activities.

Strong budgets:

• Pay artists fair wages based on clear industry rates, and reference where the rates came from.
• Include a detailed breakdown to show how items in the budget were calculated.
• Use correct superannuation rates.
• Show confirmed partnerships.
• Provide evidence of listed costs where possible.
• Include context in the notes field.
• Have backup plans for unconfirmed funding.

Strong support letters:

• Address quality, planning, and benefit.
• Show you've talked to venues and partners.
• Prove there's demand for your project from industry professionals or the target audience.
• Speak to the quality and relevance of your work.
• Demonstrate appropriate engagement with the communities involved.

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

• Adam Wheeler
• Alexey Yemtsov
• Ann Teesdale
• Asher Warren
• Bonni Que
• Bronwyn Dillon
• Carin Mistry
• Carol Wellman Kelly
• Cheryl Rose
• Chloe Mayne
• Colin Hughes
• Daniel Gray-Barnett
• Dean Greeno
• Emily Sanzaro
• Fiona Hughes
• Fran Reeve-Palmer
• Grace Chia
• James Anderson
• Jennifer Tyers
• John Kachoyan
• Julie Waddington
• Karen Revie
• Kellie Wells
• Lara Colrain
• Leigh Swinbourne
• Lyndon Riggall
• Mary Shannon
• Paschal Daantos Berry
• Ross Turnbull
• Sally Rees
• Sally Richardson
• Sofie Burgoyne
• Trisha Dunn

Arts Tasmania carefully manages actual and perceived conflicts of interest for both staff members and peers involved in the assessment process.

Funding recommendations were made by expert peers drawn from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peers cannot assess funding rounds that they have applied to.

More information on the management of conflicts of interest.