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Arts Tasmania

Roving Curators

This program gives museums, galleries, and collections access to our museum professionals for up to 25 days.

Before making an application, you need to contact our Roving Curators to discuss the planned activity.

To apply for funding for cultural heritage activities, see Cultural Heritage Organisations.

Key dates

Opens: 1 July 2024
Closes: 2 September 2024

This round supports activities after 1 March 2025.

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

    As the applicant, your organisation must be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection that:

    • manages publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
    • has (or is working towards) regular opening hours.

    Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible for the program.

    Your organisation must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    What can my organisation apply for?

    Your organisation can apply for up to 25 days of access to Roving Curator support.

  • Assessment

    • Assessment

    Applications will be assessed by a museum and cultural heritage panel using 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

    Your organisations application must be completed online before 11:59 pm 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.

    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

    As the applicant, your organisation must be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection that:

    • manages publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
    • has (or is working towards) regular opening hours.

    Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible for the program.

    Your organisation must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    What can my organisation apply for?

    Your organisation can apply for up to 25 days of access to Roving Curator support.

  • Assessment

    • Assessment

    Applications will be assessed by a museum and cultural heritage panel using 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

    Your organisations application must be completed online before 11:59 pm 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.

    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

    As the applicant, your organisation must be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection that:

    • manages publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
    • has (or is working towards) regular opening hours.

    Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible for the program.

    Your organisation must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

    What can my organisation apply for?

    Your organisation can apply for up to 25 days of access to Roving Curator support.

    Assessment

    Assessment

    Applications will be assessed by a museum and cultural heritage panel using 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

    Your organisations application must be completed online before 11:59 pm 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.

    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: