Arts Queensland is suspending applications for the Organisations Fund 2021-2024 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Read more about this announcement here.

View Organisations Fund case studies or download Organisations Fund recipients list in Excel format.

Supporting vibrant and accessible arts and cultural experiences for Queensland by individuals, organisations or collectives across three categories: Arts Impact, Arts Illuminate and Arts Ignite. 

NOTE: increased funding and expanded criteria – APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE 27 MARCH 2020

View QASP case studies or download QASP recipients list (XLSX) (111.47 KB) and previous PAP recipients list in Excel format. Find out more about QASP.

Supporting individual artists and cultural workers (emerging and established) to participate in transformational professional and career development opportunities.

NOTE: Boosted funding, expanded criteria, new closing date – APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE 27 MARCH 2020

View Individuals Fund case studies or download previous Individuals Fund recipients (70.21 KB) list in Excel format. Find out more about Individuals Fund.

Supporting performing and visual arts projects by Queensland artists and organisations that are ready to tour and have demonstrated community interest and demand. Includes activities targeted at schools and kindergartens in regional Queensland.

NOTE:  APPLICATIONS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

View PQF case studies or download current and previous PQF recipients list in Excel format. Read the fact sheets for schools, sector and for artist in residence projects. Find out more about PQF.

Building a stronger, more sustainable and ethical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts industry in Queensland. 

View BIA case studies or download BIA – Performing Arts recipients list (Excel).

Find out more about BIA programs and funding recipients.

Supporting innovative and transformative arts business ideas.  

View ABIF case studies or download current ABIF recipients list in Excel format.

Find out more about ABIF. 

Partnering with local government to invest in the local development of quality arts and arts practice for and with regional communities. View RADF case studies.

Find out more about RADF.

Partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to ensure Indigenous communities in regional and remote areas of Queensland have access to arts and cultural services.  

View IRADF case studies or download previous IRADF recipients list in Excel format. 

Find out more about IRADF.

Artists in Residence funding supports regional Queensland schools and kindergartens to partner with artists and arts organisations to deliver innovative projects.  Funding for artists in residence projects is now available through the new Arts and Education stream of the Playing Queensland Fund which is open year round.

The standalone Artists in Residence Fund (AIR) has now closed.

View AIR case studies and historic fund guidelines and other documents, or download the AIR 2016-19 recipients list in Excel format.

Partnering with Brisbane City Council to support creative projects that enrich Brisbane's communities and develop the professional practice of local artists and cultural workers.  

Find out more about Creative Sparks.

An Australian Government initiative to benefit regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities through Community Project Grants and Quick Response Grants. Flying Arts Alliance Inc administers the Queensland Regional Arts Fund.

​Find out more about the Regional Arts Fund.

Supporting emerging musicians to establish a professional career.  

Find out more about the Billy Thorpe Scholarship.

Providing an opportunity to travel to New York, London or Berlin to further develop artistic skills in an immersive music culture.  

Find out more about the Grant McLennan Fellowship.

Supporting arts and cultural organisations to upgrade and improve the infrastructure that supports their work and practice. The Arts Infrastructure Fund concluded in March 2018.

Find out more about AIF.

Promoting private sector giving by matching eligible cash sponsorship and philanthropy dollar for dollar, while leveraging government investment in Queensland-based arts and cultural organisations. The Arts Leverage Fund concluded in 2017 and is closed for new applicants.

Download previous Arts Leverage Fund recipients list in Excel format.

Partnering with the Australia Council for the Arts to increase the viability and vitality of Australia’s contemporary visual arts and craft sector in Queensland.  

Find out more about VACS.

The Australian Government's arts and culture policy body.  Find out more about the Ministry for the Arts.

The Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body.  Find out more about the Australia Council for the Arts.

A statutory body of the Queensland Government and the state's marketing, destination and experience development and major events agency.  

Find out more about the TEQ.

Supporting rural, regional and remote communities in Queensland and the Northern Territory to address the particular challenges they face due to their geographic location.  

Check out the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.