Arts & Creativity Grants Program 2023/24

⁠⁠⁠The Northern Beaches has a thriving and diverse creative community, and our local creative sector continues to evolve and grow.

The Arts & Creativity Grants program supports this growth and develops an agile and sustainable sector. It does this by funding a range of projects, programs and activities which provides opportunities for individual artists, cultural or creative workers, or arts organizations across all artforms.

This annual program focusses on projects and initiatives that deliver direct benefits to individuals and communities within the Northern Beaches local government area.

Objectives

• The Arts & Creativity Grant program supports projects and initiatives that contribute to one or more of the objectives identified in Council’s Arts & Creativity Strategy, Connected Through Creativity 2029:
• foster innovation and contribute to the growth of the local arts and creative sector through collaboration and partnerships
• connect with and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and cultures
• develop the skills of local creative professionals and arts workers across all arts disciplines
• increase access and community
• participation in arts, culture and creativity
• animate public spaces with creative initiatives, including in unexpected and unique urban environments
• tell diverse stories authentic to the Northern Beaches

Read the guidelines thoroughly and preview the application form, application forms will be available once the grant round opens

• applications must be submitted online at northernbeaches.smartygrants.com.au by the deadline.
• hardcopy applications will not be accepted, if you have access requirements please contact us and we are happy to help
• you may be required to attach supporting documentation with your application, please check the Supporting Documentation checklist below
• allow time to plan, research and gather support material to draft your application, also allow time for file upload and aim to submit your application at least an hour before the cut-off time
• applications will not be accepted after the application closing time (3pm, 7 August 2023), there are no extenuating circumstances

Support is available

If you need assistance please contact the Arts & Culture team:

Email: creative@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

Phone: 8495 7564 (9am-5pm, weekdays)