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5k-50k funding round opening
Opens: 1 December 2018
Closes: 28 February 2019
Information session
When: 6-7:30pm, Tuesday 4 December 2018
Where: Ainslie Arts Centre, Elouera Street, Braddon
No booking required
One on one sessions
When: 12-2pm, Wednesday 12 December
Where: Ainslie Arts Centre
Booking: email or call 6207 2384 to make a time
Our second round of $5-50k Arts Activities funding will open on Saturday 1 December 2018. Applications are due 28 February 2019. artsACT funding can be used for a range of activities across a number of artforms. For all the information head to our website, and read the Arts Activities Funding - Application Handbook.
If you're not sure this funding is right for your project, or want to know more about what to put in an application, come along to our information night. If you can't make it, you can watch an information session recorded earlier this year.
We highly recommend chatting to us about your idea before you submit an application. We are running one on one sessions, which you can book in for on 12 December. We will be running more one on one sessions for this round in January 2019, with dates yet to be confirmed. In the mean time, you can email us, call 6207 2384 for chat, or organise a different time to come in and see us.
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Shop local this Christmas
Want to support local artists and makers and win the title of best gift giver this Christmas? We are here to help!
We've compiled a list of options to shop local for everybody this Christmas. For markets, to music, craft to courses and everything in between, check out our shop local guide and support local artists this year.
If you're a local artist or maker and you'd like to be listed on our guide, get in touch.
Photo: Gift cards available from Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
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AGAC Summer Revel
When: 11am-4pm, Saturday 1 December 2018
Where: Gorman House
Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centre's Summer Revel program has launched! The lineup features music, food and drink, market stalls, garden games, film screenings, arts exploration and more.
Checkout the program and plan your revelling on AGAC's website.
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Watch: Tania McCartney on writing, illustrating, and how funding helped her career. Tania's new book Mamie is out now!
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More Canberra arts news
Music ACT and Ditto team up to deliver professional development
Need some tips on how to get your music out there in a digital world? Come along on 4 December for tips on distribution, royalties, uploading, Spotify and artist profiles. All are welcome but please RSVP online. Kickstart 101 is an intensive invite only workshop with one-on-one advice on how to maximise your music on digital platforms. If you're interested in attending, send an email to Shannen including a 50-70 word cover letter explaining why the workshop will benefit your music career. For all the information visit the Music ACT website.
Congratulations to Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Tuggeranong Arts Centre received two awards for recent projects which were delivered through the Centre's Community Arts and Cultural Development program. The Violets Park project received a 2018 National Trust ACT Heritage Award, and the Just Like Clockwork children’s musical won an ACT Children’s Week Community Award. To celebrate these awards and the launch of Tuggeranong's 2019 program, come along to their Big Bang End of Year Party on 7 December.
Studio Masterclass 2019
Belconnen Arts Centre are calling for artists to submit expressions of interest to participate in the March-June Studio Masterclass 2019 program. Artists across a range of art forms are asked to devise a short, one-off intensive masterclass to be presented in their studio. EOIs are due Friday 14 December. For more information visit Belconnen Arts Centre's website.
Shop (regionally) local
Get in on the local shopping action across the boarder. Gifts on Q in Queanbeyan is stocking a bunch of treats to help you cross names off your Christmas list. Jewellery, clocks, soy candles, chai, local pepper, and vegan fudge are just a few of the great offerings. For more information on what's in store and when you can pop in, check out their website.
Arts Tourism Research released
The Australia Council for the Arts have released their latest research report, International Arts Tourism: Connecting Cultures. The research builds the evidence base about the role of the arts in supporting economic activity, and the arts' contribution to cultural exchange, soft power and Australia's international reputation.
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Arts Opportunities
Canberra Youth Theatre Tutors, closes 30 November 2018
National Arts and Disability Strategy consultation, closes 3 December 2018
Music Chats: Ditto 'Get Your Music to the World', 4 December 2018
Kickstart 101: Ditto Digital Music Distribution Workshop, 4 December 2018
Healthy Canberra Grants, applications close 7 December 2018
Position Vacant, General Manager, QL2, applications close 10 December 2018
Artist Call Out: Studio Masterclasses Belconnen Arts Centre, EOIs by 14 Decemer 2018
ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural, Leadership and Scholarship Grants, entries close 4 January 2019
Young Music Society Summer Music School 2019, 7-18 January 2019
Old Bus Depot Markets CIT Student program, applications close 8 January 2019
artsACT $5-50k funding, closes 28 February 2019
36th Telstra NATSIAA entries open, closes 15 March 2019
Wakakirri Registration, registrations close 3 April 2019
Strathnairn Foundry Studio Spaces, EOIs now being accepted
Canberra Glassworks CIT Adult Short Courses, throughout the year
artsACT up to $5k Arts Activities funding, open all year
Australian Cultural Fundraising Platform, available all year
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Arts Events
Revolt. She said. Revolt again., 28 November - 1 December 2018, The Street Theatre
James McCusker Orchestra 50th Anniversary Concert featuring Kristian Winther, 30 November 2018, Albert Hall
Summer Revel, 1 December 2018, Gorman Arts Centre
Parent and Children Dance Class with Debora Di Centa, 1 December 2018, Gorman Arts Centre
Canberra Symphony Orchestra's Shell Prom, 1 December 2018, Government House
Author talk with Paula Henriksen, 1 December 2018, Dickson Library
I-Day: Welcome, Performance and Panel Discussion, 3 December 2018, Ralph Wilson Theatre
CBR Innovation Network 2018 Innovation Showcase, 4 December 2018, Capital Brewing Co
Canberra Youth Theatre 2019 Launch, 7 December 2018, Gorman Arts Centre
The Big Bang End of Year Party, 7 December 2018, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
2019 Program Launch, 7 December 2018, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Close To Home - Braidwood artists summer exhibition, 7 December - 20 January 2019, Altenburg and Co
Craftivism Workshop, 8 December 2018, Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House
Stuart Coupe + Rock 'n' Roll, 8 December 2018, Woden Library
Canberra Youth Orchestra Concert 4 featuring Dale Barltrop, 8 December 2018, Llewellyn Hall
Darren Hanlon Christmas Show, 15 December 2018, Ainslie Arts Centre
Folding Indigo and The Void, until 15 December 2018, Craft ACT
Made of Holes by Lucy Irvine, until 16 December 2018, Belconnen Arts Centre
Labirinto - Christus Nobrega, until 9 February 2019, CCAS Gorman Arts Centre
Newscrap - Alison Alder, until 9 February 2019, CCAS Gorman Arts Centre
Parataxis - Dierdre Pearce, until 9 December 2018, CCAS Manuka
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Submit to artsACT eNews
Want to share your Canberra Region arts news and events through artsACT eNews? The deadline for the next artsACT eNews is noon on Monday 10 December 2018 for publication on Wednesday 12 December 2018. This will be the last issue for 2018. Enews will return to your inbox on Wednesday 23 January 2019. Submissions will be due Monday 21 January 2019.
For more information or to download the eNews template, visit the artsACT website
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