Take local action for national impact

Often when we think about the kinds of policies and public investment needed for the arts, it’s the federal government we’re thinking of as the key target for our advocacy. And yet local and state governments have a massive impact on the way that artists live and work, on spaces for the arts, on community-engaged practice, on art in public space, on festivals, and of course on galleries and collections.

With three states headed for local government elections this year, plus both territories and one state, let’s look at the smallest scale of government and the big impacts it has on the arts.

• Unlawful underpayment of employees' remuneration, deadline 6 March 2020
• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering the Donation Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019, deadline 6 March 2020
• Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019, deadline 6 March 2020
• Inquiry into homelessness in Australia, deadline 9 April 2020
• NDIS Workforce, deadline 16 April
• National General Assembly of Local Government (NGA) call for motions, deadline 27 March

Other Opportunities

Regional community grants, RANT Arts, Tasmania, 1 March
Moreton Bay Region Art Awards, Queensland, 1 March
Coordinator Arts and Creative Industries, City of Port Phillip, Melbourne, 1 March
Activate Regional Arts Development Fund, Gold Coast Qld, 2 March
Regional Arts Victoria Community Grants, 2 March
Curator, City of Joondalup, WA, 3 March
RAF Project Fund, Regional Arts WA, 6 March
ACE Open Annual Studio Program 2020, Adelaide, 6 March
Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, 13 March
National Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, 18 March
Artist-in-Residence at Parramatta Artists' Studios, 24 March
Artist call out - Darwin Fringe Festival 2020, 29 March

NAVA Members can access 200 opportunities on our website - view them here

What's On Elsewhere

So you want to be a councillor? candidate training online course
What We Know Now, Lene Kuhl Jakobsen, Craft Victoria, 24 February - 28 March
2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres, starts 29 February
Queensland local government candidate nominations close 12 noon 3 March 
Apmere werne apetye-arlpaye: Amengkwerne making softball, Margaret Palmer & Vicki Crowley, WTS Alice Springs, opens 6 March
Art Month Sydney, 6-29 March
Melbourne Design Week, NGV, 12 - 22 March
22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN, starts 14 March
Collective-Kolektif: an Indonesia-Australia dialogue on artist collectives, Melbourne, 19-20 March
Drastic Fabric, Adelaide until 20 March