December Newsletter

The latest opportunities, events and funding news for creatives in the Riverina.

No pictures? View this email in your browser Happy December from Eastern Riverina Arts! It’s been a big year for arts and culture in the Riverina and we are incredibly proud of the continuing quality, commitment and dedication of the creatives in our region. As you break for the summer holidays, take the time to think big and make a bold plan for 2025, CASP is open now. This month’s newsletter is packed with opportunities and resources to help you take your creative practice to the next level. Sending warm wishes & holiday cheer from the ERA Team! 🎄 We will be out of the office from December 25 to January 6, and are looking forward to an exciting 2025! – Tim, Ash, Britt, Remy & Cath Country Arts Support Program (CASP) - applications open now! Are you an artist looking to level up your creative practice in 2025? Are you a group, collective or company with a bold creative project in the works? There are two streams available through the Eastern Riverina Arts Country Arts Support Program to support proposals for 2025: For Individuals, max $750 – for professional development or the realisation/presentation of an ambitious artistic outcome, or For Projects, max $3000 – for original creative projects and collaborations that meet the eligibility criteria.   Applications close: Monday 3rd February 2025, 9:00am FIND OUT MORE & APPLY CASP Info Sessions Eastern Riverina Arts are also delivering information sessions across the region to support local artists, organisations and groups to learn about our upcoming Country Arts Support Program (CASP). Upcoming CASP Info Sessions: 📍Bland - 9th January 📍Wagga Wagga - 10th January 📍Snowy Valleys - 16th January 📍Coolamon - 17th January If you wish to discuss your project idea with ERA staff you can also book a face to face meeting with us following the info session. MORE INFO & BOOK Image: Inspiring Indigenous COOEE at The Arts Centre Cootamundra as part of the Festival of Turtles Project Celebrations and good news! After a year of professional development we celebrated the graduating participants from the Eastern Riverina region in the Horizons Creative Industries Launchpad at a small gathering at The Station this month. Congratulations also to Riverina based creative organisations The Wired Lab and the CAD Factory for being recipients of Create NSW Annual Funding! Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance Cultural Connections Workshop Fund The Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance (ARAA) is offering 10 facilitation fees of $1,000 to support Aboriginal cultural practitioners in delivering creative workshops in regional and remote NSW from February 2025 to May 2025. These facilitation fees provide financial support and wraparound services to empower practitioners while fostering cultural engagement and creativity in local communities. ⏰ Applications close 5 January 2025 🔗 Find out more & apply > Create Exchange Launching in early 2025, Create Exchange is a program designed to support individual NSW artists and creative practitioners with the skills to thrive in their creative business.  This series of webinars, presented by Create NSW, will feature artists and leading industry experts who will provide you with the tools to navigate the business fundamentals of contracts, copyrights, grant application writing and more.  🗓 Registrations open January 2025.  🔗 Find out more and register for their mailing list to be first to know more > Wider opportunities 🎬 Creative Plus Business will be opening EOIs for their Social Enterprise for Screen 2025 Masterclass in February 2025 | Find out more > 🧑‍🎨 Entries are open for the 2025 MAKE Award: Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design. The winner of the MAKE AWARD will receive a cash prize of $35,000 with a second prize of $10,000, making it the richest non-acquisitive prize for craft and design in Australia. | Closing May 5 | More info & enter > 🥖 Powerhouse in partnership with the Cité internationale des arts are proud to present the galang residency in 2025, offering two First Nations creative practitioners based in Australia an opportunity to travel to Paris for a fully supported, three-month residency. | Closing 31 January 2025 | More info & apply > 📖 Hunter Writers' Centre is pleased to announce the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award is open for submissions. | Closing December 22 | More info & enter > ✏️  Adelaide Perry Gallery invites artists to submit their work for the 2025 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing. | Closing 15 January 2025 | More info & enter > 🌟 The Ian Potter Cultural Trust’s Emerging Artist Grants offer up to $15,000 to assist talented emerging and early-career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas. | Closing 14 January | More info & apply > 🎨 Entries are open for the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize - the highest value, art prize for women in Australia with $58,000 in prize money available across, Professional Artist, Emerging Artist and Indigenous Emerging Artist categories. | Closing 5 March 2025 | More info & apply > 📞 Support Act offers a free phone counselling service for people in the creative industries. You can receive 12 free counselling sessions from an experienced counsellor. | More info > Click the links below to find the right funding for your projects and ideas! Local Eastern Riverina Arts | Country Arts Support Program | Closing February 3 Federal Member for Riverina 2024-25 Volunteer Grants Round | Closing January 6 All Art Forms Regional Arts NSW | Quick Response Grants | Feb - Nov Creative Australia | The Marten Bequest Scholarships | Closing February 4 Create NSW | Creative Industries - Connectivity | Closing March 17, 2025 Music Sound NSW | Touring & Travel Fund | Closing January 31 Other NSW Government | 2025–27 NSW Heritage Grants Program | Closing January 30 Creative Australia | Fundraising coaching & advice | All year Australian Cultural Fund The ACF is a fundraising platform for Australian artists operated by Creative Australia. Upload your project, start your fundraising campaign and invite art lovers and supporters to donate with 100% of donations going directly towards your creative project. Find out more > BANJO - March 2025 Riverina Tour Eastern Riverina Arts are bringing Got Ya Back Productions’ acclaimed production of BANJO to the Riverina Touring Network! BANJO is the poetry of Banjo Patterson, the music of Coldplay and the power of contemporary dance, weaved together in one powerful evening of stage chemistry. Featuring writer/performer and former Hi-5 member Tim Maddren, dance and choreography by Steph Maddren, musical arrangements by Mat Brooker and more. "magic... transported me to a beautiful place called Australia of Old."  - Audience feedback BANJO will perform from 8th-21st March in Griffith, West Wyalong, Cootamundra, Ganmain, Junee and beyond in a major regional tour. This incredibly exciting opportunity to enjoy a world-class performance of Australian regionally-created theatre is made possible through funding support from Create NSW, and the efforts of performances venues across the Riverina. FIND OUT MORE & RESERVE TICKETS Copyright (C) 2024 Eastern Riverina Arts. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have either 1. previously subscribed via our website easternriverinaarts.org.au 2. added your name to our email list at an event or function or 3. requested our e-bulletin when booking for an Eastern Riverina Arts event online. Our mailing address is: Eastern Riverina Arts Eastern Riverina Arts 54 Johnston St Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2650 Australia Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe