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We’re here to share our expertise and offer pragmatic support and advice for attracting funding.

Strategic Approaches to Arts Grants

Securing funding for arts projects can be challenging, but there are numerous opportunities available from public, private, and philanthropic sources. While applying for grants can be time-consuming and competitive, the process itself is valuable. It encourages you to refine your ideas, plan effectively, consider partnerships, develop budgets, and highlight the broader community benefits of your work.

Murray Arts is here to guide creatives, arts organisations, and community groups through the grant application process.

Lauren and Carm at a Murray Arts event

Murray Arts is available to help creatives, arts organisations, and community groups secure the funding they need to bring their ideas to life. We offer a range of support services, including

With a good understanding of available grants, we can help match your project with the right funding source, whether it’s local, state, national, or philanthropic.

Murray Arts offers comprehensive application guidance on grants, assisting artists and organizations in navigating the process and strengthening their proposals to maximize funding opportunities.

Murray Arts provides thorough review and constructive feedback on grant applications, helping applicants refine their proposals and improve their chances of securing funding.

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Check out the arts funding opportunities

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Creative Australia is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body. A modernised Australia Council and a bold new chapter for arts and creativity, a new First Nations-led Board, Music Australia, Writing Australia, and Creative Workplaces.

Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program provides funding opportunities for arts and cultural organisations, professional artists and arts/cultural workers across a wide range of artforms and disciplines.

MusicNSW is the state music body in NSW. They are a not-for-profit organisation, funded by Create NSW. MusicNSW empowers and connects artists and industry.

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Promotional Support

Helping artists and organisations amplify their projects through targeted marketing, media outreach, and audience engagement strategies

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Creatives Project Management

Murray Arts is perfectly positioned to assist with Creative Project Management, Financial Auspicing of Projects and connecting Creatives with project partners.

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Advice & Advocacy

Our team’s diverse backgrounds and years of experience equip us to respond to the various enquiries we receive promptly and effectively.

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Industry Connection & Partnership

Murray Arts fosters strong industry connections and partnerships, creating valuable opportunities for collaboration and growth within the creative community.

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