Jobs and Opportunities
Accessible Arts is committed to advancing opportunities for people with disability or who are d/Deaf to develop and sustain professional careers in the arts.
Arts practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf are encouraged to apply for the below positions and opportunities. The organisations listed have demonstrated a commitment to provide access where possible.
Creative Australia – National Arts and Disability Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2024 National Arts and Disability Awards. These Awards acknowledge the contribution artists with disability or who are d/Deaf have made to the creative arts and cultural life of the nation.
Established Category – celebrates the achievements of an established Australian artist whose outstanding and sustained contribution to their chosen field of arts practice over many years has been recognised nationally or internationally. The recipient of this award will receive $50,000.
Early Career Category – recognises an Australian artist early in their practice who has made an outstanding contribution to their chosen field of practice. The recipients of this award will receive $20,000.
Nominations close 9 July at 3pm.
Create NSW Artform Boards Expressions of Interest
Are you or someone you know interested in supporting the Arts and Cultural Funding Program as an Artform Board member? Expressions of Interest are now open for the 10 Create NSW Artform Boards including: First Nations Arts and Culture, Classical Music / Opera / Choral/ Ensemble, Community Arts and Cultural Development, Dance and Physical Theatre, Festivals, Literature / Writing, Digital and Experimental, Immersive and Light Art, Museums and History, Theatre and Musical Theatre and Visual Arts.
Create NSW is looking to appoint NSW based arts and cultural practitioners that demonstrate strong sector knowledge, strategic thinking and diversity of experience and expertise. Board membership is a great professional development opportunity and you do not need to be an experienced grant assessor to apply.
Expressions of Interest close Wednesday 10 July.
Creative Australia – Arts Project Funding for Individuals and Groups
Grants from $10,000 to $50,000 are available for a range of activities and projects, both national and international, across all artforms. Supported activities must not last longer than two years from the proposed start date. If you require advice about applying, you can contact an Artists Services Officer.
Applications close Tuesday 3 September.
Creatives Collective are looking to play the work of musical artists with disability during the creative part of the meeting as background music while people work. They will be paying $5 per play per work. A maximum of 10 songs/pieces will be played each month (mixed artists). Details of the songs played will be available to people attending Online Art Friends and in the marketing material each month.
Musician / Artist Opportunity
Ability Beyond Boundaries is looking for a musician or artist who would like to collaborate with a lovely team of people with disability in developing lyric writing skills. If you have a passion to utilise your experience and musical talent to support song writing for people with disabilities, contact Zhila Hasanloo via mobile 0428 307 052 or email zhila.hasanloo@abilitybeyondboundaries.com.au. People with disability are encouraged to apply and be involved.
Showcast – Casting Opportunities
The Casting Guild of Australia together with Showcast have launched a free professional tool aimed to increase the representation of performers with disability or who are d/Deaf by showcasing the pool of talent to industry professionals. The dedicated platform will be hosted on Showcast’s website and be made available to national casting directors, agents and producers, and include self-taped video footage of individual performers, as well as a headshots and CVs.
If you have a job or an opportunity you wish to be considered for promoting on this webpage, please email info@aarts.net.au.
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