Playing Australia: Regional Performing Arts Touring Fund
Deadline: 2 June 2020
The Regional Performing Arts Touring program supports performing arts to reach regional and remote communities across Australia. Grants are available to support the net touring costs associated with a national tour. There is no limit on the amount that can be requested.
Activities
You can apply for:
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Interstate net touring costs, including freight, transport, accommodation and travel allowances outside of your home state
A contribution towards tour coordination expenses.
You can’t apply for the following activity:
Touring costs in your home state
Projects where the performers and artistic personnel are not paid at Award rates
Projects that are to tour an international production
Touring projects that only include capital city or metropolitan presentations
Touring projects that do not include three or more interstate locations
Touring projects that only include presentations in schools
Tour dates that have already taken place
Projects with a budget in surplus.
Eligibility Criteria
The Council accepts applications from individuals and organisations.
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You can’t apply for a grant if:
You received a grant, or administered a grant, from the Australia Council in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted
You owe money to the Australia Council.
Peer Assessment
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Your application will be assessed by a panel of peers. The peers will be representative of a range of areas relevant to performing arts touring, including:
Regional audience engagement and presentation
Performing arts production
Tour coordination and management.
Assessment Criteria
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Peers will assess your application against the following four criteria:
Region
The regional and remote coverage proposed by the itinerary.
Quality
The artists and the arts workers involved the project
The quality of proposed work
The calibre of the company, including demonstrated evidence of good organisational planning, governance and management.
Engagement
The plans to develop audiences and/or meet audience demand in the proposed locations
Experiences offered to regional and remote communities – including audience attendance and where appropriate other participation activities, such as workshops and master classes
Appropriate levels of engagement and partnerships developed with presenters to achieve audience goals.
Viability
Evidence of a realistic and accurate budget
Evidence of home state
The chosen itinerary is the most efficient and logical trajectory for the tour keeping in mind the overall wellbeing of touring party whilst on the road
Appropriate level of support from other sources
Capacity to deliver the project.
How to Apply
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Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, visit https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/playing-australia-regional-performing-arts-touring-fund/