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Applications are now open
Access Arts is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Access Arts Achievement Award. Whether building on an existing work bringing a new one to life, this is a rare opportunity to lead your own artistic vision. Apply today.
The Access Arts Achievement Award offers up to $10,000 in funding for Queensland Artists with disability to create, develop, present, produce, exhibit and/or tour their work. This is a life-changing opportunity that has supported incredible projects over the years which is evident in the success stories of its past winners.
Supporting all forms of art, the Access Arts Achievement Award is designed to help you take your project to the next level. Whether you want to start from the beginning, or extend the life of a current project, this award can make it happen. It fosters artistic excellence, leadership and visibility through supporting d/Deaf and disabled artists to take creative risks, realise bold ideas and reach new audiences.
Applications open for submission:
Thursday, 4 September 2025
FREE online grant-writing workshop:
Wednesday, 8 October
(12:00pm – 1:00pm)
Applications close:
Friday, 7 November 2025
Winner Announced:
Early December 2025
To help you create a compelling application, or to figure out how to start one, Access Arts is hosting a FREE online grant-writing workshop on Wednesday 8 October from 12:00pm – 1:00pm.
The workshop will delve into:
To attend this workshop, register by Friday, 4 October.
Michael Russell has spent time by the beautiful Mary River in Maryborough, throughout 2025 working alongside dramaturg and playwright Ian Brown to turn his book of poetry titled ‘About a Boy’ into a performance piece. Together, Michael and Ian select and interpret poems from the collection to create a script that will be brought to life.
Donna Lawrence is using her 2023 Access Arts Achievement Award to create the ground breaking visual exhibit “Light and Shade” which opened in August 2024 at the well-respected Belco Art Gallery, Canberra. Her work challenges the stigma Donna aims to challenge the stigma around Borderline Peronsality Disorder (BPD) through an explorative and interactive visual journey.
Oliver Hetherington-Page the 2022 award winner, is a neurodiverse theatre-maker. Oliver, known for his cabaret “The No Bang Theory”, used the award for the creation of his new cabaret work “Santa Claus is Autistic” which had its premier season in 2023.
Access Arts acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and we pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique cultural and spiritual relationship to land, water and seas and their rich contribution to society.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
Patron of Access Arts
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland
Supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland