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Access Arts is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2024 Access Arts Achievement Award. If you are a Queensland artist, arts worker or producer looking to extend the life of an existing work or create a new one, then 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. Where you want to start from the beginning, or extend the life of a current project, this award can make it happen.
Applications open for submission:
Monday, 16 September 2024
FREE online grant-writing workshop:
Wednesday, 9 October
(12:30pm – 1:30pm)
Applications close:
Thursday, 7 November 2024
Winner Announced:
Early December 2024
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.
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 9 October from 12:30pm – 1:30pm.
The workshop will delve into:
To attend this workshop, register by Friday, 4 October.
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