About the award

Our 2023 Access Arts Achievement Award provides Queensland artists with disability up to $10,000 in funding to create, develop, present, produce, exhibit and/or tour their work.

This is a game-changing opportunity for Queensland artists, arts workers and producers to extend the life of an existing work or create a new one!

The Access Arts Achievement Award is proudly sponsored by CPL – Choice, Passion, Life.

Important dates

Applications Open for Submission:

FREE Online Grant-Writing Workshop:

Applications Close for Submission:

Award Winner Announced:

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Applications open for submission:

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Free online Grant-Writing Workshop:

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Applications close for submission:

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Award Winner announced:

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Projects may take place between: 1 January and 31 December 2024

HOW TO APPLY

complete your application online and upload your supporting material
OR
email your completed application form (see below for a downloadable application form) and supporting material to [email protected]. Please cc [email protected] and use “Access Arts Achievement Award 2023” in the subject line.

Applications are open Wednesday, 20 September to Wednesday, 8 November 2023

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Application form

Download the application form as a word document below or apply online

Application Guidelines

Download the application guidelines as a word document below

Budget Template

Download the budget template as a word or excel document below

2023 Access Arts Achievement Award winner

Donna Lawrence

Donna Lawrence has been awarded the Access Arts Achievement Award for 2023, for her groundbreaking visual exhibit Light and Shade at the well-respected Belco Art Gallery, Canberra, in an exhibition that will coincide with Mental Health Week and BPD Awareness Week in 2024.  

2022 Access Arts Achievement Award winner

Oliver Hetherington-Page

Oliver Hetherington-Page has been awarded the Access Arts Achievement Award for 2022 for the creation of Santa Claus is Autistic, a new cabaret work that will have its premier season at Redlands Performing Arts Centre in 2023.

2021 Access Arts Achievement Award winner

Karen Lee Roberts

Accomplished Brisbane-based cabaret artist Karen Lee Roberts was awarded the Access Arts Achievement Award for 2021. Karen used the $10,000 grant to produce the collaborative work Sex and Other Philosophies.