Audience Development Fund
Argo Pacifico Kids Club, The Lock-Up, December 2018 - January 2019, Jessie Jane Photography.
Dobell Exhibition Grant
Bridget Chappell, The Mountain Archetype, 2021, Ultrasonic sensor, Raspberry Pi, speakers, paper, ink. Installation view, Notes From the Field, Murray Art Museum Albury 2021. Image courtesy the artist. Photo Jeremy Weihrauch.
Museums & Galleries of NSW gallery grants are now open to NSW public galleries. Funding is available for newly developed exhibitions through the Dobell Exhibition Grant and support for audience engagement activities is offered through the Audience Development Fund.
Audience Development Fund (ADF)
The Audience Development Fund (ADF) offers public galleries in NSW assistance in targeting and developing new audiences. It encourages galleries to create innovative public programs that engage artists and the community. The fund is designed to support galleries to develop and trial new models for engaging audiences that will increase immediate and future attendance, access and participation.
Funds can be used for costs that support the development and implementation of public or educational programs, provide seed funding to trial new models for public engagement and/or build new partnerships for audience development. Examples of past programs supported include Argo Pacifico Kids Club at The Lock-up, Newcastle; Art Walks, a guided video tour of public art developed by Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery’s Youth Advocates program and Blacktown Arts’ The Poster Centre workshops.
Amount available: up to $10,000 for each grant (no minimum)
Closing date: 2 August 2021, 5pm
The Audience Development Fund is a Create NSW devolved funding program, administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) on behalf of the NSW Government.
Dobell Exhibition Grant (DEG)
The Dobell Exhibition Grant (DEG), supported by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, offers $40,000 in funding to one regional NSW gallery per annum. The program aims to support high quality exhibitions that speak to a broad audience across NSW. To assist in expanding appreciation for the visual arts, these exhibitions should be supported by innovative public and education programs that creatively engage both artists and the community. Exhibitions supported previously include Lismore Regional Gallery, From Here to There: Australian art and walking and Newcastle Art Gallery for their exhibition SODEISHA: Connected to Australia; Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) for Notes from the Field and Maitland Regional Art Gallery for their upcoming exhibition Shadow Boxer.
Amount available: $40,000
Closing date: 1 September 2021, 5pm
The Dobell Exhibition Grant is supported by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and managed by Museums & Galleries of NSW.
