The Arts and Humanities

A funding program of the Sidney Myer Fund

Myer Family Philanthropy is synonymous with the Arts in Australia.  The tradition of giving to enrich cultural life began with Sidney Myer – a passionate supporter of the arts.  In celebrating the life and cultural interests of Sidney Myer, a number of initiatives have been established over the past 70 years including the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards.

We believe that there is a strong connection between the arts, the humanities and a healthy community.

The Sidney Myer Fund continues to fund the arts, and seeks to play a critical role in upholding the integrity of the arts community within Australia by supporting artistic initiatives that often fall outside
other funding agendas.

LARGE GRANTS PROGRAM

The priority areas for the Arts and Humanities Large Grants Program are as follows:

  • Capacity building - imaginative programs to build organisational capacity
  • New work - develop new content and innovative programming
  • Humanities - Projects that support the Humanities, particularly those that contribute
       to a broad understanding of and engagement with the Humanities

    • Please note that we are not currently seeking applications for the Arts and Humanities Large Grants Program.  We have identified a range of projects for each of these priorty areas and are fully committed to the development of these exciting opportunities for the next 3 - 5 years. 


    SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

    Our current priority areas in the Arts and Humanities Small Grants Program are as follows:

  • To build capacity of the individual through ensuring that professional artists gain access to training, development and mentoring.

  • Develop new works by individual Australian artists and small and medium-sized organisations in the following areas:
             - Indigenous arts
             - Regional areas
             - Experimental and emerging art forms

  • Humanities - Projects that support the Humanities, particularly those that contribute to a broad understanding of and engagement with the Humanities.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Applications now open:  The Small Grants Program in the Arts and Humanities is now accepting applications for funding. The closing date for applications is Thursday 16th October 2008.

    Future Closing Dates: 2008 closing dates for the Arts and Humanities Small Grants Program are applications are:

    - Wednesday 6th February
    - Tuesday 1st April
    - Wednesday 25th June
    - Thursday 16th October

    Limitation: Organisations can only receive one grant from the Arts and Humanities Small Grants Program within a 12-month period.

    Grant size: Grants are capped at $30,000 and are generally made for a one-year period only.

    Number of applications:     Only one application can be considered per applicant.    Exceptions are made when multiple applications are received from universities and other large organisations where they represent different faculties, departments or schools, and the proposals are unrelated.

    How to apply: If you wish to apply for a small grant in the area of the Arts and Humanities please refer to Applying for a Grant section of this website.

     



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