$7.2m in grants under NSW funding round rehash

Under the new Create NSW Grants Framework, organisations received 66% of funding for annual operations, with a noted increase also to small-to-medium and regional orgs.

13 Dec 2019

Gina Fairley

Writing and Publishing

The first round of Create NSW funding has been announced. Image shutterstock.com

In June this year, Create NSW announced an overhaul of its grants process that promised to break down the barriers to access by streamlining criteria and opening up eligibility.

Today, the first grants awarded under that new framework have been announced.

Round 1 of the new 2019/20 Arts and Cultural Funding Program has delivered nearly $7.2 million in funding across the three categories: Annual Organisation, Project and Creative Koori Projects.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina