ACF Hall of Fame These campaigns have let us know that since fundraising on the ACF they have won an award, been nominated, been selected for a festival, and/or won a competition!
Our fastest million dollars raised for arts and culture Since July 2018, the ACF has received over $1 million in pledged donations. This has been our fastest ever one million dollars — raised in just four months. To celebrate this milestone we contacted the donor who helped us achieve this milestone and the artist they chose to donate to.
Jonathan Zwartz | Where is he now? Jonathan Zwartz is a renowned Australian jazz musician who has used the ACF to fundraise for his music career. He was nominated for the 2013 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album for the album The Remembering & Forgetting of the Air and recently won a 2018 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album, Animarum. He joins us in a new ACF series where we ask ACF alumni, where are they now?
Emillie Collyer | Where is she now? Emilie Collyer is a Melbourne-based playwright, poet and author. In 2015 she ran her first ACF campaign, Dream Home and recently concluded her second campaign, Contest raising 215% of her target. She joins us in a new ACF series where we ask ACF alumni, where are they now? Firstly, Summer or Winter? Look I hate to buck […]
That’s a wrap for ACF Boost! 43 diverse independent arts, artistic groups and arts organisations from around the country raised over $170,000 during their ACF Boost campaigns. Those who raised $2,000 or more get a $2,000 boost towards their project from Creative Partnerships Australia.
Artist profile | Black hole Theatre Black Hole Theatre’s The Line is a collaboration between First Peoples of Australia, Irish artists, and non-indigenous Australians.
Artist profile | Vexatious Films Sisters Unearthly by Vexatious Films is a web series set against a backdrop of the Tasmanian landscape.
Artist profile | Vonne Patiag TOMGIRL is a short film that celebrates Filipino and Bakla culture in Western Sydney.
Lab Kelpie | Where are they now? Progressive Melbourne theatre group, Lab Kelpie ran their campaign on the ACF in 2016 to raise funds and awareness for their progressive production, Elegy. Raising 105% of their target, they’ve since gone on to tour the country and win multiple awards for their production. Their creative producer, Adam Fawcett joins us in a new ACF series where we ask ACF alumni, where are they now?
Donor profile | Katie Yap Katie Yap plays the violin with orchestras including the Australian World Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Katie ran a campaign on the ACF to fund her travels to Toronto for the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. Katie has shared the love and donated to other artists’ campaigns on the ACF. In our new artist to artist series, we find out what spurs ACF-ers to donate to their community.
