July Project Spotlight | Youth Arts Engagement

This month we focus on campaigns that are fundraising to help youth engage in arts and culture. These projects are giving the next generation of artists the tools they need to help shape our creative future. Girls Rock! Adelaide are raising funds to run their third Rock Camp. The camp seeks to build creativity, confidence […]

June Project Spotlight | Live Music

This month we focus on campaigns fundraising to support live music events. These projects celebrate local musicians with a range of performances, workshops and discussions, providing opportunities for audiences to come together to experience the joy of live performance. The Brisbane Music Festival is back for its fifth season, celebrating Queensland’s local music scene through […]

May Project Spotlight | Feature Films

This month we focus on artists with projects fundraising towards feature films. With high production costs to produce, these projects have fundraising targets of between $50,000 and $200,000 and are already well on their way to reaching their goals. The Rooster is a feature-length mystery drama that deals with themes around shame and masculinity with […]

Meet our new ACF Officer, Tracy Woolacott.

Tracy joins the ACF team with a passion for supporting independent artists having dedicated her studies and career to fostering the arts. We are excited for her to share her wealth of knowledge, and witty sense of humour, with our ACF fundraisers. Welcome to the team! What are you most excited about in your new […]

April Project Spolight | MATCH Lab & Plus1

This month, we celebrate some of the MATCH Lab and Plus1 campaigns that are currently live on the ACF. From circus training to arts journalism, augmented reality technology to live performance, there’s sure to be something to inspire and engage you. MATCH Lab Martin and Friends: Enabling through Augmented Reality (AR) | Martin and Friends […]

March Project Spotlight, High Achievers!

This month, we are shining a light on artists who have exceeded their fundraising targets. These high achievers have reached their fundraising goals in record time and continue to garner support for their fabulous projects. Olivia Satchell’s campaign for her Grief Trilogy project continues to gather a lot of support. Olivia and her team reached […]

February Project Spotlight New Year, new artists

The new year has seen a flurry of new artists and organisations signing up to the ACF. We are thrilled to welcome so many fresh faces to the platform! To celebrate, we wanted to spotlight the first ACF campaigns of our newest artists. Sofia Viegas is a filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician, who is currently […]

Australian Cultural Fund | 100% of funds go directly to artists

In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and our commitment to artists and the sector, Creative Partnerships Australia is pleased to announce that from 1 December 2021 the service fee on donations to the Australian Cultural Fund (ACF) will be removed. Eliminating the fee will see 100% of donations raised by artists on […]

How to incorporate QR codes into your ACF campaign

QR codes are an effective, low-cost and simple addition to your ACF fundraising campaign. They may look complicated but generating a QR code is very easy … and free! We have all become very accustomed to using QR codes, thanks to checking in to venues on our COVID-safe apps. But a QR code can do […]

Boost your fundraising and build a sustainable arts practice with MATCH Lab!

Creative Partnerships Australia’s MATCH Lab matched funding program 2021-22 is now open for applications! Are you an independent artist or collective ready to take the next step with your artistic practice? Apply for MATCH Lab, a professional development opportunity that promotes long-term skills development in fundraising and supports artists to achieve their campaign goals, with […]