Arts and Cultural Funding Program – 2026 Professional Development, NSW Government, May 2026
Key information
- Status: Open
- Grant amount: From $2,000 to $10,000
- Application opened: 13 April 2026
- Application closes: 25 May 2026, 2:00 pm
This funding focuses on professional development for individual artists and arts and cultural workers to enable participation in skills development opportunities, workshops, courses and creative sector conferences and networking events.
- Key information
- Program objective
- Eligibility
- What your application needs to include
- Start the application
- After the application is submitted
- Support and contact
Program objective
In response to Creative Communities, the NSW arts, culture and creative industries policy, the purpose of this funding is to strengthen communities through equitable access to vibrant arts and cultural experiences.
This funding could:
- enable career development for artists and arts and cultural workers
- support opportunities that develop cultural leadership capacities, skills and knowledge
- promote professional networking and collaboration
- helps individuals build the skills, wellbeing and resilience needed to thrive in their work.
This program is administered by Create NSW.
More eligibility criteria and further information here.