RESOURCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Enterprise and professional development

Australia Council for the Arts
The Jump
The JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists supports the career development of artists aged 18-30, and in the first five years of their professional practice, by providing mentoring opportunities with established professionals in their artform.
Mentored artists receive funding of up to $5,000 for a creative concept, to be realised through a one on one relationship with their chosen mentor, and access to a range of professional development, showcasing and networking activities.
Australia Council - Jump website

Create Biz
CreateBiz is a resource to help artists to access government support programs. It provides state-by-state and national lists of business, research, innovation and export programs that may assist artists to access new sources of income.
Australia Council - Create Biz website

ArtStart
ArtStart provides financial assistance to recent creative arts graduates who are committed to establishing a career as a professional artist.
Australia Council - ArtStart website
02 9215 9162 or 1800 226 912 or email

Community Partnerships - Project or Professional Development
 Provides funding for community arts and cultural development projects that involve a range of partners and may be for public presentation. Up to $20,000 per application that can be submitted anytime between February and September
02 9215 9034 or 1800 226 912 or email
Australia Council - Community Partnerships website

Community Partnerships - Creative Producer
 Assist individual practitioners to deliver community arts and cultural development projects by working with communities to create and present works - Applications close: 25 May 2010 - Decisions advised: August 2010 - Projects to start: January 2011 - Amount: $80,000
02 9215 9034 or 1800 226 912 or email
Australia Council - Community Partnerships website

Dance - Projects
 Applications close: 3 May and 27 August 2010 - Decisions advised: July and November
These grants support the research, creative development, production, remounting or presentation of dance works by artists or organisations. The aim is to encourage artists to take the time to develop a work over the course of its life cycle.
02 9215 9109 or 1800 226 912 or email
Australia Council - Dance website

Youth Arts Queensland [YAQ]

Youth Arts Mentoring Program [YAMP]
YAMP is open to young and emerging producers, curators, arts administrators and marketers, events and technical coordinators, lighting and sound designers and other cultural workers of up to 30 years of age. Seven places are available in 2010 - five for artsworkers who propose their own mentors and two in technical coordination and lighting - and we invite applications from artsworkers from across Queensland. Participating in YAMP will give you a unique opportunity to partner with a professional in your field.
YAMP website

Starburst - Regional Arts Mentoring Program [RAMP]
Starburst, an online and face-to-face mentoring support program for young artists and arts workers.
Links young artists and arts workers into a statewide mentoring network offering online and face-to-face career support
Arts Queensland - Arts Culture Me PDF [dedicated website in development]

Transit Lounge
Navigation is designed to equip young, emerging artists and cultural workers with the key business knowledge and skills required for a sustainable career in the creative industries. The training package, worth $1,600, is free for people 30 years of age and under.
Navigation training website
Luke Briscoe on (07) 3252 5115.


Arts Queensland
Career Development Grants
Career Development Grants (up to $5,000) assist artists and arts workers to pursue professional development opportunities that hone their craft and expand their horizons at national and international levels. The grants are available as part of Arts Queensland's professional development program. Artists can apply for a Career Development grant at any time throughout the year.
For more information email, or contact Arts Queensland on (07) 3224 4896 or toll-free 1800 175 531.
Arts Queensland - Career Development Grants website

 A-Venue 1.0/2.0
A-Venue is an Arts Queensland project for young people aged 15 to 25 participating in the music industry in regional Queensland. Arts Queensland is funding five regional partners along Queensland’s eastern seaboard to deliver programs of support to young people within the Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast areas.
Q Music offers its professional development, workshop, event support, tour circuit development, links with the national music industry and general services to each of the five regional partners. If you live anywhere else in Queensland or Northern New South Wales and would like to see more music industry activities and initiatives in your region, please contact us at info@qmusic.com.au
http://www.qmusic.com.au/dsp_content.cfm?contentID=126
Assist young and emerging musicians in regional areas to expand their career opportunities in the contemporary music industry through a music skills development program delivered by local government. The revised A-Venue initiative is delivered via an extended network of local councils.
Arts Queensland A-Venue website [to be updated with new program details]

Know How, Show How
 Professional development opportunities for artists, producers, presenters, venue managers and volunteers across Queensland involved in performing arts touring.
 Arts Queensland - Know How, Show How website

Recognising Regional Trainers
Support for two arts and cultural workers in regional communities each year to complete a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. This will contribute to increased availability of accredited training in regional areas and strengthen employment opportunities for regionally based workers.
Arts Queensland - Recognising Regional Trainers website


State Library of Queensland
 The Edge
A digital culture centre for experimentation in design, art, technology and enterprise that engages 15- to 25-year-olds throughout Queensland and globally as participants in open-content digital and contemporary creation.
The Edge website


Melbourne Institute
Asia Link
Asialink is Australia’s leading centre for the promotion of public understanding of the countries of Asia and of Australia’s role in the region. Asialink is a key provider of information, training and professional networks. Opportunities are available for funding in arts residencies including management, writing, performance arts and visual arts. Funding opens from July 2010 and closes around September.
Asia Link website


GENERAL ARTS FUNDING RESOURCES

Artsupport Australia
Level 1, 372 Elizabeth St
Surry Hills, NSW 2000
p (02) 9215 9315
e artsupport@australiacouncil.gov.au
www.australiacouncil.gov.au/philanthropy/
artsupport_australia

Asialink
Level 4, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
University of Melbourne, Gate 4
Parkville Vic 3010
p (03) 8344 4800
f (03) 9347 1768
www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au

Australia Council for the Arts
PO Box 788
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
p (02) 9215 9000
tf 1800 226 912
f (02) 9215 9111
www.ozco.gov.au

Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal
Grants and Services Finder
www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/grants

Brisbane City Council Cultural Grants Program
GPO Box 1434
Brisbane Qld 4001
p (07) 3403 8888
www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

Contemporary Music Touring Program
Department of the Environment, Water,
Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
p (02) 6274 111
www.environment.gov.au

Festivals Australia
Department of the Environment, Water,
Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
p (02) 6275 9554
tf 1800 819 461
f (02) 6275 9663
e festivals.australia@environment.gov.au
www.arts.gov.au/arts/festivals_australia

Gambling Community Benefit Fund
Locked Bag 180
City East QLD 4002
p (07) 3247 4284
tf 1800 633 619
f (07) 3247 4348
e cbf@treasury.qld.gov.au
www.olgr.qld.gov.au

GrantsLINK
Department of Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development and Local
Government
tf 1800 026 222
www.grantslink.gov.au

Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund
Locked Bag 180
City East Qld 4002
p (07) 3247 4284
tf 1800 633 619 (outside Brisbane)
f (07) 3247 4348
e cbf@treasury.qld.gov.au
www.olgr.qld.gov.au

Screen Queensland
Floor 15, 111 George Street
Brisbane Qld 4001
PO Box 15094
City East Qld 4002
p (07) 3224 4114
f (07) 3224 6717
www.screenqueensland.com.au