Access to Funding

Successfully obtaining funds for your museum or gallery requires knowledge and creativity. Access to Funding is a workshop delivering specialist knowledge to make accessing funds a reality.

 This workshop by Museum & Galleries of NSW will provide you with a chance to talk about projects face to face with funding representatives and give you hints on writing winning grant applications.

For full details and registration form click here.

VIM Small Grants: 2013 winners announced

Stuart Spragg, Click go the Shears, 2009

Lockhart Museum Art displayed at the Gunyah Museum.

M & G News

Here are some quick stats to whet your appetite for applying this year:

• 22 of 43 applications were successful
• $51,436 allocated
• The funds will support the work of an estimated 585 volunteers across 21 local government areas in 11 regions of NSW. 

VIM Leg-up grant is currently open.
VIM Skills Initiative grant is currently open.

Read on for the complete list of the VIM Grant winners for 2013.

VIM Development Project Grants – up to $7000

• Australian Scout Museum – Strategic Plan development
• Deniliquin Historical Society Museum – capacity building and collection care
• Murrurundi Museum – Significance Assessment
• Tongarra Museum – capacity building and documentary film development
• Willoughby Museum – exhibition development

VIM Small Grants – Up to $2000

• Australian Country Music Hall of Fame – archival hat boxes
• Great Lakes Historical Society Museum – construction of display cases
• Greens Gunyah Museum – conservation treatment
• Illawarra Museum – archival and textile boxes
• Lawrence Museum – textile storage shelving and materials for outdoor vehicle storage 
• Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum – exhibition development
• Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park and Museum – exhibition development
• Maclean Bicentennial Museum – costume storage boxes
• McCrossin’s Mill Museum – collection management database
• Morpeth Museum – interpretive panels for exhibition
• Moruya Museum – textile storage boxes
• Mullumbimby Museum – conservation treatment
• Museum of Walcha District Historical Society – textile storage boxes and mannequins
• Nambucca Headland Museum – signage purchase
• Narromine Aviation Museum – LED lighting upgrade
• Nowra Museum – storage shelving
• Old Courthouse Museum, Batemans Bay – AV equipment for exhibition
• Port Macquarie Historical Museum – metal shelving for textile storage area
• Rockley Mill Museum – MOSAiC database
• Snowy Scheme Museum – equipment for the upkeep of vehicles in the collection
• Snowy Scheme Museum – outdoor lighting
• Sulphide Street Station Railway & Historical Museum – posters for public program display
• Thredbo Ski Museum – MOSAiC database
• Tinonee Museum – showcases
• Tinonee Museum – archival materials
• Wyalong Museum – storage shelving cabinets
• Wymah School Museum – display cases
• Yamba Museum – exhibition Development

VIM Leg Up Grants – Up to $500

• Clyde River & Batemans Bay Historical Society – Significance Assessment workshop attendance
• Dunera Museum – Access to Funding event attendance
• Fort Scratchley Historical Site – Certificate IV Museum Practice Course at Newcastle TAFE for curator
• Griffith Pioneer Park Museum – Access to Funding workshop participation
• Golden Memories Museum – Oral histories and the digital age workshop attendance
• Golden Memories Museum – MOSAiC database training
• Gulgong Pioneer Museum – MOSAiC database training
• Hay War Memorial High School Museum – IMAGinE awards event attandance
• Holbrook Submarine Museum – Standards Mid Program Workshop attendance
• Holbrook Submarine Museum –  Standards Debrief and Celebration event attendance
• Kempsey Museum and Cultural Centre – IMAGinE awards event attendance
• Mid North Coast Maritime Museum – IMAGinE Awards and the Regional Stake holders Forum attendance
• Tenterfield & District Historical Society – Royal Australian Historical Society Regional Conference attendance
• Wollondilly Heritage Centre – Newcastle TAFE for Cert IV Museum Practice course 
• Yamba Museum – Connecting with the History Curriculum workshop hosting costs
• Yamba Museum – IMAGinE Awards event attendance
• Yeoval Historical Museum – MOSAiC database training

2013-2015 NSW Heritage Grants

To all interested heritage owners and managers, individuals, organisations and local councils

2013-2015 NSW Heritage Grants

Funding for 2014-13 heritage projects

Applications open on 30 October 2013

The Minister for Heritage is pleased to launch the 2014-2015 NSW Heritage Grants funding program. The NSW Government has committed $5.96 million funding over two years to the 2013-2015 NSW Heritage Grants. We are pleased to notify you about funding opportunities to assist heritage projects.

NSW Heritage Grants aims to recognise and protect the State’s most significant heritage places and values to ensure future generations can enjoy them.

For program details and applications forms go to http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/funding/index.htm

Applications are now invited for

ü  Aboriginal heritage projects for a range of Aboriginal cultural heritage projects. Minimum projects $20,000; grants up to $100,000.  Closing date Monday, 2 December 2013

ü  Major works projects for conservation, maintenance and adaptive reuse of State Heritage Register listed items. Minimum projects $80,000, grants between $40,000 and $150,000.  Closing date Monday, 2 December 2013

ü  Community, youth and seniors heritage projects to deliver community heritage projects that build skills, confidence and connections. Minimum projects $25,000, grants generally up to $50,000. Closing date Monday, 2 December 2013

ü  Local government heritage advisors funding to local councils across NSW to engage heritage specialist advice for local communities to manage their heritage. Grants up to $7,500 to engage heritage specialist advice.  Closing date Monday, 2 December 2013

ü  Local heritage places grants funding to local councils across NSW for small grants for local works projects. Grants up to $8,500 for distribution for community heritage projects.  Closing date Monday, 2 December 2013

Applications are also invited throughout the year for

ü  Emergency works projects funding for emergency projects for State Heritage Register and heritage items with a current Interim Heritage Order. Minimum grants $10,000 for $10,000+ projects.

For further assistance with your project, please contact Victoria Throp on phone 02 9873 8577 or email victoria.throp@heritage.nsw.gov.au

Yours sincerely,

Miriam Stacy



Miriam Stacy
Senior Heritage Officer, NSW Heritage Grants
Heritage Division
Regional Operations Group and Heritage
Office of Environment and Heritage
NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
Locked Bag 5020 PARRAMATTA NSW 2124
3 Marist Place Parramatta NSW 2150
T: 02 9873 8576 F: 9873 8599
E: miriam.stacy@heritage.nsw.gov.au 
W: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/funding/index.htm

Regional Museum Networking Grants

Museums
& Galleries
NSW

Regional Museum Networking Grants fund one off projects that aim to enhance and develop networking relationships between regional volunteer managed museums and other key stakeholders. The project must include at least five volunteer managed museums.

It can be spread over 12 months and may involve partnerships with professionally managed museums, Regional Arts Development Officers and Regional Tourism Officers. Ideally, the project should lead to increased public access to collections, either real or virtual, through the identification of new or existing material for interpreting local themes. 

Closing: Friday 16 August 2013

Regional Museum Networking Grant Guidelines

If you are interested please email or call:

Tamara Lavrencic

Museum Programs and Collections Manager

TamaraL@mgnsw.org.au or 02 9339 9908 

This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program, administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

Kandos Museum - $12,000 grant

Article in Mudgee Guardian 31/5/13

With the Aboriginal Heritage Grant the Mid-Western Council has just received, the Kandos Museum 
will be able to put together a Dabee Travelling Cultural History Exhibition.

By LAUREN STANFORD
 
    The Kandos Museum received a $12,000 Aboriginal Heritage Grant last week that will enable them to develop a Dabee Travelling Cultural History Exhibition in partnership with the Aboriginal people of Kandos.

    "The grant will help us with site identification, the building of the travelling exhibit on the Dabee people and the creation of a small introductory exhibition at the Kandos Museum,” Colin Jones, Curator at the Kandos Museum said.

    "The project is about recognising family ancestors of the Dabee people. The exhibition itself will identify individual North-Eastern Wiradjuri people and their ancestors that contributed to the creation on Kandos and the culture in the region today," Mr Jones said.

    Lyn Syme, Native Title Cultural Heritage Officer at Moolarben Coal, was instrumental in getting the exhibition off the ground. Ms Syme put forward the initial $12,000 and it was with that money the Kandos Museum was able to apply for the "dollar-for-dollar" Aboriginal Heritage Grant.

    The exhibition will travel around to schools, other museums and cultural centres in order to educate people on the historic significance of the Dabee people in the local area.

    "In the local area, people are under the assumption that there are not any Dabee people left anymore. This exhibition will help show them that this assumption is not at all true,” Ms Syme said.

    The exhibition will include photographs, stories and artefacts and will also include information about the descendants of these Dabee ancestors who were a large part of the Kandos area. Member for Orange Andrew Gee said the grant was one of nine Aboriginal Heritage Grants that were announced by the Minister for Environment, Robyn Parker.

    "I am sure the proposed project will provide a valuable history of the Wiradjuii and Dabee people in the region," he said.

    The grant is part of the NSW Heritage Grants program that provides grants to help bring state and local heritage buildings and places back to life, fund emergency repairs and care for Aboriginal places.

Arts NSW Cultural Grant Programme

About the Arts NSW Cultural Grant Programme

The Cultural Grants Programme is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by the Royal Australian Historical Society on behalf of the NSW Government.  This Cultural Grants programme assists historical research and publication of local, community and regional history projects.  Arts NSW funding priorities can be found on its website, together with a list of grants awarded each year – click here for more details.

The New South Wales Minister for the Arts, Hon George Souris, approved the allocation to the Royal Australian Historical Society of $45,000 per annum between 2012 and 2014. This is a very considerable increase from the $23,000 the Society received in 2011 and is much appreciated. The Society is working hard to ensure that it fully justifies the confidence placed in it.

 

2013 – Information and Application forms

Applicants should read the checklist and grants guidelines before submitting an application.  Applicants may also find it useful to review the list of 2012 grant recipients.  Grant applications open on 1 May 2013 and close at 5pm on 21 June 2013. Applications can be:

• emailed to grants@rahs.org.au
• posted to Attention: Grants Officer RAHS, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
• faxed to (02) 9247 7854

2013 Cultural grant checklist
2013 Cultural Grant guidelines
2013 cultural grants application form

2012 – Recipients

The 2012 Cultural Grants were awarded at the State History Conference, and details were published in History in December 2012 .

Read More about the 2012 recipients.

 Ref: Published on RAHS website.

Museums & Galleries NSW: Access to Funding: VIM Grants

For more info and video of presentation by Phoebe Arthur click on the following link.

 Museums & Galleries NSW: Access to Funding: VIM Grants: On March 21 M&G NSW, in partnership with the Museum of the Riverina, presented  Access to Funding , a workshop delivering skills to make...

$40,000 for science outreach projects in regional NSW - applications close 31 May 2013

There is $40,000 available for community groups in regional NSW to support science activities and events during National Science Week in August.

From citizen science projects to supermarket science shows, the funding is intended to support community partnerships which motivate and inspire locals to get involved with science and science-related issues.

Local scientists are encouraged to partner with arts and community organisations, local clubs and societies, business associations and local government. The aim is to create a network of enduring local partnerships throughout NSW which will deliver inspirational science initiatives throughout NSW during National Science Week and beyond.

Some of the successful community science initiatives already underway include:

• Radical Wine, a town hall event that explored the science of wine making
• Consumer Science, featuring experiments presented in local shopping malls by scientists from the University of New England
• The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness project, which brings volunteers together with professional scientists to document the biodiversity of the southern NSW coast
• The Border Stargaze, an annual astronomy festival in Albury, with debates, interactive science activities and night-time sky tours

NSW Trade & Investment has joined forces with the Australian Government's Inspiring Australia initiative and the University of Sydney to provide the 2013 NSW Regional Science Grants.

Read more about the grants at: http://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/inspiring/index.shtml

Isabelle Kingsley
Science Education Officer
Education Programs
T 92170381

Above email from: 
Rebecca Pinchin
Regional Services Coordinator,
Collections
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia
T +61 2 92170220
W http://www.powerhousemuseum.com

Museums & Galleries NSW - Funding & Prizes

Mentorship, Fellowship and Placements
2013 round now open!

 With a Mentorship or Fellowship, paid museum and gallery staff can travel interstate or overseas, get a fresh perspective and build new industry contacts. The grants cover costs associated with travel, accommodation and incidentals.

The Volunteer Placement provides volunteers with an opportunity to extend their knowledge, enhance their skills and increase their networks through access to the resources and staff of larger or specialised cultural organisations.

Closing: Friday 19 April 2013
More: mgnsw.org.au/grants/mentorships_fellowships_and_placements

This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

Volunteer Initiated Museum grants (VIM)
Now open for 2013!

If your volunteer run museum requires funding for projects addressing skill development, operational planning and forward planning then consider applying for a VIM grant.

 
More: mgnsw.org.au/grants/museum_grants

 
This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.
 

Your Community Heritage grants
Now open for applications

 Grants up to $500,000 are available to help community groups to conserve and protect Australia’s nationally significant historic sites, undertake natural disaster recovery and mitigation activities relating to historic heritage places, honour eminent Australians who have made a significant contribution to our nation, assist communities tell their heritage stories and enhance community engagement in heritage through celebrations and events.

Closing: Thursday 21 March 2013
More: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/programs


Residency for artists living in regional NSW

Artspace is a leading international residency-based contemporary art centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo fronting Sydney Harbour. Operating four on-site residential studios, six non-residential work spaces and an Open Studio program, as well as exhibition program Artspace is the key hub of the contemporary art community in Sydney, fostering dialogue between local artists, writers and curators and their national and international counterparts. This residency opportunity will provide an artist from regional NSW with a unique professional development opportunity.  The successful applicant will be provided with costs for return travel, residential studio accommodation, a living allowance and support towards production costs. The residency will take place October - December 2013. Applications are invited from professional visual artists resident in regional New South Wales and working in any medium.  

Closing: Friday 3 May 2013
More: www.artspace.org.au/about_news

Museums & Galleries NSW Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment Grants

Update: The Collection Documentation Grants deadline has been extended to 15 February 2013.

The Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment Grant Program is a new initiative commencing in 2013 to enable community museums and keeping places to bring in specialists to work with volunteers on documentation and or significance assessment of objects and collections.

This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program, administered by Museums & Galleries NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The objective is to make the collections more accessible. Core projects include identifying significant objects, writing significance statements, cataloguing objects, digitally photographing objects and entering collection information into a database.
Priority is given to collaborative projects involving four or more museums/keeping places; however applications from single organisations will be considered where they can demonstrate a strong case for funding. Ideally, organisations applying for individual project funding will already have undertaken significance assessment of their collections.

Download the guidelines here

AMOUNT AVAILABLE: The amount that can be applied for under this program is a maximum of $7,500.

TIMEFRAME: One round of Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment Grants will be offered annually. No late applications will be accepted.

Applications for must be postmarked on or before Friday 15 February 2013.

Projects must have commenced no later than 31 August 2013 and be completed no later than 31 December 2013.

For further information:
Phoebe Arthur
Museum Sector Programs and Collections Coordinator
t: 02 9358 1760
freecall: 1800 114 311 (regional only)
e: phoebea@mgnsw.org.au

Collection Documentation and Significance Assessment - New grant programs

This initiative is commencing in 2013 and will enable community museums and keeping places to bring in specialists to work with volunteers on documentation and or significance assessment of objects and collections. Core projects include identifying significant objects, writing significance statements, cataloguing objects, digitally photographing objects and entering collection information into a database. This is an Arts NSW devolved funding program, administered by M&G NSW.

Amount: Up to $7,500
Closing: Tuesday 29 January 2013
More:  www.mgnsw.org.au

 Ref: M&G NSW News 19 December 2012

Does your volunteer museum need funding?

If your volunteer run museum requires funding for projects addressing skill development or operational and forward planning then consider an M&G NSW VIM grant.

VIM Skills Initiatives Grants provide funding to volunteer museums, museum networks and keeping places for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events.

 VIM Skills Initiatives grants

Closing: Friday 28 September 2012

VIM Small Grants aim to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and keeping places. There are no set categories for funding, and applications for a broad range of projects will be considered.
 VIM Small grants

Closing: Friday 19 October 2012

VIM Development Projects Grants allow community museums and keeping places to carry out strategic and innovative projects with mid to long term outcomes. The grants can also provide an opportunity to work productively with an appropriate museums and/or arts consultant as a skill development opportunity.
 Development Project grant

Closing: Friday 19 October 2012

Ref: M&G NSW News 29 August 2012

Multicultural Advantage Grants Program

The Community Relations Commission (CRC) invites applications from not-for-profit organisations under the new Multicultural Advantage Grants Program. The program includes: 

Sponsorship Grants: to $2,000 to support events and activities, such as festivals that foster community cohesion and promote the benefits of a multicultural society.

Overview

The purpose of the Sponsorship Grants category is to support events and activities that foster community cohesion and promote the benefits of a multicultural society.  It provides public support by the New South Wales Government to multiculturalism and the value of cultural diversity.

Applications are not sought through public advertisement outside the Commission’s website.

Priority areas for Sponsorship Grants

Projects supported under this category are:

• the hosting of seminars and conferences
• multicultural, inter-community and inter-faith forums
• local festivals and major cultural events such as exhibitions and concerts
• teaching craft skills to target groups from culturally diverse backgrounds.

For more detail on Funding, Eligibility and How to Apply click here.

Apply now for 2013 Regional Services program

Applications are now open for individuals or organisations to receive project assistance, a regional internship or a movable heritage fellowship in 2013.

• Regional Internships provide training and development opportunities for regional and rural cultural workers, including short courses and a project-based, four-week internship at the Powerhouse Museum. Financial assistance of up to $750 is available. Applications close 28 September 2012. Read more

• Project Assistance offers cultural heritage organisations across New South Wales advice and/or assistance to assist in recording, preserving and displaying their collections for the benefit of the community. Applications close 28 September 2012. Read more

• The Movable Heritage Fellowship invites tertiary students to undertake a research project on an object or group of objects in a community museum, historical society or other collecting institution. The Fellow will receive $5,000 and spend a minimum of one week at the Powerhouse Museum working with a supervisor. Applications close 1 February 2013. Read more

Any questions or need help with your application? Contact Rebecca Pinchin, Powerhouse Museum on freecall 1800 882 092, ph (02) 9217 0220 or email rebecca.pinchin@phm.gov.aurebecca.pinchin@phm.gov.au

Congratulations to the successful applicants for the 2012 Movable Heritage Fellowships! Well done to Rosemarie Strange, for her project on the Hamilton Hume Dress collection at the Boorowa Museum and Roslyn Carroll, for her project on the Sir William Hudson’s Treasures in the Adaminaby Snowy Scheme Museum.

Volunteer Grants 2012

The Volunteer Grants 2012 Call for Applications period opened on Friday 1 June 2012 and closes on Wednesday 25 July 2012 at 5pm AEST.

Volunteer Grants 2012 recognises the valuable work of Australia’s volunteers. This initiative forms part of the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to organisations whose volunteers assist disadvantaged communities and encourage inclusion of vulnerable people in community life.  Funding is available to eligible not-for-profit community organisations to help their volunteers and encourage volunteering. 

Volunteer Grants 2012 provides funding to purchase small equipment items to assist volunteers and contribute towards reimbursement of fuel costs, transport costs incurred by volunteers with disability who are unable to drive, training courses and background screening checks for volunteers. 

Volunteer Grants 2012 recognises the valuable work of Australia’s volunteers.  This initiative forms part of the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to organisations whose volunteers assist disadvantaged communities and encourage inclusion of vulnerable people in community life. 

Funding of $16 million is available to support and encourage volunteering.  Eligible not-for-profit community organisations can apply for grants between $1,000 and $5,000 to:

• Purchase portable, tangible, small equipment items to help their volunteers
• Contribute to the reimbursement of fuel costs for their volunteers who use their own car to transport others to activities, to deliver food, assist with medical appointments or help people in need
• Contribute to the reimbursement of transport costs incurred by volunteers with disability, who are unable to drive
• Contribute to the costs of training courses and/or undertake background screening checks for their volunteers.

For more information, click here.

Arts NSW 2012 Arts Funding Program

Guidelines for the 2013 Arts Funding Program (AFP) can be downloaded from the Arts NSW website.
 
Application forms will be progressively released on the Arts NSW online application system. You will be required to create a user account and (once you’ve received a verification email) login to submit an application.  Information on using the online application form is available from the FAQs page of the Arts NSW website.

To view the Arts NSW funding guide presentation from the Access to Funding workshop M&G NSW held in Bateman's Bay click here.

Free information sessions
Arts NSW have planned a series of free information sessions on the 2013 Arts Funding Program throughout May.
 
Sessions will cover:
     * What Arts NSW do/who they are
     * Type of grants available
     * Tips for a successful application
     * Question and answer time
 
Further information:  www.arts.nsw.gov.au

RAHS History and Heritage Grant Applications Now Open

The Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) is pleased to announce the opening of the 2012 round of Cultural Grants and Heritage Grants, which this year offers increased funding to a larger range of community projects. Grants may range in size from $500 to over $5000.

The RAHS’s President, Emeritus Professor David Carment said, “While grants may be small, their value to the community is enormous. They seed new ideas and acknowledge the unflagging work of the history community. The increased funding secured this year is a testament to the value of the work of the history and heritage sector.”

Cultural Grants support organisations undertaking projects with a lasting historical contribution to a community in NSW. Funding for these grants is triennial and has doubled this year to $45,000. Funding is provided by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.

Heritage Grants support individuals and non-governmental organisations undertaking a project related to NSW heritage and history. Priority will be given to projects that present popular Australian local histories that appeal to a wide audience and are suitable for publication, focussed on World War One, migration to Australia, or exploring the diversity of 20th Century Australian culture. The Heritage Council NSW funds Heritage Grants.

Information packs about the grants and application forms may be downloaded online.

For further information and interviews, please contact Maria Walsh, CEO, RAHS, 02 9247 8001, executive@rahs.org.au.

2012 Community Heritage Grants Now Open

Applications for the 2012 Community Heritage Grants are now open. Grants of up to $15,000 are available to community groups around the country to help preserve and manage locally held, nationally significant cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future generations.

Projects supported include significance assessments, preservation needs assessments, conservation activities and collection management. Representatives from historical societies, museums, public libraries, archives and Indigenous and migrant community groups are encouraged to apply.

Find out more and apply online

Image: Mark Arbuz, Spray and Steam Iron Horse, 1981. Image from the Craft Australia National Historical Collection 

Image Bank, CHG recipients in 2010

2012 M&G NSW Grants and Funding Booklet

The 2012 M&G NSW Grants and Funding Booklet is now available for download from the M&G NSW website.

Each year M&G NSW publishes this resource offering a summary of the diverse range of grants and funding sources available for public museums and galleries in NSW.  The booklet details federal, state and local government funding initiatives, as well as opportunities available from independent and philanthropic organisations, foundations, and the various grant programs administered by M&G NSW.

The document also includes hints and tips on successful grant application writing.

Download it now from the M&G NSW website.

The Volunteer-Initiated Museum (VIM) Grant Program is now open for 2012

Museums & Galleries NSW (M&G NSW) is pleased to announce that the Volunteer-Initiated Museum (VIM) Grant Program is now open for 2012. Applications are now invited for Leg Ups – Skill Development Grants (matched funding up to $500), VIM Small Grants (funding up to $2,000) and VIM Skills Initiatives Grants (funding up to $5,000).  Leg Up Grants can be applied for year round until all funds are expended.
 
The first round of Small Grants close: Friday 20 April 2012.
 
The Guidelines for all VIM Grants can be downloaded from Museums & Galleries NSW’s website.
Contact: Phoebe Arthur, Sector Development Coordinator on 02 9339 9913, free call 1800 114 311 or phoebea@mgnsw.org.au to organise an application form.

The M&G NSW VIM Grant Program is administered by Museums & Galleries NSW and is funded by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.