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Information for artists, organisers and industry. Find funding, support, communities and more.
Future Remains, Sydney Chamber Opera and Sydney Festival. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Arts and culture information
Get funding and support for arts and culture
Create NSW provides funding and support to artists, art practitioners and organisations across metro and regional NSW. Access grants, support and services.
Create NSW
Create NSW is the NSW Government’s arts and cultural driver, which brings together arts, screen and culture functions in an integrated entity.
Sound NSW
Sound NSW is a dedicated office within the NSW Government committed to the growth, development and promotion of contemporary music in NSW.
Latest arts and culture updates
Media release
12 December 2024
Audiences of all ages in regional communities across the state will enjoy some of NSW’s best art, culture and entertaining performances with 17 outstanding productions and programs heading out on tour, supported by $1.2 million from Create NSW’s 2024/25 Regional Arts Touring fund.
Media release
11 December 2024
Communities and audiences across the state will enjoy the exceptional calibre of homegrown creative talent with 51 NSW organisations funded to deliver diverse arts and cultural programming in the coming year.
Media release
11 December 2024
Sound NSW is calling for applications from artists and music industry professionals passionate about the future of the state’s contemporary music to join the Advisory Board in 2025.
Ministerial media release
10 December 2024
A year after launching the state’s first arts, culture and creative industries policy, the NSW Government has made a range of key Board and Trust appointments to drive implementation of the policy and grow the creative industries in NSW. The appointments recognise the role the NSW Cultural Institutions play in supporting the arts and creative industries.
News
9 December 2024
An Aboriginal women’s group from Griffith embarked on a cultural tour of Aboriginal communities and sites across Wiradjuri Country earlier this year, with the support of a Cultural Grant from Aboriginal Affairs NSW. Applications are now open for Aboriginal Affairs NSW’s Cultural Grants 2024-2025. Grants between $500 and $20,000 are available for Aboriginal organisations across NSW to celebrate Aboriginal cultures.
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Recent arts and culture publications
Webinar
Create NSW | 12 December 2024
A webinar series to upskill individual artists and creative practitioners with essential skills to establish a successful, sustainable and thriving creative practice.
FAQ
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport,Sound NSW | 10 December 2024
Interested in applying for the Sound NSW Advisory Board in 2025? Find answers to frequently asked questions.
FAQ
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport,Sound NSW | 1 November 2024
Interested in applying for Sound NSW's Touring and Travel Fund? Find answers to frequently asked questions.
Factsheet
Create NSW | 15 October 2024
Download a summary of 2024-25 Arts and Cultural Funding Program grants, presented during Create Conversations Information Sessions.
Guide
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport,Create NSW | 27 September 2024
Respecting the different ways First Nations NSW people connect with their cultural heritage and Aboriginality through their arts and cultural practice.