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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.
First Nations NSW Artists and Organisations Hub
Showcasing some of the amazing Aboriginal arts, artists and organisations that make up the incredible culture here in NSW.
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.
Latest arts and culture updates
Ministerial media release
Sydney’s George Street evolution from traffic dominated thoroughfare to retail and hospitality hotspot will soon be complete, with a planned revitalisation of the Northern section between Essex Street and Jack Mundey Place in The Rocks.
Media release
Create NSW, Screen NSW and Sound NSW, in partnership with Accessible Arts, are inviting creative industries organisations across NSW to join the largest Createability Internship Program ever as champions of accessible employment for Deaf and Disabled creative practitioners.
Ministerial media release
Wander through cascading purple wisteria tunnels, cherry blossoms, flowering fruit trees and colourful spring displays as Weekend in Wistaria comes into bloom in Parramatta Park for 19 and 20 September.
Ministerial media release
The Minns Labor Government is providing $2.5 million in grant funding to help local councils across NSW deliver major multicultural festivals that will light up the calendar next year.
Media release
Expressions of Interest are now open for creative industry organisations across regional NSW with new innovative partnerships that create opportunities or deliver outcomes for local artists and communities.
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Recent arts and culture publications
Fact sheet
Create NSW supports an arts, culture and creative sector where d/Deaf and disabled people can create, lead, work and take part on an equal basis.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the changes to Create NSW Multi-year Funding.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Createability host organisation
FAQ
Find answers to common questions to assist with Expression of Interest and detailed applications.
FAQ
The Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) Kickstart Grant Round 3 is a $1.2M (excl. GST) program to support NSW councils to establish SEPs and investigate Purple Flag accreditation.