First Nations NSW Artists and Organisations Hub

Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the Aboriginal peoples and traditional owners of the land we now call New South Wales, and we celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world's oldest living culture.

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Welcome to your dedicated hub for key information and resources related to First Nations arts and culture in NSW

Create NSW warmly welcomes you to the dedicated First Nations hub. All your key information related to First Nations arts and culture in NSW is here. You will find helpful resources to start your application and understand cultural protocols.

Create NSW acknowledges the ongoing cultural enrichment and worldviews that NSW First Nations artists, creatives and organisations provide to the cultural landscape of NSW.

Current Funding Opportunities and Events

NSW ICIP Gathering Roadshow

Join Create NSW First Nations team to discuss Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) at one of our Roadshow events, starting in Western Sydney in October and throughout Regional NSW in November and December.

See the full schedule to find a Gathering Event near you

Quick Response Fashion Grants

Grants up to $10,000 for emerging fashion designers and creatives to purchase equipment or pursue professional development opportunities.

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Individual First Nations Artist

First Nations Arts and Cultural Organisation

First Nations funding recipients

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Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding will create and present a new work Picking Up the Pieces at the 25th Biennale of Sydney. Drawing on personal lived experience growing up on Gadigal Land (Redfern Sydney), Golding’s work will be a focal point of the Biennale of Sydney in 2026, addressing themes of Indigenous displacement, community bonds, and cultural resilience. Together with a community activation program and creative workshops, the work shares an important perspective of contemporary urban Aboriginal life in Sydney.

2024-25 ACFP Round 1

20 Creative Nations Projects
$1.4 million total support for First Nations artists and organisations
1 in 8 Artists engaged are First Nations
In total, 259 First Nations artists and arts workers employed across all projects

2024-25 ACFP Round 2

8 Creative Nations projects
Highlights include:
Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding's new work "Picking Up the Pieces"
Pilpalaana Thari: Reviving the Canoe Scars of Kinchega “The Tree That Was Scarred”