Eastern Riverina Arts CASP 2024

Eligible applicants must:

• Reside within one of the Local Government Areas supported by Eastern Riverina Arts
• Have an ABN
• Have an active (free) profile on CreativeRiverina.com
• Your proposed creative activity must substantially take place within the Eastern Riverina Arts region, or in the case of professional development, it must support an an artist that resides in our region.

Location that are eligible include Bland, Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional, Junee, Lockhart, Snowy Valleys, Temora, Wagga Wagga

Examples of eligible projects include:

• Concerts
• Markets,
• Art trails
• Festivals
• Pop-up events
• Performances
• Workshops
• Exhibitions
• Digital projects
• Creative Collaborations

Projects commence anytime after 1st April 2024

Projects finalised and acquittals due by 28th February 2025

The project should be started by 1 April 2024 and the project must be completed by 28 February 2025.

The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is an annual small grants program funded by Create NSW and managed locally by Eastern Riverina Arts. It is guided by Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program’s three major objectives:

• Grow creative leadership and programming excellence in NSW

• Strengthen NSW arts and cultural activity that drives community and social benefits

• Showcase NSW as a leader for strategic arts and cultural governance and strong financial management.

Create NSW’s objective for this program is to support community arts and cultural development in regional NSW through small grants that:

• Assist locally determined community arts and cultural activities

• Increase opportunities for regionally based groups to access a diverse range of arts programs

• Enable communities to explore and express their cultural identities

Eligible project costs include:

• Workshop facilitator fees
• Artist fees
• Speaker/presenter fees
• First Nations cultural knowledge fees and welcome to country fees
• Materials ie. Art supplies
• Equipment hire
• Venue hire
• Project documentation ie. Photography, video
• Project administration costs

Applicants will be deemed ineligible if they:

• Reside outside of the the Local Government Areas supported by Eastern Riverina Arts
• Seek funding for a non Arts and Cultural related project or activity
• Do not have a Creative Riverina Profile
• Do not meet the ABN requirements

There are a few things we don't fund, and these include:

• Prize money or gifts

• Expenses which are already covered by an organisation's existing funding (eg existing worker salaries)

• Illegal activities

• Works or projects of an offensive nature

Talk to us about what you're proposing and we can help you to navigate this.

Ineligible projects include:

• Projects whose budget is predominantly printing or framing costs
• Projects whose budget is predominantly catering costs
• Projects that predominantly take place outside of the ERA service region
• Projects whose artist fees will be spent predominantly outside of the ERA service region (unless the application is for professional development)
• Projects that have a demonstrated ability to run consecutively without funding
• Projects that are illegal or offensive in nature

Examples of previous projects funded by CASP:

Individuals:

• Printmaking Professional Development
• Professional Development - BIGSOUND Conference Attendance
• Professional Development and Screen Printed Exhibition Catalogue

Projects - impactful projects and creative collaborations

• Live performance, animation and projection mapping.
• The Planet Man - Stage 3 Podcast
• Animation of Wiradjuri story: Gobbagumbalin and Pomingalarna 
• Collaboration between five poets and five print makers to create a limited edition book.
• Freeroam Theatre 2022 Season - Picnic at Hanging Rock 
• Memorial Water Tank Art