After 35 years of providing tertiary student grants, the Foundation believes there is a need to provide a broader support for artists throughout the community. We now welcome applications from any artist who is an Australian resident, and who fulfils our selection criteria regarding the skills and aesthetic principles that we seek to encourage.
In assessing the suitability of any candidate for a grant, we are committed to supporting talented artists who are sincerely devoted to maintaining and developing the skills of drawing and painting. This does not rule out innovative approaches to these practices, but it does exclude technological alternatives such as CGI that dispense with traditional material such as chalk, ink, graphite, silverpoint, pastel, watercolour, gouache, or oil paint. The art field may vary from painting to sculpture, multimedia, printmaking or ceramics, but there must be a basis or history of the drawn element.
If you have previously received a grant from the Foundation, you are welcome to apply for further grants or residencies in following years.
The successful applicants will be chosen by the end of August and applicants will be notified by email shortly thereafter.
These are aimed to help students with their studies and so are generally aimed at undergraduate students, but artists studying at private and other art courses may be eligible.
These will be grants of $1,000 to $2,000.
No application fee is required for a support grant.
Eligibility
Any student artist who is an Australian resident and is taking a course in art tuition is eligible to apply for a support grant.
Image: Andrew BonneauA vision 2022, oil on linen, 76.5×61.1cm (Grant Recipient).
