Arts and Cultural Funding Program - support and contacts

If you or anyone on your creative team are d/Deaf, hard of hearing or who have a speech impairment and need to communicate over the phone, assistance is provided by National Relay Service.

Note: To use the National Relay Service, you will need to register first, so you can make and receive calls.

The National Relay Service numbers are:

• TTY users: Phone 133 677 then ask for (02) 9228 4578
• Speak and Listen users: Phone 1300 555 727 then ask for (02) 9228 4578.

You may also contact Accessible Arts, the peak arts and disability organisation for NSW:

• Pphone: (02) 9251 6499
• Email: info@aarts.net.aulaunch

If English is your second/third language and you would like to speak to Create NSW staff about the guidelines or application form, we can arrange an Interpreting Service to support this communication.

Please contact us between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday:

• Phone: (02) 9228 4578.
• Email: arts.funding@create.nsw.gov.aulaunch

Create NSW has provided the following documents to help you with your funding application:

• helpful resources for applicants
• NSW Aboriginals Arts and Cultural Protocols
• previous funded recipients.

Regional NSW applicants can also contact their local Regional Arts Development Organisation for assistance with applications.

Create NSW wants you to pay the people who work on your art or culture project fairly.

The following organisations can provide advice on payment rates for artists, including musicians and arts/cultural workers:

• Australian Society of Authors
• Australian Writers’ Guild
• Live Performance Australia 
• Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
• Museums and Galleries NSW
• Australian Museums and Galleries Association
• Musicians Australia
• National Association for the Visual Arts

Create NSW acknowledges cultural business through the NSW Aboriginal Arts & Cultural Protocols in support of a strong and vibrant Aboriginal cultural sector. Create NSW supports the priorities of First Nations self-determination, cultural integrity and agency while continuing the management, maintaining and preservation of their arts and cultural practices.

The NSW Aboriginal Arts and Culture Protocols is a best practice guide for all artists, groups and organisations that have Aboriginal cultural content within their projects.

The 5 principles

1. Cultural authority and agency
   • Where does the ownership lie within the project and who controls the direction that the project takes?
2. Recognising rights and maintaining culture
   • Are the rights of people being acknowledged and protected?
3. Prior informed consent and consultation
   • Are Aboriginal people being engaged in the right way and are their wishes being observed?
4. Integrity of Aboriginal Culture
   • Is cultural knowledge and information being respected and managed in the right way?
5. Attribution and sharing benefits
   • Are the right people getting the benefits?

The NSW Aboriginal Arts and Culture Protocols (PDF 3.6MB) have been developed as a living document, Create NSW will continue to work with the NSW Aboriginal arts and cultural sector to update the protocols to remain current and ensuring continual growth.

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