Creative Australia has announced a $10.6 million investment to support more than 200 new arts projects across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia, backing the creation and presentation of new Australian stories and creative experiences.

The funding will support 212 projects spanning dance, music, theatre, literature, First Nations, experimental and community arts. It includes targeted investment delivered through Music Australia, Writing Australia and First Nations Arts, aimed at expanding opportunities for creative development and audience engagement nationwide.

Creative Australia’s Executive Director of Arts Investment, Alice Nash, said the funding would support both public-facing work and the behind-the-scenes development that underpins Australia’s creative ecology.

“This investment will support creative activity across the country, from performances and exhibitions that audiences can attend and enjoy, to the development work that enables artists and organisations to continue to create and share new Australian work,” Nash said.

FLING Physical Theatre. Photo supplied

Among the funded projects are creative development programs for regional communities, including FLING Physical Theatre’s work with young performers in Bega, NSW. New music recordings will also be supported, with Yolŋu artist Terrence Guyula recording a new album in the Northern Territory, alongside a forthcoming solo album from singer-songwriter Ella Hooper.

Composer Felicity Wilcox also will see a production and recording of her opera EMERGENC/y, following a mid-career composer’s wrangling with sexism and self-doubt, as one of the projects selected under this round of investsment..

Targeted funding through Music Australia will support metropolitan community radio stations including 3PBS, 3MBS Melbourne, FBi Radio and Triple R, helping platform local artists to wider audiences.

Other highlights include immersive creative experiences for children and families, new playwriting publications in Queensland, international dance collaborations across the Pacific, a reimagining of Swan Lake led by disabled and neurodivergent artists, and Melbourne Fringe’s Radical Access initiative for d/Deaf and disabled creatives.

For more information on Creative Australia funding opportunities, visit this link.