Arts Tasmania - Organisations - youth arts - September 2026

This program supports organisations to deliver activities that actively engage young people (aged 0 to 25 years) to develop their creative skills, and enhance their social health and wellbeing.

It is offered in a partnership with Screen Tasmania.

Organisations can submit one application per round, for up to $80,000.

For more information, please visit Organisations - youth arts.

This program is for:

• Tasmanian arts organisations
• Tasmanian local governments
• other Tasmanian organisations delivering an arts activity.

Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

Applications will not be accepted from :

• organisations with no physical presence in Tasmania
• organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania (including through Arts organisations - multi-year or Cultural heritage organisations - multi-year).
• organisations in receipt of administered funding from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery [Launceston City Council]).

Eligible costs and activities

Organisations can request grant funds towards eligible costs and activities.

These include:

• creative development and research
• presenting work (exhibitions, performances, and publications)
• professional development opportunities
• market and audience development (including promotion)

Arts Tasmania expects that artists are paid fairly for their work. Artist wages and fees must be included in all application budgets. For more information, please visit wages and fees.

Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) of any part of the Creative Industries, Sport and Visitor Economy Division of the Department of State Growth or Building Tasmania cannot apply to or receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.

Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment. If your organisation is looking for support to purchase equipment, it can apply to Low-interest loans.

For more information, please see Organisation - youth arts and Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.

Overdue acquittals

If your organisation has received support from Arts Tasmania in the past and the acquittal for this support is now overdue, it is not eligible to receive more support until all overdue acquittal reports are submitted and approved.

Arts Tasmania will contact you if your organisation has any overdue acquittals.

If you have questions about applying to our programs, please email grants@arts.tas.gov.au or call (03) 6165 6666.

You can also book a 15-minute online meeting through Microsoft Teams using Bookings.

For information on previous rounds, please visit past decisions and peer feedback.