Arts OutWest will run a free arts funding workshop in Parkes next Wednesday, 2nd November from 10:30am to 12.30pm at the Parkes Library.
The workshop will help people prepare applications for the annual Country Arts Support Program and brush up on their grant writing skills.
The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is a small annual funding round supporting arts activities in the NSW Central West. Applications for the 2023 round are now open.
CASP funds the payment of artists and arts workers to undertake or manage arts activities that offer exciting creative outcomes. Grants of up to $3,000 are available.
“The free workshop will explain the CASP funding, help people plan an application, chat through their project ideas and take a look at the application process,” Arts OutWest executive director Kylie Shead said.
CASP applications for 2023 close at 5pm on Monday, 5th December.
Projects funded by CASP could include (but are not limited to) arts or heritage-based workshops, classes, performances, installations, exhibitions, tours, screen/film making, writing or composition, development of new work, tours or talks, artist-in-residence programs, recordings or podcasts, and new arts activities attached to festivals or events – as long as they have some element of public outcome.
The funding is open to individuals, groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts businesses and councils.
If you can’t make the Parkes workshop, there will be an online information session on Wednesday, 16th November.
Book for the Parkes workshop at either Parkes Library, Arts OutWest or find it on Eventbrite.
Read the full CASP criteria at www.artsoutwest.org.au/pf/casp/