The Tweed Regional Gallery and three local artists have been successful in the latest rounds of NSW arts funding announced this week.

The NSW Government has reformed the Arts and Cultural Funding Program to better support creative organisations across every art form.

For the first time, multi-year funding is available for organisations, instead of having to apply every year. This enables them to employ and develop artists and arts workers and foster long-term strategic partnerships.

The Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre has been successful in the 2-year Arts and Culture Funding Program with a grant of $80,000.

In the Lismore electorate, three individual artists have been funded under Creative Steps-New Work with one grant of $4843 for a regional residency and grants of $3845 and $10,000 for professional development. For privacy requirements, the names of the individual artists are not released.

Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin said, “I am pleased to see the reformed Arts and Cultural Funding Program has delivered simpler, fairer, and certain funding.

“It’s always great to see dedicated arts funding supporting our local artists and organisations and I look forward to seeing these projects develop and enrich our cultural life.”

All funded applications were assessed against published criteria and ranked in order of merit and impact by the ten Artform Boards. 

For more information about the funding outcomes, visit create.nsw.gov.au