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Create NSW | NSW Government
Create NSW
Create NSW is the NSW Government's arts and cultural driver. We grow and support the arts and cultural sectors in NSW for everyone to enjoy.
Lara Merrett By my side, walking 2022, Sydney installation view Image by Jessica Maurer
Report: Outcomes of the Createability Internship Program
Read the evaluation report of the NSW Government Createability Internship Program between 2022-2024.
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NSW ICIP Gathering Roadshow
Join Create NSW to discuss Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) at one of our state-wide roadshow events.
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Arts and Cultural Funding Program
Find arts and cultural funding and support available.
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Connect with our programs
Get funding and support
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Creative Spaces
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Aboriginal arts and culture
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Connect with our people
What we do
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Meet our team
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Work with us
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Contact us
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Stay informed
Our newsletter has info on funding programs, research, events and more.
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Funding opportunities calendar Create NSW
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About Create NSW funding
Creative Communities - the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy
Creative Communities
is the state’s Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, recognising the unique place of the sector in NSW.
Creative Communities
is an inclusive policy that puts culture, arts, and the creative industries at the heart of NSW. It provides a framework for the next 10 years that supports artists, creatives and cultural organisations and expands to include the rapidly growing creative industries.
Read more
Silenced, Vox Theatre Photo: Natalie Low.
Latest resources
Warren Mason performing at Tin Camp Studio, Lightning Ridge place-based music venue, Outback Arts, 2024. Photo: Outback Outloud Rainy King.
Heartland: a plan for regional NSW arts, culture and creative industries 2026–2035
This plan builds upon
Creative Communities
as its foundational policy, while addressing the unique opportunities and challenges faced by regional NSW, by committing to six strategic priorities that strengthen the regional sector and unlock its potential.
Read more
Carnival of the Animals with Got Ya Back Productions, Photo by Got Ya Back Productions
Creative Communities 2-year progress report
While challenges persist globally, here in NSW, our arts and cultural scene is a source of hope and connection.
Over the past 2 years, we have established a new department with the creative industries at its heart and passed 7 pieces of legislation.
Read more
Kirli Saunders at the South Coast Readers & Writers Festival 2024, Thirroul District Community Centre & Library. Photo: Matt Houston, Ironbark Photography
Stories Matter: A Writing and Literature Strategy for NSW
This strategy recognises writers as the engine of the literature sector and aims to make NSW a smart, creative state where writers and readers flourish.
Developed in consultation with writers, publishers, educators, festivals, libraries, booksellers, literary organisations and cultural institutions, it provides a targeted, high-impact framework backed by government investment.
Read more
Credit: Yousef Akbar, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2023, Carriageworks, Sydney. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images for AAFW.
NSW Fashion Sector Strategy 2025-2028
The NSW Fashion Sector Strategy is the first of its kind, aligning with
Creative Communities
and developed in collaboration with industry.
It sets out a vision for the fashion industry in NSW with six strategic priorities to support and develop industry, to grow markets and profile nationally and internationally, and establish and extend pathways for new designers into the industry.
Read more
The Red Star
, Alia Ali, Bankstown Arts Centre. Photo: Destination NSW.
Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries
The NSW Government’s 3-year plan (2025-2028) aims to unleash the region’s untapped potential and chart a path for sustainable sector growth.
It will support arts, culture and creative industries in Western Sydney to deliver social and economic value. Over the next 3 years, the plan will start to redress inequity, prioritise First Nations creative innovation, and leverage the extraordinary vitality of the Western Sydney festival sector.
Read more
Recent grants
Arts and culture, Community, Environment, Regional
Community War Memorials Fund - Round 2026/27
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Accessibility, Arts and culture, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Regional, Youth
2026 Professional Development - Next Steps
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Arts and culture, Regional
2026 Regional Arts Touring Round 1
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Aboriginal, Accessibility, Arts and culture, Business, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Regional, Youth
2026 Creative Nations
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Accessibility, Arts and culture, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Regional, Youth
2026 Creative Steps - New Work
east
Arts and culture
2026 Cultural Access - Priority Area Projects for Individuals and Organisations
east
Arts and culture, Diversity and inclusion
Downing Centre First Nations Art Commissions EOI
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Arts and culture
Made in NSW - TV Drama R97
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Arts and culture
Production Finance Round 97
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Find funding and support near you
Search our grants finder for all Create NSW funding opportunities available now for art practitioners and cultural organisations
Search funding
Rebel Theatre at Walsh Bay - Photo by Brett Boardman
Images in moving banner fields: Walsh Bay, and Rebel Theatre at Walsh Bay, images by Brett Boardman.
Latest Create NSW news
Media release
NSW arts and cultural funding opportunity opens for projects and regional tours
NSW artists, producers and arts and cultural organisations can now apply for funding with Create NSW’s 2026 Regional Arts Touring Round 1 and 2026 Arts and Cultural Funding Program (ACFP) Project Funding programs opening today.
Media release
Call for First Nations art to honour Stolen Generation Survivors’ truth at significant Western Sydney site
First Nations artists are invited to honour Stolen Generations Survivors through powerful truth-telling art, to be embedded in the deeply significant site of Keller House, the heritage-listed home to the Stolen Generations Keeping Place in Parramatta North’s cultural precinct located on the lands of the Burramattagal people, a clan of the Dharug.
Media release
Creative Residency in The Rocks to deliver a novel approach to supporting NSW writers
NSW authors, playwrights, illustrators and other literature creatives are invited to unlock a transformative opportunity to live and work in the heart of Sydney, at a subsidised, below-market rental rate, thanks to a new initiative The Rocks Creative Terraces Affordable Residencies Program.
Ministerial media release
New tourism and hospitality hot spot on the way for Newcastle
The Minns Labor Government is transforming The Station Newcastle into a world class tourism, retail and hospitality precinct in partnership with Ashbridge Capital.
News
Northern Rivers Conservatorium restored and revitalised
The historic Northern Rivers Conservatorium has officially commenced a new chapter with a triumphant community event, marking the completion of a multi-stage flood restoration and upgrade project.
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Create NSW
Create NSW is the NSW Government's arts and cultural driver. We grow and support the arts and cultural sectors in NSW for everyone to enjoy.
Lara Merrett By my side, walking 2022, Sydney installation view Image by Jessica Maurer
Report: Outcomes of the Createability Internship Program
Read the evaluation report of the NSW Government Createability Internship Program between 2022-2024.
east
NSW ICIP Gathering Roadshow
Join Create NSW to discuss Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) at one of our state-wide roadshow events.
east
Arts and Cultural Funding Program
Find arts and cultural funding and support available.
east
Connect with our programs
Get funding and support
east
Creative Spaces
east
Aboriginal arts and culture
east
Connect with our people
What we do
east
Meet our team
east
Work with us
east
Contact us
east
Stay informed
Our newsletter has info on funding programs, research, events and more.
Find out more
Quick links
Privacy, information access, feedback
Subscribe to the Create NSW eNewsletter
Funding opportunities calendar Create NSW
Create NSW News
Connect with Create
About Create NSW funding
Creative Communities - the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy
Creative Communities
is the state’s Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, recognising the unique place of the sector in NSW.
Creative Communities
is an inclusive policy that puts culture, arts, and the creative industries at the heart of NSW. It provides a framework for the next 10 years that supports artists, creatives and cultural organisations and expands to include the rapidly growing creative industries.
Read more
Silenced, Vox Theatre Photo: Natalie Low.
Latest resources
Warren Mason performing at Tin Camp Studio, Lightning Ridge place-based music venue, Outback Arts, 2024. Photo: Outback Outloud Rainy King.
Heartland: a plan for regional NSW arts, culture and creative industries 2026–2035
This plan builds upon
Creative Communities
as its foundational policy, while addressing the unique opportunities and challenges faced by regional NSW, by committing to six strategic priorities that strengthen the regional sector and unlock its potential.
Read more
Carnival of the Animals with Got Ya Back Productions, Photo by Got Ya Back Productions
Creative Communities 2-year progress report
While challenges persist globally, here in NSW, our arts and cultural scene is a source of hope and connection.
Over the past 2 years, we have established a new department with the creative industries at its heart and passed 7 pieces of legislation.
Read more
Kirli Saunders at the South Coast Readers & Writers Festival 2024, Thirroul District Community Centre & Library. Photo: Matt Houston, Ironbark Photography
Stories Matter: A Writing and Literature Strategy for NSW
This strategy recognises writers as the engine of the literature sector and aims to make NSW a smart, creative state where writers and readers flourish.
Developed in consultation with writers, publishers, educators, festivals, libraries, booksellers, literary organisations and cultural institutions, it provides a targeted, high-impact framework backed by government investment.
Read more
Credit: Yousef Akbar, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2023, Carriageworks, Sydney. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images for AAFW.
NSW Fashion Sector Strategy 2025-2028
The NSW Fashion Sector Strategy is the first of its kind, aligning with
Creative Communities
and developed in collaboration with industry.
It sets out a vision for the fashion industry in NSW with six strategic priorities to support and develop industry, to grow markets and profile nationally and internationally, and establish and extend pathways for new designers into the industry.
Read more
The Red Star
, Alia Ali, Bankstown Arts Centre. Photo: Destination NSW.
Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries
The NSW Government’s 3-year plan (2025-2028) aims to unleash the region’s untapped potential and chart a path for sustainable sector growth.
It will support arts, culture and creative industries in Western Sydney to deliver social and economic value. Over the next 3 years, the plan will start to redress inequity, prioritise First Nations creative innovation, and leverage the extraordinary vitality of the Western Sydney festival sector.
Read more
Recent grants
Arts and culture, Community, Environment, Regional
Community War Memorials Fund - Round 2026/27
east
Accessibility, Arts and culture, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Regional, Youth
2026 Professional Development - Next Steps
east
Arts and culture, Regional
2026 Regional Arts Touring Round 1
east
Aboriginal, Accessibility, Arts and culture, Business, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Regional, Youth
2026 Creative Nations
east
Accessibility, Arts and culture, Community, Diversity and inclusion, Regional, Youth
2026 Creative Steps - New Work
east
Arts and culture
2026 Cultural Access - Priority Area Projects for Individuals and Organisations
east
Arts and culture, Diversity and inclusion
Downing Centre First Nations Art Commissions EOI
east
Arts and culture
Made in NSW - TV Drama R97
east
Arts and culture
Production Finance Round 97
east
Find funding and support near you
Search our grants finder for all Create NSW funding opportunities available now for art practitioners and cultural organisations
Search funding
Rebel Theatre at Walsh Bay - Photo by Brett Boardman
Images in moving banner fields: Walsh Bay, and Rebel Theatre at Walsh Bay, images by Brett Boardman.
Latest Create NSW news
Media release
NSW arts and cultural funding opportunity opens for projects and regional tours
NSW artists, producers and arts and cultural organisations can now apply for funding with Create NSW’s 2026 Regional Arts Touring Round 1 and 2026 Arts and Cultural Funding Program (ACFP) Project Funding programs opening today.
Media release
Call for First Nations art to honour Stolen Generation Survivors’ truth at significant Western Sydney site
First Nations artists are invited to honour Stolen Generations Survivors through powerful truth-telling art, to be embedded in the deeply significant site of Keller House, the heritage-listed home to the Stolen Generations Keeping Place in Parramatta North’s cultural precinct located on the lands of the Burramattagal people, a clan of the Dharug.
Media release
Creative Residency in The Rocks to deliver a novel approach to supporting NSW writers
NSW authors, playwrights, illustrators and other literature creatives are invited to unlock a transformative opportunity to live and work in the heart of Sydney, at a subsidised, below-market rental rate, thanks to a new initiative The Rocks Creative Terraces Affordable Residencies Program.
Ministerial media release
New tourism and hospitality hot spot on the way for Newcastle
The Minns Labor Government is transforming The Station Newcastle into a world class tourism, retail and hospitality precinct in partnership with Ashbridge Capital.
News
Northern Rivers Conservatorium restored and revitalised
The historic Northern Rivers Conservatorium has officially commenced a new chapter with a triumphant community event, marking the completion of a multi-stage flood restoration and upgrade project.
Follow Create NSW
X
Youtube
Create NSW
Email enquiries :
info@create.nsw.gov.au
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