The Arts OutWest Cultural Fund supports arts and cultural activity within the NSW Central West.
Arts OutWest is taking part in AusArt Day 2025, Creative Australia’s national day of giving to the arts. On the 23 October, all Australians are invited to support the arts by making a donation — large or small — to their chosen arts organisation or artist.
Arts OutWest’s focus for AusArt Day is raising funds for a new micro grants program.
Micro grants have supported artists to do life-affirming work in regional Central West NSW for over three decades. Creating wellbeing, supporting artists and arts communities, working with children, with people with disability, with isolated, multi-cultural, multi-generational groups.
Target: We want to fund at least five, and ideally 10 x $2000 micro grants early in 2026.
Double your donation: During the AusArt Day campaign, Arts OutWest will match your donations (up to our target of $10,000).
Feel like donating before AusArt Day? Go for it!
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Image: Matt Shilcock (puppeteering Mystery) and Crystal Nguyen as Viv in ‘ViV!’ by Catherine McNamara at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre in August 2025. ViV! was supported by a CASP grant to composer musician Cindy Fox to develop her innovative score in collaboration and workshops with Compareo performers. Photo: Henry Simmons.
Images in AusArt Day header: more from ViV!’ by Catherine McNamara. Photos Henry Simmons.
Arts OutWest is a registered charity and has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
The Arts OutWest Cultural Fund was established as a vehicle to increase the funds available to provide support for arts and cultural activities in the central west of NSW in line with the Objects of Arts OutWest as stated in its constitution. It was approved on the Australian Government’s Register of Cultural Organisations on 26th May 2008.