Australian Visual Artists’ Benevolent Fund

This fund provides limited financial assistance to visual arts practitioners faced with financial difficulty as a result of serious illness, accident or some other unexpected catastrophe.

• Closing date: applications can be made ay any time
• Notification: Two months following the closing date
• Assistance may be in the form of loans, advances, gifts or any other measures considered by the Trustees to be appropriate to the need of the beneficiary.

Applications must submitted online by the above due date. Printed applications will not be accepted.
Please read all of the information below before submitting your application.

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About

This fund was established by painter and sculptor Bert Flugelman who during his career suffered severe personal disasters, which could have left him destitute, had it not been for the generosity of friends and colleagues in the art world.

His appreciation of their support led to his donation of the proceeds from the sale of an Ian Fairweather painting, was used to establish a trust fund to assist visual artists in extreme need.

This trust has been formed to administer this Fund with the assistance of NAVA.

It is not intended that the fund should be used merely as a means of coping with financial hardship.

How to apply

• To apply for this grant you will need to submit an online application.
• To start your application please click the ‘Start online application’ button at the top of this page. 
• Please read through the application form in full before completing.

Support Material

As part of your online application you will need to upload the following support material:

• your Artist CV, no more than 1 x A4 pages in length and saved as a .pdf file*;
• 2 professional references, saved as .pdf files*;
• up to three quotations for the costs of services or equipment replacement, saved as .pdf files*.  

*How to create a .pdf file from a Word document

• In the Word document go to File and click ‘Save As’
• Select the drop down menu next to ‘Format’ and click ‘PDF’
• Click the ‘Save’ button

Assessment

The Trustees will assess applications and inform NAVA of their decision. This may take up to two months.

Support

If you would like to discuss your application please contact NAVA on (02) 9368 1900 or nava@visualarts.net.au

If you are experiencing any difficulties in completing the online application for this grant please call NAVA's General Manager on (02) 9368 1900 or email generalmanager@visualarts.net.au