Writing Grant Proposals

Writing Grant Proposals helps artists research, plan and write stronger grant proposals. This course will help you seek and identify well-suited funding opportunities, and research and plan project proposals. You will develop clear writing skills for your artist biography and artist statement, and learn to make your professional CV and support material stand out from the rest.

Important course information

Duration: 7 weeks

Course dates: 22 September - 03 November 2020

Introductory session: 10-10:45am AEST on Tuesday 22 September 2020

Course time: flexible, with new content released weekly

Enrolment closes: 14 September 2020 

Fully online

Access: Do you require access? Please email justine@visualarts.net.au with information regarding the kind of access that you need.

Capacity: Max. 30 students 

Cost: $298 for Non-Members / $243 for NAVA members (GST incl.)

The Members price will only appear in the shop after logging in to the NAVA site.

About the course facilitator

Stephanie nova Milne is one half of the artist nova Milne, and co-founded their collective Ms&Mr. They’ve worked together since their chance encounter as teenagers before enrolling in art school, and currently live in Sydney and New York.

nova Milne/Ms&Mr have been the beneficiaries of several grants and prizes, including the NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (formerly Helen Lempriere), Australia Council for the Arts New Work grants, and a Samstag Scholarship. International residency programs include Cité internationale des Arts (Paris), Bemis Center for the Arts (Omaha), and The International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York. Solo exhibitions include the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artspace and The Physics Room. They have staged works in curated exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Performance Space (Sydney), The Kadist Foundation (Paris), MONA (Hobart), Gertrude Contemporary (Melbourne), The Ian Potter Museum of Art (Melbourne), and international touring exhibitions. Their work is represented in public collections, including the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and The Art Gallery of Western Australia. 

Stephanie holds a Master of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours First Class) from UNSW Art & Design and is a freelance academic.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Participants are able to cancel their registration up to 7 days prior to the course start date by contacting NAVA. If cancellation occurs during the 7 days prior to the start date participants will be charged a 10% cancellation fee. There are no refunds for cancellation once the course has started.

For example

• If you cancel participation 14 days prior to course starting – no cost
• If you cancel participation 6 days prior to course starting – 10% fee
• If you cancel after the course has started – no refund possible

NAVA Online Courses are in high demand and there will be no refunds of course registration fees once the course has started. Participants are expected to notify NAVA if they no longer wish to continue the course after the course start date.