This Micro Grant funding round will be inviting artists from the Outback Arts region with a well-established visual arts practice to apply for support to produce and present their artwork ready for exhibition.

The Festival of Small Halls takes the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists and sends them on the road to tiny halls in communities all over Australia. It is an opportunity for music lovers from welcoming communities to invite artists from home and abroad into their towns, and a way of exploring this vast country in the spirit of hospitality and great fun.

Jenny Ellis from Byron Bay is an accomplished puppeteer who will be touring the Outback Arts region this month. Targeted towards children 3-10 years, the tour will include workshops and performances and will be delivered in preschools, primary schools, childcare centres, local Bowling Clubs and Youth Centres.