Asia and the Pacific

Legal Assistance
Funding
Safe Havens
Artist Associations

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)

Human rights organisation committed to the protection of people in Asia.

Type of Assistance

Trial observations

Website Link

https://www.forum-asia.org/?p=7302

Contact Information

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FORUMASIA/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ForumAsiaVideo

Twitter - https://twitter.com/forum_asia

Application Details

protection@forum-asia.org

Tel: +66(0)263-79-126 ext. no. 201

Additional Information

Assistance up to $5,000

Artigo 19

Organisation providing legal and logistic assistance to protect the human rights of Latin American citizens.

Type of Assistance

Legal assistance. Their Legal Reference Centre assists with 'strategic' or 'paradigmatic' litigation giving visibility to human right cases that involve freedom of expression)

Website Link

https://artigo19.org/

Contact Information

comunicacao@artigo19.org

Application Details

https://avantgardelawyers.org/get-help/

Additional Information

Global organisation

Avant-Garde Lawyers

Provides legal services to help support those who have had their human rights violated. Working worldwide with local lawyers.

Type of Assistance

Legal assistance.

Website Link

https://avantgardelawyers.org/

Contact Information

contact@avantgardelawyers.org

Application Details

https://avantgardelawyers.org/get-help/

Additional Information

Global organisation

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)

Emergency funding

Type of Assistance

Human rights organisation working with a network of 21 Asian countries to promote and protect human rights.

Website Link

https://www.forum-asia.org/wp/

Contact Information

Website - https://www.forum-asia.org/wp/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FORUMASIA/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ForumAsiaVideo

Twitter - https://twitter.com/forum_asia

Application Details

Additional Information

National Association for the Visual Arts – NAVA

Funding

Type of Assistance

The National Association of Visual Artists works to champion the artists, lead the discussion and advocate the policies that strengthen Australia's contemporary arts. Provides funds and prizes.

Applicants must be visual, craft or design practioner/s participating in the project for which you are requesting funding.

Website Link

http://www.visualarts.net.au/

Contact Information

Email - nava@visualarts.net.au

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NAVA.VisualArt/

Instagram - @nava_visualarts

Twitter - @NAVAvisualarts

Application Details

See website form

Additional Information

Artists’ Benevolent Fund

Funding - one off payment of $2,000

Type of Assistance

Dedicated to providing funds to financially assist visual artist from Australia. Supporting artists in crisis through a one-time financial assistance grant.

Website Link

https://visualarts.net.au/nava-grants/

Contact Information

https://visualarts.net.au/accounts/login/?next=/code-of-practice/

https://visualarts.net.au/nava-grants/

Application Details

See website form

Additional Information

Carstairs Prize

Prizes - individual or groups provided $3,000

Type of Assistance

Supports socially engaged art projects. Funds assist with the artists materials to help produce new creative content.

Website Link

https://visualarts.net.au/nava-grants/

Contact Information

https://visualarts.net.au/nava-grants/

Application Details

See website form

Additional Information

Ignition Prize

Prizes - one years NAVA Premium Membership

Type of Assistance

Graduate prize for ‘Professional Practice’ awarded to a student who gains the highest marks from membered university arts and design school in the Australian Council of University Arts and Design Schools.

Website Link

https://visualarts.net.au/nava-grants/

Contact Information

nava@visualarts.net.au

Application Details

See website form

Additional Information

Windmill Trust Scholarship for Regional NSW Artists

Scholarship - funding up to $10,000

Type of Assistance

Supports professional artists through a scholarship which assists towards artistic research alongside materials, education and exhibiting.

Website Link