Arts Market

Applications to present in the 2025 APAX Arts Market closed Tuesday 8 April, 2025. Watch this space…

Financial support to pitch at APAX & develop your tour producing skills

Creative Australia have provided PAC Australia with funds to support independent artists to participate in their Course 2 Tour Producer Training for 2025. Funding support will cover your enrolment course fees, APAX Arts Market registration and some wage support. It does not cover travel costs. Artists must be independent and available to participate in all online and the in-person intensive in Garramilla/Darwin on Monday 11 August to receive this support.

This level of support to travel to pitch and develop professionally is only available in 2025. If you are an independent artist that has a nationally tour-ready work, and is dedicated to developing your tour producing skills, we encourage you to apply for both opportunities.

View the 2025 Arts Market Application Information SessioN

This recording also includes the 2025 National Presenter Outlook update delivered by PAC Australia. We do recommend having a look at this as well, but if you’d like to skip it, the info session begins at 01:02:00.

2025 Arts Market Curatorial Panel

PAC Australia gratefully acknowledges and values the commitment of our curatorial panel members, who volunteer their time to review applications and support the market selection and programming process. On behalf of the PAC Australia board and staff, and the wider sector, we thank our curatorial panel members for their efforts and support.

Panel members should not be directly contacted, lobbied or harassed. They are also bound by confidentiality to not disclose the discussion around any applications.

The Panel

• Celia Coulthard – Adelaide Festival Centre
• Georgia Hendy – Darwin Entertainment Centre
• Heidi Irvine – Frankston Arts Centre
• Sarah Knight – Country Arts SA
• Haneen Mahmood Martin – Performing Lines
• Erica McCalman – Independent
• Wanyika Mshila – Sydney Opera House
• Roz Pappalardo – Tamworth Regional Council
• Vanessa Pigrum – Theatre Royal Hobart
• Michelle Wright – Arts Margaret River

NZ Observer

• Helaina Keeley – Auckland Live