Patronage

For Partners

The home for arts funding opportunities in Aotearoa and Australia.

Free listings, managed application pipelines, and activation partnerships — built for arts organisations, councils, galleries, and foundations.

103+opportunities listed
39+artists on platform
NZ & AUSeligible by default

Who we work with

Built for arts organisations of every kind.

Foundations

Distribute grants and commissions

Create a managed application pipeline. Artists apply with their Patronage profile — portfolio, CV, and practice statement in one place. No emailed PDFs.

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Galleries & Museums

Open calls and residencies

Run open calls, artist residencies, and exhibition opportunities with a structured application process. Shortlist, score, and notify from one dashboard.

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Councils

Public art commissions

Replace your Google Forms process with a professional pipeline. Committee scoring, staged notifications, and impact reporting are built in.

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Brands

Activations and commissions

Turn existing budgets — hoardings, vehicles, packaging, screens — into commissioned public art with full impact reporting for your organisation.

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Applications without the spreadsheets.

Artists apply through their Patronage profile — portfolio, CV, exhibition history, and practice statement are already there. You get structured, consistent applications every time. No chasing, no formatting, no PDFs in your inbox.

Custom questions and file upload fields

Profile-aware fields (CV, portfolio, available works) pre-attached

Terms & conditions PDF acceptance at submission

Draft saving so artists can work across sessions

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The full lifecycle, in one place.

From open call to final asset delivery — every stage of your pipeline is tracked in Patronage. Move artists through stages, score with your committee, send notifications when you're ready, and collect final assets through the platform.

Kanban, table, triage, and timeline pipeline views

Committee scoring with rubric configuration

Staged notifications — hold and send in batches or immediately

Production asset delivery with signed download links

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Impact reporting that writes itself.

Six and twelve months after selection, Patronage sends automated follow-up surveys to selected artists. Responses feed directly into an impact report you can share with your board, funder, or community — no manual data collection required.

Automated follow-up at 6 and 12 months

Outcome tracking: exhibitions, income, press, community projects

Consent-gated testimonials

Exportable aggregate data

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing.

Standard listing

Free

Listed in the opportunity feed, search results, and weekly artist digest. Reviewed within two business days.

  • Opportunity feed and search
  • Weekly digest email to artists
  • Save and apply tracking
  • No commitment
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Pipeline

Free

first round · $200 NZD thereafter

Managed application pipeline with a full partner dashboard. Artists apply with their Patronage profile — no emails, no spreadsheets.

  • Everything in Standard
  • Custom application questions
  • Full pipeline dashboard (Kanban, Table, Triage)
  • Committee scoring and rubric
  • Staged notification system
  • Production asset delivery
  • 6 and 12-month impact reporting
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Activations

Custom

Commission artists for surfaces you already own — hoardings, vehicles, packaging, screens. Turn existing budgets into public art.

  • Artist sourcing and matching
  • Brief development and contracting
  • Full production management
  • Community and press impact reporting
  • NZ & AUS footprint
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Featured placement (+$75 NZD) pins your listing to the top of the feed and weekly digest for the duration of your opportunity. Add it during setup.

Activations

Commission artists for surfaces you own.

Partner with us to turn existing budgets — hoardings, vehicles, packaging, screens — into commissioned public art with full impact reporting.

What we do

Construction hoardings

Construction hoardings

Commission artists for construction sites. 12–24 month visibility with full impact reporting.

Billboards

Billboards

Rotate emerging artists through high-visibility billboard networks with full impact reporting.

Truck curtains

Truck curtains

Turn fleet vehicles into moving galleries: nationwide reach, artist commissions, incredible PR.

Packaging

Packaging

Artist work on cups, bags, receipts, and branded products. High-frequency activations.

Public art

Public art

Permanent and temporary installations in civic spaces. Full pipeline from open call to reporting.

Digital surfaces

Digital surfaces

Screens, projections, and digital displays in retail, transit, and public spaces.

How it works

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You brief us on the surface, timeline, and budget

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We run a targeted open call to our artist network

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You select artists through a shortlisting dashboard

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We manage production, printing, and installation

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QR codes on every surface link to artist profiles

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You receive a full impact report — scans, engagement, reach