Firstdraft connects audiences with the future of contemporary art – today. 

Did you know Firstdraft started as a Cold-War Air Raid Shelter? 

Since 1986, we’ve kept it stocked— not with supplies, but over twenty exhibitions and seventy artists each year, every year, for forty years. 

This end of financial year, we’re finally ready to come out of our vault— and we’re taking donations for honorary membership to join our Firstdraft Artist Survival League, dedicated to preserving and sustaining contemporary art. 

Every donation helps support contemporary art— donations over $40 come with a guaranteed honorary space in our bunker, their name on a commemorative plaque out the front of the building and a pin signifying your pre-eminent role in our utopian project.

All donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible but If you would like to join the cause and find your place in the Firstdraft Artist Survival League we have some roles we're looking to fill:

Artist Propagandist 
$40 - $100: Covers the cost of exhibition vinyl printing or our monthly phone and internet costs

Artist Handler 

$500 - $1,000: Pays for regional or interstate artist travel fees or artist access support bursaries  

Early career artist patron

$1,500: Pays for the artist fee for a solo exhibition at Firstdraft

Curatoriam Member

$2,000 - $3,500: Pays the artist fees for a group exhibition at Firstdraft 

Exhibition Architect 

$3,500 - $5,000: Sponsors all the production costs associated with delivering an exhibition

Join our vision for the future of contemporary art by donating to Firstdraft today. A little support goes a long way – but a lot goes further.