Deadline: 10-Oct-22
Regional Arts Victoria is seeking applications for Small Regional Presenters Fund.
The Small Regional Presenters program supports regional communities to program and present shows in their area. It also supports skills development and capacity building by encouraging presenters to develop long term plans and audience development strategies.
This program is being delivered under the Victorian Government’s creative industries strategy, Creative State.
Objectives
- Small Regional Presenters aims to increase the quality, quantity and diversity of professional performing and live arts available to audiences in regional Victoria.
- The initiative will seek to support regional presenters to:
- Present quality, relevant arts programming to local audiences;
- Build their capacity to present and program in their local area and develop long term sustainability and;
- Deliver COVIDSafe performances and live arts.
Priority is given to shows presented in communities with limited access and opportunities to experience performing and other live arts presentations.
Funding Information
- Up to $15,000 per successful applicant.
Presentations must be:
- Presented in regional Victoria, for local audiences.
- A professional live Australian show, production or performance from outside the local government area where the presentation is taking place. This program supports all genres of the performing arts and other live shows, including literary events.
- Ticketed, with box office income.
- Open to the general public.
- A paid presentation, where the presenter pays a fee to bring the show to their community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open funding round – new or Emerging Volunteer Small Regional Presenters
- Regional Arts Victoria will deliver an open funding submission process for new or emerging small regional presenters that have had limited experience presenting live arts experiences in their communities or are proposing one-off presentations.
- Eligible applicants include:
- New or emerging volunteer small regional presenters who have not yet developed a consistent annual program to deliver and have limited access and opportunities to experience performing and other live arts presentations
- Open funding round – returning Volunteer Community presenters
- Regional Arts Victoria will deliver an open funding submission process for returning volunteer Community Presenters that have built an audience-base and are proposing a strategic annual program and are building on audience development goals from previous years.
- Eligible applicants include:
- Returning volunteer Community Presenters that have a history of providing quality programming to their communities, and want to continue providing live art experiences to support further audience development goals or to reach new segments within their communities.
- Please note this is the only round of Small Regional Presenters that is open for presentations taking place in 2023.
- Regional community presenters that are incorporated not-for-profit organisations and do not receive organisational or multi-year funding through Creative Victoria.
- Local Government Authorities that do not receive organisational or multi-year funding through Creative Victoria.
Ineligible
- Applications from:
- Applicants outside of regional Victoria;
- A for-profit company; or
- Applicants who receive organisational or multi-year funding through Creative Victoria.
- Applicants who have not satisfactorily acquitted a previous grant, including individuals who have been principal in an organisation that has not acquitted a previous grant.
For more information, visit https://www.rav.net.au/funding-opportunities/small-regional-presenters/