Apply for Quick response Arts Grants 2021 (Australia)

Deadline: 13-Oct-21

The City of Melbourne is Inviting applicants for its Quick response Arts Grants 2021 to provide funding support to artists through the flexibility of an application process with a short turnaround time.

These grants assist small to medium arts organisations and individual artists in any art form or practice and at any career stage to create and present activities that will be shared with the public (online or at a venue within the City of Melbourne boundaries) or to support a period of creative development.

The program supports artists to develop or present new work, specific elements of a larger project or to take a project to another level. The quick nature of the grants also enables artists to take advantage of unexpected opportunities that may arise at short notice (such as an opportunity to collaborate, a last minute venue offer or to add a layer of depth to a project).

Grant categories

Projects: for activities (including developments) that result in some form of public outcome, either online or at a venue or location within the City of Melbourne boundaries. A public outcome could be, but is not limited to, a performance, exhibition, installation, artist talk, open studio, rehearsed reading, workshop or development showing.
Creative development only: for a period of development without a public outcome.
Note: Applicants can apply for only one grant category.

Funding Information

Assistance of $4000 is available through quick response arts grants.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, applicants must:
- be an artist or small to medium arts organisation
- submit only one application by the close date
- undertake and deliver the proposed activity within six months of grant notification
- have no outstanding acquittals or debts to the City of Melbourne
- contact the arts grants team if proposing activities in an outdoor space.
Additionally, to be eligible for a creative development only grant or for a project presented online, applicants must demonstrate a relationship to the City of Melbourne in one of the following ways:
- permanent place of residence within the City of Melbourne boundaries
- regular place of employment within the City of Melbourne boundaries
- studio or other site where an ongoing creative practice is undertaken within the City of Melbourne boundaries
- the project idea is about or relates to the City of Melbourne municipality in some way
- other connection to the City of Melbourne.