Deadline: 13-Mar-25
The Regional Arts Victoria is inviting applications for its Project Grant Program to provide support to artists and communities in regional and remote areas.
Project Grants include support for arts projects, professional development for artists and arts workers, and community capacity building projects.
Objectives
- The objectives of the Regional Arts Fund are to support and promote participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture in regional and remote Australia, and through doing so:
- encourage and support sustainable economic, social and cultural outcomes in regional communities;
- develop partnerships and networks which leverage financial and/or in-kind support for regional arts activities and encourage ongoing collaboration;
- develop audiences and broaden community engagement with the arts;
- increase employment and professional development opportunities for, and raise the profile of, regional and remote artists; and
- support quality and viability of artistic and cultural activity.
Funding Information
- You can apply for Project Grants of up to $30,000. There is no minimum grant amount. Assessors will make decisions around funding allocated to successful applicants, taking into consideration the quantum of funds available in the individual state/territory.
- Duration: The maximum grant period for Project Grants is two years.
Eligible Activities
- Project Grants will fund high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences and communities.
- The focus of the project could include any area of creative practice, multiple art forms or cross disciplinary practice.
Ineligible Activities
- The Regional Arts Fund will not fund the following activities:
- grant activity principally benefitting a major city or metropolitan location
- grant activity that will commence before funding is approved
- components of activities that are also funded by other programs administered by the Australian Government or other state and local government agencies
- activities which do not substantially align with and further the objectives of the Regional Arts Fund
- touring activities from major cities, such as tours of performances and exhibitions
- curriculum based activities, including for primary, secondary or tertiary courses
- competitions, prizes or awards
- ongoing activities of collecting institutions.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible you must:
- be an individual or Australian incorporated organisation or local government organisation
- have an active Australian Business Number (ABN) that is registered to your name and location
- if required by the Australian Tax Office, be registered for the purposes of GST
- not have any outstanding reports, acquittals or serious breaches relating to any Australian Government funding or funding from a state or territory Regional Program Administrator. A serious breach is one that has resulted in, or warrants, the termination of a grant agreement.
Ineligibility Criteria
- You are not eligible to apply if you are:
- an unincorporated organisation not auspiced by an organisation that meets the eligibility criteria
- a for profit company.
For more information, visit Regional Arts Victoria.