Australia: Quick response Arts Grants

Deadline: 16-Oct-22

The City of Melbourne is Inviting applicants for its Quick response Arts Grants 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 the creation and presentation of projects 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

Grants of up to $4,000 (excluding GST) are available.

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 viewed and understood the City of Melbourne municipal boundary
- 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 have a relationship to the City of Melbourne in one of the following ways:
- a permanent place of residence within the City of Melbourne boundaries
- a regular place of employment or study within the City of Melbourne boundaries
- an ongoing creative practice based within the City of Melbourne boundaries (for example a studio)
- have presented previous works to the public at venues located in the City of Melbourne boundaries between January 2019 and 12 October 2022
- the project idea is about or relates to the City of Melbourne municipality. Ideas may relate to a physical part of the City, a particular community or be a conceptual approach to an aspect of the City.