City of Mount Gambier Creative Arts Fund – Australia

Deadline: 01-Sep-23

The Creative Arts Fund provides funding to artists, community groups and non-profit community-based organisations for creative public art projects within Mount Gambier.

The Creative Arts Fund encourages projects, and provides opportunities, that make a positive contribution to the City and demonstrate consistency with outcomes from Council’s Strategic Plan and Reconciliation Action Plan, with a particular focus on the following key goals:

• Supporting community events and programs that bring people together, encourage interaction and promote a sense of community.
• Providing services, programs and facilities for the community to participate in a broad range of arts and cultural activities.
• Celebrating the cultural diversity.
• Celebration of Boandik and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture
• A City brought to life with public art.

About the Program

• The City of Mount Gambier values the positive contribution arts and culture make to the social and economic well-being of regional communities and actively encourages the practice of cultural exchange. Council also recognises that cultural sharing and artistic expression assists in the building of resilient communities with a strong sense of place.
• The Creative Arts Fund supports artists, community groups and not-for-profit organisations to deliver inspiring, creative and contemporary projects that contribute to a connected, vibrant and culturally diverse community. The Creative Arts Fund will be available for:
  • A creative project within the City of Mount Gambier such as:
    • Murals
    • Installations (temporary or long-term)
    • Events or performances (must be free and accessible to the general public)
    • Creative community projects with an emphasis on skill development
    • Mentorships or professional development opportunity with public outcome
• Projects may focus on, but are not limited to, performing and visual arts, literature, film, design, multimedia, history and heritage, festivals, performances and public celebrations.

Funding Information

• Applications for funding under the Creative Arts Fund, as a general rule, should be for projects with a minimum total project cost of $3,000. An allocation of $50,000 has been made in Council’s 2023/2024 budget for distribution in this annual program.

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible for the fund if you identify as one of the categories below:
  • An incorporated community group;
  • A not-for-profit organisation limited by guarantee;
  • An unincorporated group auspiced by an incorporated association;
  • Professional artist with an ABN
• Applicants must:
  • Be located within, service or have a background or other connection with the City of Mount Gambier community or demonstrate community engagement in process and/or outcome.
  • Maintain or be willing to get Public Liability Insurance Cover ($20 million minimum cover).
  • Have an ABN.
  • Obtain all development approvals required for the delivery of the project.
  • Include a copy of their organisations’ Certificate of Incorporation in their grant application (where applicable).

Ineligible

• Profit-making groups and organisations.
• Government departments or agencies (including schools).
• Applicants who submit incomplete applications.
• Applicants who have failed to acquit previous City of Mount Gambier grants.

For more information, visit City of Mount Gambier.