Deadline: 20-Jul-23
Creative Victoria is pleased to announce an open call for applications for the Creative Ventures Program to support creative organisations / businesses / collectives to generate content, work and opportunities.
It provides two years of funding to a diverse cohort of Victorian and creative entities (i.e. micro to small creative organisations/businesses and collectives) that reflect contemporary ways of working across the creative industries.
Aims and Priorities
- The Creative Ventures Program aims to:
- invest in the pipeline of creative content, works and activities. This includes supporting the life cycle of creative activities (from development to presentation) to strengthen the creative industries supply chain.
- support creatives to build sustainable professional practices/employment.
- support new ways of working to drive a dynamic and agile creative industries ecosystem, including cross-industries collaboration.
- increase the availability of diverse creative experiences, products, contents, and services to the Victorian public.
- The Creative Ventures Program is guided by the principles and priorities set out in the Victorian Government’s Creative State 2025 strategy.
- First Peoples first – place First Peoples knowledge, practice, protocols and cultural authority front- and-centre and forge stronger and enduring partnerships with First Peoples creative communities.
- For every Victorian – regardless of cultural background, age, gender identity, income or ability every Victorian can take up their right to participation in the cultural and creative life of the state.
- Whole of state – people in remote, regional, and outer-metropolitan areas have improved and more equitable access to cultural experiences, creative expression and creative careers.
- Health and wellbeing – foster healthy, safe and respectful working environments.
- Environmental impact – the creative industries reduce environmental impact in everything they make, share, present, tour and consume.
- This program will prioritise support to applications from:
- First Peoples creatives
- Deaf and Disabled creatives
- Culturally and linguistically diverse creatives
- Under-represented cohorts (such as LGBTIQ+ creatives)
- Regionally based creatives
- Young people (aged 25 years and below).
Areas of Support
- The Creative Ventures Program supports creative organisations/businesses/collectives to generate content, work and opportunities.
- It provides two years of funding to a diverse cohort of Victorian entities (i.e. micro to small creative organisations/businesses and collectives) that reflect contemporary ways of working across the creative industries.
- Applications are encouraged from a wide range of creative disciplines from across the sector, including but not limited to screen, fashion, design, digital games, visual arts, literature, dance, circus, cabaret, music, theatre, physical performance, sound art, craft, multi-disciplinary, experimental work, and cross-industry collaborations.
Streams
- This program has three streams:
- First Peoples creative entities stream – Applications led by First Peoples creative entities will be assessed in alignment with Aboriginal self-determination by an assessment panel of First Peoples creative industries peers.
- Deaf and Disabled creative entities stream – Applications led by Deaf and Disabled creative entities can choose to be assessed by a panel of creative industries peers with lived experience of deafness and disability, the First Peoples assessment panel or by specific creative industries peers depending on the creative discipline chosen.
- General stream – Applications will be assessed by specific creative industries peers depending on the creative discipline chosen.
- Note:
- Applications from non-First Peoples creative entities that contain First Peoples activity may also be reviewed by a First Peoples panel to ensure cultural protocols are demonstrated in the applications.
- If you are eligible to apply to more than one stream (for example, First Peoples and Deaf and Disabled), please speak to program staff about which stream you are choosing to apply through, and which assessment panel you would like your application reviewed by.
Funding Information
- They accept requests for funding from $70,000 to $100,000 per year— with a minimum level of funding of $140,000 and a maximum of $200,000 over two years.
Types of Activity
- The Creative Ventures Program supports creative organisations/businesses/collectives to generate content, work and opportunities. This includes:
- Development, presentation or distribution of creative works, content/intellectual property (IP), products and/or services to the creative industries in Victoria.
- Audience engagement and market development activity.
- Collaborations and partnerships, including cross-industry collaborations where creative skills/knowledge/products are applied in non-creative industries to create social impact. The primary focus of the proposal must include:
- Victorian-based individual professional creative practitioners (emerging to established) and/or Victorian-based professional collectives.
- A creative idea or activity that meets the program’s aims.
Eligibility Criteria
- This program accepts applications from the following Victorian, non-government creative entities that meet Creative Victoria’s general eligibility and the following program eligibility:
- You are a micro or small creative organisation/business that has no more than 10 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) staff, or
- You are a collective of no more than 10 members
- You are a legally constituted organisation/business with a valid ABN
- If you’re a collective that isn’t legally constituted, you must outline a confirmed auspice arrangement
- You are not required to have self-governing board
- They only accept one application per applicant (including under auspice)
- Auspice organisations may apply on behalf of multiple applicants.
- They accept applications from micro or small creative organisations/businesses that have no more than 10 FTE (full-time equivalent) staff, or collectives (ensembles or groups of people who work together) of no more than 10.
- Applications are encouraged from across the sector, including but not limited to cabaret, circus, contemporary dance, cross-industry/cross-community collaborations, design, digital games, fashion, literature, multidisciplinary, music, physical performance, screen, sound art, theatre, visual arts and craft.
For more information, visit Creative Ventures Program.
