Deadline: 28-Sep-22
The Moreland City Council is seeking applications for its Flourish: Arts Recovery Grants Program to help Moreland’s arts and culture sector recover and flourish.
Moreland City Council is committed to strengthening and investing in the creative community of Moreland and recognises the challenges the sector is currently facing.
Objectives
- To support local artists and arts organisations to recover and flourish.
- To strengthen the capacity of local artists and arts organisations.
- To support local artists and arts organisations to navigate new models of engagement.
- To build connection and engagement through community led arts and cultural activities.
- To support and encourage more people to be involved with arts and culture in Moreland.
Grant Categories
- Individual Artists (up to $5,000)
- Arts Organisations (up to $10,000)
Funding Preferences
They will give preference to applications which:
- Showcase Moreland as a vibrant arts location.
- Encourage and champion diversity and Aboriginal culture.
- Show respectful partnerships with other artists, community groups and/or organisations.
- Align with commitments in Moreland’s Arts and Culture Strategy: Creative Capital.
- Clearly show how the initiative will impact and/or grow Moreland’s arts sector.
- Encourage environmental sustainability in line with Council’s policies.
- Align with identified priority groups from the Moreland Human Rights Policy 2016 – 2026.
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Moreland Human Rights Policy Priority groups:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
- People with Disability
- LGBTIQA+ Communities
- Migrant and Refugee Communities
- Women
What they will fund?
- Events, Activities and Projects that provide an opportunity for community renewal.
- Events, Activities and Projects that support the generation of new or existing income streams.
- Events, Activities and Projects that explore new ways of engaging audiences.
- Events, Activities and Projects taking place between January 2023 and December 2023.
- Purchase of capital equipment and infrastructure including online/digital technologies that will support the organisation’s survival.
- Organisational costs including rent, utilities, wages etc. that will support the organisation’s survival.
Eligibility Criteria
This program is only open to applicants whose primary business is in the arts sector. This includes literature, music, theatre, musical theatre, opera, dance, circus, comedy, puppetry, arts festivals, visual arts and crafts, community arts, experimental arts and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts.
For more information, visit Moreland City Council.
For more information, visit https://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/my-council/grants-and-awards/arts-grants/
