Open Call for Creative Project Fund in Australia

Deadline: 11-Aug-22

The Creative Victoria is seeking applications for its Project Fund to support professional artists, creative practitioners, groups/collectives and creative micro to small organisations with short-term funding to develop and/or launch work that defines and represents Victoria’s cultural identity and breaks new ground.

Aims

The Creative Projects Fund aims to:

Invest in the pipeline of creative content, products and experiences by delivering funding to professional independent artists, creative practitioners, collectives, and creative micro to small organisations across all disciplines of the creative industries at all career stages.
Encourage collaboration, partnerships and new ways of working within the creative industries.
Increase the availability and accessibility of high-quality and diverse creative and cultural experiences accessed by Victorians.
Support projects that provide paid opportunities and fair pay for creative practitioners.
Support projects that reflect the diversity of the Victorian community, including those from across metro, outer suburban and regional Victoria.

Creative Disciplines

Cross or Multi-Disciplinary Practice
Dance / Physical Performance
Literature
Music
Theatre
Visual Arts
Screen
Design

Streams

This program has three streams:

First Peoples creatives stream – Applications led by Victorian First Peoples creatives will be assessed in alignment with Aboriginal self-determination by a First Peoples assessment panel
Deaf and Disabled creatives stream – Applications led by Victorian Deaf and Disabled creatives can choose to be assessed by an assessment panel of creative industries peers with lived experience of deafness and disability, or by specific creative industries peers depending on the creative discipline chosen
General stream – All other applications will be assessed by specific creative industries peers depending on the creative discipline chosen

Funding Information

Applications will be accepted for requests from $5,000 to $20,000.
Access Costs
- All applicants are encouraged to include access costs within their project budgets that make activities accessible to a Deaf and Disabled audience (e.g. Auslan, captioning, audio description, materials in other formats).
- Deaf and Disabled applicants applying to the Deaf and Disabled creatives stream, may apply for the general project costs, plus up to $3,000 to cover any additional specific access costs that will help remove barriers for the creatives/arts workers involved in the project. These additional funds can only be used for access initiatives costs and cannot be repurposed for general project costs.

Eligible Projects

Funding can be used to:

Develop new creative content, products, or experiences and/or
Present/launch creative content, products or experiences to local, national and international markets and audiences

Eligibility Criteria

The primary focus of the proposal must include Victorian professional artists, creative practitioners, collectives, groups or organisations that meet Creative Victoria’s general eligibility and a creative project that meets the program aims. The program will be open to professional Victorian-based:
- Independent artists and creative practitioners
- Creative collectives and groups
- Creative micro to small organisations/businesses
Unless otherwise specified, to be eligible for Creative Victoria funding as an individual you must be:
- An Australian citizen currently residing in Victoria; or
- A Permanent Resident (holding an appropriate visa) who has resided in Victoria for at least two years immediately prior to the date of your application.
Applicants under 18 years of age
To be eligible to receive Creative Victoria funding an organisation must be legally constituted.
Groups of individuals who join together informally to collaborate in the creation, development or presentation of work may apply to some funding programs.