MAV encourages artists and communities of colour to access public (government) and private resources for artistic and cultural development. We regularly update Avenues of Support to help inform people of opportunities that are available. This list is not exhaustive, but we try to make it as relevant and useful as possible.
Hume City Council
Hume Galleries Annual Exhibition Program offers opportunities of professional and non-professional artists and community groups to exhibit in dedicated cultural spaces.
Creative Australia
With $12,500 in funding, this three-month residency program offers time and space for open-ended research and experimentation.
Creative Australia
Develop your professional practice over three months in Paris, with $12,500 support. Four residencies are on offer, open to artists working across any art form.
Creative Australia and Mordant Family
Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. The successful applicant will receive $8,500 and have access to meals prepared by the Rome Sustainable Food project, as well as access to the library, gardens, communal spaces, IT support, and program staff and advisors.
Creative Australia
Supporting performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.
The program supports net touring costs and other designated costs associated with tours. There is no limit on the amount that can be requested.
National Association For the Visual Arts
The $10,000 Carstairs Grant aims to support socially-engaged art projects that embrace participatory and collaborative experiences and bring participants into active dialogue with the artist/s in order to involve audiences beyond the art community.
The Victorian Archives Centre
The 2024 Creative in Residence Program is an opportunity to explore the state’s rich public archival resources with personal assistance from the host of the program Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives Victoria). You’ll be provided with a dedicated workspace at the Centre to view records, a professional fee of $15,000 plus a budget of up to $10,000 for resources. The residency takes place at the Victorian Archives Centre in North Melbourne during 2024 and requires an expected time commitment equal to roughly 3 months.
Submit a proposal to exhibit at Sol Gallery for their Jan-June 2024 exhibition program.
This opportunity is open for artists, curations and collectives of all mediums to apply.
VicScreen's Industry Development program supports organisations to deliver professional skills development activities in Victoria, to promote and support gender equality, diversity and inclusion. Grants of up to $50,000 per applicant are open to support activities of the successful applicants. Organisations must have screen industry experience. Applications can be received at any time.
Besen Family Foundation
Open now at the Besen Foundation is Arts & Culture program area EOIs, and Jewish Community program area applications.
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City of Port Phillip
Through this initiative, council will pay a contribution towards artist fees to encourage local venues, promoters, and event managers to plan live music events and engage local performers.
All applicants must be applying for musicians to perform at venues and events based in the City of Port Phillip.
A Canadian philanthropic grant that supports early career visual artists between the ages of 18 and 41 years, in representational styles of drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture, for a work, project or course of study. All nationalities may apply. First grant amount is $17,000 (Canadian). This grant is ongoing throughout the year (no closing date).
The Awesome Foundation
The Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. At each fully autonomous chapter, the money is pooled together from the coffers of ten or so self-organizing “micro-trustees”. You can apply to any chapter although sometimes preference is for projects in the chapter's local area. This grant is ongoing (no closing date).
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
For painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmaker. Up to $30,000 to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces. This grant is ongoing (no closing date).
Regional Arts Victoria
Quick Response Grants are intended to assist regional artists, arts organisations and communities to take up professional or skills development or small project opportunities. This program is for projects that fall outside the scope of other funding opportunities. It is open to applications on an ongoing basis throughout the year. The grants will fund professional development opportunities for artists and arts workers or small project opportunities.
Funding is up to $3,000 for Individuals, $5,000 for organisations. This grant is ongoing (no closing date).
Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Funding supports activities to benefit their members and build stronger community connections. Funding available up to $8,000
Funding can be used for:
Grant recipients will also receive Public Liability Insurance (PLI) and Group Personal Accident (GPA) Insurance