Closed Opportunities

The Creative Inspiration Grant program is a quick response fund that offers small grants to artists and arts groups to support their practice or to kick start an idea. An initiative of the City of Ballarat, and administered by Regional Arts Victoria, the Creative Inspiration Grant will have three funding rounds that distribute $1000…

An initiative for Creative Workers and Victoria Government schools Creative Workers in Schools (CWS) provided the opportunity for 150 creative industry workers to undertake a six-month residency in Victorian government schools, including special schools. Creative workers and Schools were supported to work together to codesign and deliver an educationally valuable project…

The Victorian Government’s Sustaining Creative Workers initiative supported the continued work of Victoria’s independent creative practitioners and workers who have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2021. This was the second iteration of the program, following an initial round of support delivered by Creative Victoria in 2020. Sustaining Creative Workers…

This program has now closed. The Creative Recovery Small Grants Program: 2021 Storms supported creatives and creative communities in regions significantly impacted by the storms and floods in June 2021. This program is delivered by Regional Arts Victoria and supported by the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust. Funding Available Up to…

Project Grants will fund high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences and communities. Applicants MUST be regionally based in order to apply to the Regional Arts Fund. More information on eligible regional locations can be found here. You can apply for Project Grants of up to $30,000. …

Regional Arts Victoria is proud to be working with the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund to deliver the Victorian Government’s Victorian Women’s Public Art program. The Victorian Women’s Public Art program (VWPA) will support the development of permanent public art to examine the significant and diverse contributions women…

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED Regional Arts Victoria is proud to be working with Creative Victoria, the Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria (AMaGA Victoria), Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) and the National Gallery of Victoria to deliver the Victorian Government’s Regional Collections Access Program. The Regional Collections Access Program (RCAP)…

The Cultural Tourism Accelerator Program was a $5 million targeted measure announced by the Australian Government as part of the Regional Arts Tourism package, which enabled arts organisations to promote and develop cultural events for tourists across regional Australia. The program aimed to increase tourism visitation in regional, rural and…

In 2020 Regional Arts Victoria worked in partnership with Regional Development Victoria, Bushfire Recovery Victoria and Creative Victoria on the Creative Recovery Small Grants Program. The Creative Recovery Small Grants Program supported individual artists and organisations based in six local government authority areas of Alpine, East Gippsland, Indigo, Mansfield, Towong and Wangaratta. 50 projects…