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Ballarat Creative Inspiration Grant

Last updated on September 23rd, 2024 at 05:28 pm

The Creative Inspiration Grant program was a quick response fund that offered 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 had three funding rounds that distributed $1000 grants to artists to fund small opportunities that took place in the City of Ballarat.

The Creative Inspiration Grant was used to assist the artists in their practice, fund a small arts opportunity or kick start the development of a new idea.

In order to be eligible to apply for these grants, applicants had to:

  • Be an individual, a business, association, organisation or a not for profit group of the City of Ballarat;
  • Work or study within the City of Ballarat;
  • Use the funding to undertake an arts activity that takes place within the boundaries of the City of Ballarat;
  • Not have previously received a Creative Inspiration Grant within the last twelve months; and,
  • Have an ABN or an appropriate auspice who will support the applicant.

Read the guidelines here: PDFWord

Key Dates

ROUNDOPENING DATECLOSING DATENOTIFICATION
Round 1Monday 7 August 2023Monday 4 September 2023Monday 18 September, 2023
Round 2Monday 5 February 2024Monday 4 March 2024Monday 18 March 2024
Round 3Monday 6 May 2024Monday 3 June 2024Monday 17 June 2024