Our latest round-up of jobs, grants and opportunities relevant to regional Victorian creatives and organisations.
List of opportunities
Board members | Circus Nexus | Apply now
Expressions of Interest for Arts portfolio board appointments | Aus Government Office for the Arts | Apply now
Chief Executive Officer | Music Victoria | Apply by 19 January
Marketing and Communications Manager | TarraWarra Museum of Art | Apply by 24 January
Community Broadcasting with Channel 31 | Regional Arts Victoria | Thursday 23 January, 1–2pm
Audience Atlas Victoria 2025 Launch | Creative Victoria | Thursday 6 February, 9.30am–10.30am
Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising workshop | Creative Australia | Tuesday 11 March, 9.30–4.30pm
The Artist as Fundraiser | Creative Australia | Thursday 20 March, 1–5pm
Fundraising Coaching & Advice | Creative Australia | Ongoing
Governance Conversations webinar series | Creative Australia | Online webinar series, listen anytime
Emerging Artist Grants program | Ian Potter Cultural Trust | Closes 14 January
Circus and Physical Theatre Victorian Residency | Performing Lines | Apply by 31 January
Ignition grants | Geelong Art Centre | Opens 20 January. Closes 10 February
Jump Start grants | Geelong Art Centre | Opens 20 January. Closes 10 February
Place to Make Initiative | Geelong Art Centre | Opens 20 January. Closes 10 February
Art Music Fund | APRA AMCOS | Closes 16 February
Community Partnerships Grants | Southern Grampians Shire Council | Closes 17 February
Community Bank Maldon & District Partnerships Program | Bendigo Bank | Closes 24 February
Cultural Fund | Copyright Agency | Closes 3 March
Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups | Creative Australia | Closes 4 March, 3pm
Arts Projects for Organisations | Creative Australia | Closes 4 March, 3pm
Visual Arts General Grants | Gordon Darling Foundation | Various closing dates in 2025
Performing Arts Development Program | Kingston Arts | Ongoing
Australian Cultural Fund | Ongoing (100% of donations to artists or organisations!)
Crisis Relief Grants – Support Act | Ongoing
VicScreen — Development Funding for writers and producers | Ongoing
VicScreen — Victorian Production Fund | Ongoing
VicScreen — Travel Funding & Support | Ongoing
Asia-Pacific Arts Awards 2025 | Creative Australia | Register your EOI to attend the awards on Monday 3 March
Transporting Arts at Bendigo Station | City of Greater Bendigo | Closes 10 January
Circus Oz Skill Share Workshop | Circus Oz | EOIs close 12 January
Unbound Art Award 2025 | Shared Direction Consulting | Closes 12 January
2025 National Regional Arts Fellowship Program | Regional Arts Australia | EOIs open 20 January
The Local Word Poetry Prize 2024-25 | Geelong Regional Library Corporation and Deakin University | Closes 20 January
Ballarat Empty Plinth Project | MAV | Closes 20 January
Eat. Drink. Art. 2025 | City of Greater Bendigo | Closes 20 January
Ballarat Seedpod | City of Ballarat | Closes 28 January
Sorrento Art Prize | & Gallery | Closes 31 January 2025
Showcase Victoria 2025 | Showcase Victoria | EOIs close 31 January
Kathleen Mitchell Literary Award | Creative Australia | Closes 4 February
Dal Stivens Literary Award | Creative Australia | Closes 4 February
The Marten Bequest Scholarships | Creative Australia | Closes 4 February
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025 | Creative Australia | Closes 4 February
International Travel Fund | Creative Australia | Closes 4 February
Regional Photography Prize 2025 entry | Galah Press | Closes 10 February
Culture Makers Season Four EOI | Museums Victoria | Opens 9am, 1 February, closes 5pm, 28 February
Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025 | Wangaratta Art Gallery | Closes 7 March
Artists & Creatives Call Out | Castlemaine State Festival | Closes 14 March
National Giving Day to the Arts Content creators call-out | Creative Australia | Registrations close 4 June
First Nations Arts Officer | City of Greater Bendigo | Apply by 10 January
Storytelling and Recording: First Nations Project Fund | Creative Australia | Closes 4 February
HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons Summer School & Masterclass (Brisbane)| Australian Research Data Commons | 4-6 February 2025